Queens Boulevard (BMT Jamaica Line)
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Site, 20 years after demolition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jamaica Avenue & Queens Boulevard Queens, NY 11435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | Queens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′9″N 73°48′52.1″W / 40.70250°N 73.814472°WCoordinates: 40°42′9″N 73°48′52.1″W / 40.70250°N 73.814472°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Jamaica Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | None (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 3, 1918[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | April 15, 1985[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Sutphin Boulevard (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | Metropolitan Avenue (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Queens Boulevard was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line. 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] nineteen years after the closing of Canal Street Station along the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit line,[1] The next stop to the north was Sutphin Boulevard. The next stop to the south was Metropolitan Avenue.
The Queens Boulevard station was the temporary terminal for the Jamaica Avenue Line from 1977 until April 15, 1985, when the station closed and the line was cut back to 121st Street, with the Q49 bus replacing it.[3] The bus was abandoned when the rest of the Jamaica Line was connected to the Archer Avenue Subway. When Queens Boulevard was the temporary terminal for the Jamaica Avenue Line, the tracks continued east of this station as lay-up tracks. The lay-up tracks went as far as Sutphin Boulevard.
Both Metropolitan Avenue and Queens Boulevard stations were demolished in late 1990. However on December 11, 1988, the MTA opened the nearby Jamaica – Van Wyck subway station, which served as their replacement station.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New York Times, New Subway Line, July 7, 1918, page 30
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
- "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. 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The New York Transit Authority in the 1980s, nycsubway.org
- ↑ Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway
External links
- nycsubway.org—BMT Jamaica Line: Queens Boulevard
- nycsubway.org—BMT Jamaica Line:
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