168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line)

168th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Site of former 168th Street Station building at Jamaica Avenue and 165th Street. Presently a women's clothing and fashion retail store occupies the site.
Station statistics
Address	Jamaica Avenue & 168th Street Queens, NY 11433
Borough	Queens
Locale	Jamaica
Coordinates	40°42′20″N 73°47′40″W / 40.70556°N 73.79444°W / 40.70556; -73.79444Coordinates: 40°42′20″N 73°47′40″W / 40.70556°N 73.79444°W / 40.70556; -73.79444
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	None (demolished)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
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	(Terminus)
Next south	160th Street (demolished)
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

168th Street was the terminal station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line. It had two tracks and one island platform. This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts.^[4] It opened on July 3, 1918,^[2] nineteen years after the closing of Canal Street Station along the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit line,^[1] and closed on September 10, 1977, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988.^[3] The next stop to the south was 160th Street. It was closed in anticipation of the Archer Avenue Subway, and due to political pressure in the area.

Unlike 160th Street and Sutphin Boulevard stations which were demolished in 1979, one building that was part of the station still remains standing on the southeast corner of 165th Street and Jamaica Avenue. It is now a block of local storefronts, and the tower from the station can still be seen today.

The elevated line through Jamaica was replaced in 1988 by the underground Archer Avenue Line, but it does not extend east to 168th Street. The closest subway stations to this former station is Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer, at Parsons Boulevard, which is eight blocks west and one block south on 160th Street, as well as the existing 169th Street station which is four blocks to the north on Hillside Avenue. Across from Jamaica Avenue is the 165th Street Pedestrian Mall, part of which runs behind the 165th Street Bus Terminal along Merrick Boulevard. Buses from that terminal provided connections to the station when it operated.

References

External links

• nycsubway.org—BMT Jamaica Line: 168th Street
• nycsubway.org—BMT Jamaica Line: