The Sutphin Boulevard station was a station on the demolished section of the

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History

This station was built as part of the

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.Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway
/ref> It opened on July 3, 1918, * * * after the

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service was eliminated from

Jamaica Station Jamaica station is a major train station of the Long Island Rail Road located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. With weekday ridership exceeding 200,000 passengers, it is the largest transit hub on Long Island, the fourth-busiest rail station ...

. The station closed on September 10, 1977, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988, 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 Sutphin Boulevard is a major street in the New York City borough of Queens, Its northern end is at Hillside Avenue in Jamaica and its southern end is Rockaway Boulevard on the border of South Jamaica and Springfield Gardens. It comes from the Dut ...

station, four blocks to the north on Hillside Avenue served as a temporary substitute.

Station layout

It had two tracks and two

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s, 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

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station.

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* * Railway stations in the United States opened in 1918 1916 establishments in New York City Railway stations closed in 1977 Defunct BMT Jamaica Line stations 1977 disestablishments in New York (state) 1918 establishments in New York City Former elevated and subway stations in Queens, New York Defunct New York City Subway stations located aboveground Jamaica, Queens {{QueensNY-railstation-stub

History

Station layout

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