Sutphin Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)

Sutphin Boulevard was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line in Queens, New York City.

 Sutphin Boulevard
 
Former New York City Subway station
Site, 30 years after demolition
Station statistics
AddressJamaica Avenue & Sutphin Boulevard
Queens, NY 11435
BoroughQueens
LocaleJamaica
Coordinates40°42′6″N 73°48′28″W
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT Jamaica Line
ServicesNone (demolished)
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJuly 3, 1918 (1918-07-03)[1][2]
ClosedSeptember 10, 1977 (1977-09-10)[3]
Station succession
Next north160th Street (demolished)
Next southQueens Boulevard (demolished)

History

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]

The station closed on September 10, 1977, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988,[3] in anticipation of the Archer Avenue Subway, and due to political pressure in the area.

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.

Station layout

It had two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a third track in the center. 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.

References

  1. New York Times, New Subway Line, July 7, 1918, page 30
  2. The New York Transit Authority in the 1970s, nycsubway.org
  3. Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway


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