Sutphin Boulevard (BMT Jamaica Line)

This article is about the original BMT Jamaica Line elevated station. For the replacement Archer Avenue Line station, see Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport (New York City Subway). For the IND Queens Boulevard Line station on Hillside Avenue, see Sutphin Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line).

Sutphin Boulevard
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Site, 30 years after demolition
Station statistics
Address	Jamaica Avenue & Sutphin Boulevard Queens, NY 11435
Borough	Queens
Locale	Jamaica
Coordinates	40°42′6″N 73°48′28″W / 40.70167°N 73.80778°W / 40.70167; -73.80778Coordinates: 40°42′6″N 73°48′28″W / 40.70167°N 73.80778°W / 40.70167; -73.80778
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	None (demolished)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 3, 1918 (1918-07-03)^[1]^[2]
Closed	September 10, 1977 (1977-09-10)^[3]
Station succession
Next north	160th Street (demolished)
Next south	Queens Boulevard (demolished)

Sutphin Boulevard was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. It had two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a third track in the center. This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts.^[4] It opened on July 3, 1918,^[2] after the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit service was eliminated from Jamaica Station,^[1] and closed on September 10, 1977, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988.^[3] The next stop to the north was 160th Street. The next stop to the south was Queens Boulevard. It was closed in anticipation of the Archer Avenue Subway, and due to political pressure in the area.

This station had provisions built in its structure to convert it into an express station, if the center third track was to be built. The other station on the line that had such provisions was the Woodhaven Boulevard station.

This station along with the 168th Street and 160th Street stations was demolished in 1979. However, on December 11, 1988, the MTA opened the Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport subway station, which served as the replacement station. Between the closing of the el station and its replacement subway station, the existing Sutphin Boulevard station, four blocks to the north on Hillside Avenue served as a temporary substitute.

References

1 2 New York Times, New Subway Line, July 7, 1918, page 30
1 2
- "OPEN NEW SUBWAY TO REGULAR TRAFFIC; First Train on Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor and Other Officials ... New Extensions of Elevated Railroad Service … Currents of Travel to Change" (July 2, 1918). New York Times Company. July 2, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- "'L' Trains Now Run Through to Jamaica" (PDF) (July 4, 1918). Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY). July 4, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, Volume 1. New York State Public Service Commission. January 10, 1919. pp. 61,71,285,286. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
1 2 The New York Transit Authority in the 1970s, nycsubway.org
↑ Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway

External links

nycsubway.org—BMT Jamaica Line: Sutphin Boulevard
nycsubway.org—BMT Jamaica Line:

New York City Subway stations

Jamaica Line	Demolished stations Broadway Ferry Driggs Avenue [← to Essex Street, Nassau St. Line] Marcy Avenue Hewes Street Lorimer Street Flushing Avenue Park Avenue (demolished) Myrtle Avenue Kosciuszko Street Gates Avenue Halsey Street Chauncey Street Broadway Junction [~~to Atlantic Avenue, Canarsie Line →~~] Alabama Avenue Van Siclen Avenue Cleveland Street Norwood Avenue Crescent Street Cypress Hills 75th Street – Elderts Lane 85th Street – Forest Parkway Woodhaven Boulevard 104th Street 111th Street 121st Street [to Sutphin Boulevard, Archer Avenue Lines →] Demolished stations Metropolitan Avenue Queens Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard 160th Street 168th Street

See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Stations and line segments in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

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