Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station
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The Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station is a two-level station on the IND and BMT Archer Avenue Lines of the
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. It is located at the intersection of Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue in
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. It is served by the E and J trains at all times, as well as the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction. This station has four tracks and two
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, with two platform levels: E trains stop on the upper level while J/Z trains stop on the lower level. The station was planned as part of the construction of IND and BMT's Archer Avenue Line as outlined in the
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in 1968. The construction began around 1982 and it was opened to service on December 11, 1988. Originally named Sutphin Boulevard, it served as a replacement for the former Sutphin Boulevard elevated station on the demolished segment of the
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two blocks north. In 2003, when the
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opened at the adjacent
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, the JFK Airport suffix was added.


History

The plans for the Archer Avenue Lines emerged in the 1960s under the city and MTA's
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. Because of the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, the Archer Avenue Line's construction was delayed. Design on the station started on October 1, 1974, and was completed on February 24, 1982, by
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. Bids on the station's construction were received on July 9, 1982, and the contract was awarded to Carlin-Atlas Corporation for $17.91 million. Work on the station started on July 15, 1982, and opened along with the rest of the Archer Avenue Line on December 11, 1988. In 2003, when the AirTrain opened, this station was renamed as Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport, as the station connects with the AirTrain at
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. In February 2022, the MTA announced that the IND platform (but not the BMT platform) would receive
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as part of a pilot program involving three stations. The announcement came after several people had been shoved onto tracks, including one incident that led to a woman's death at another station. The MTA started soliciting bids from platform-door manufacturers in mid-2022; the doors are planned to be installed starting in April 2023 at a cost of $6 million.


Station layout

The Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station contains two levels, each with two tracks and an
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. The E train serves the upper level (IND) at all times. The J and Z trains serve the lower level (BMT); the former operates all times and the latter operates during rush hours in the peak direction. Like the other stations on the Archer Avenue Line, Sutphin Boulevard is fully
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-accessible. Both platforms are in length, standard for a full-length
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train. As with other stations constructed as part of the Program for Action, the Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station contained technologically advanced features such as air-cooling, noise insulation,
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monitors, public announcement systems, electronic platform signage, and escalator and elevator entrances. This station had six escalators and two elevators when it opened. There are gray vertical acoustic tile side walls and a glassed-in crossover. The mezzanine is glass and stainless steel and features a "Sutphin" mosaic on the geographic north wall. The station's tiling scheme is creme along the platform walls, with some patches of maroon and orange tiling in various places.


Exits

Stairs go up to all four corners of Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue. The two northern staircases go down to an unstaffed fare control area that is
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access at all times. The full-time fare control area is at the southern end. On the southeast corner, two escalators and a staircase going up outside the
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's
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. Three elevators provide access to the street level and the LIRR station's main mezzanine areas. Connection is also available to
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, which provides service to
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. As part of upgrades to the Jamaica Transportation Center Station Plaza, two new subway station entrances, with canopies, will be constructed.


Ridership

In 1990, after the Archer Avenue line opened, the station had 2,491,760 boardings.1904-2006 ridership figures
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By 2007, the ridership in this station had more than doubled to 6.064 million annual passengers. In 2018, the station had 7,282,128 boardings, making it the 146th most used station in the -station system. This amounted to an average of 23,388 passengers per weekday.


Bus and rail connections

There are connections to the
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and
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at
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 ...
.
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routes and
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routes also stop at the station.


Gallery

File:Sutphin-Archer-JFK Lower Level 10.jpg, A view of the elevator leading to the upper level and mezzanine File:WB mezzanine Sutphin Archer IND jeh.jpg, A view of the mezzanine with the "SUTPHIN" mosaic File:Sutphin Archer upper level vc.jpg, A view of passengers at the upper level, exiting an E train with luggage and heading for the AirTrain to JFK Airport


References


External links

* * Station Reporter â€
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Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport Pictures

Sutphin Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View

Upper level from Google Maps Street View

Lower level from Google Maps Street View
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