Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport (Archer Avenue Lines)

Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Upper level platform
Station statistics
Address	Sutphin Boulevard & Archer Avenue Queens, NY 11435
Borough	Queens
Locale	Jamaica
Coordinates	40°42′02″N 73°48′28″W / 40.700488°N 73.80774°W / 40.700488; -73.80774Coordinates: 40°42′02″N 73°48′28″W / 40.700488°N 73.80774°W / 40.700488; -73.80774
Division	B (BMT/IND)
Line	BMT Archer Avenue Line (lower level) IND Archer Avenue Line (upper level)
Services	E  (all times)       J  (all times)       Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Connection	AirTrain JFK LIRR at Jamaica MTA Bus: Q6, Q8, Q9, Q25, Q34, Q40, Q41, Q60, Q65 MTA New York City Bus: Q20A/B, Q24, Q30, Q31, Q43, Q44, Q54, Q56
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	December 11, 1988 (1988-12-11)
Accessible
Wireless service	[1][2]
Former/other names	Sutphin Boulevard
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	7,633,725[3]  4.5%
Rank	55 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer: E  J  Z
Next south	Jamaica – Van Wyck (Queens Boulevard): E  121st Street (Jamaica): J  Z  (J  skips to 111th Street)
Next north	Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer: E  J  Z
Next south	Jamaica – Van Wyck (via Queens Boulevard): E  Flushing Avenue (via Jamaica local): J  Marcy Avenue (via Jamaica express): J
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)

Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport is a station on the IND & BMT Archer Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway. It is located at Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica, Queens and served by the E and J trains at all times, and by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction.

This station has two levels; the upper level serves the IND Archer Avenue Line, while the BMT line uses the lower level. Each level has two tracks and an island platform. Like the other stations on the Archer Avenue Line, Sutphin is fully ADA-accessible. There are gray vertical acoustic tile side walls and a glassed-in crossover. The mezzanine is glass and stainless steel and features a "Sutphin Boulevard" mosaic on the geographic north wall.

A connection is available to the Long Island Rail Road at Jamaica station, which is located immediately outside this station. A connection is also available to AirTrain JFK, which provides light rail service to John F. Kennedy International Airport.

There is an entrance opposite the AirTrain terminal that is unstaffed and HEET turnstile access at all times.

This station was originally named Sutphin Boulevard, and served as a replacement for the former Sutphin Boulevard elevated station on the demolished segment of the BMT Jamaica Line two blocks north. When the AirTrain opened, the JFK Airport suffix was added.

The station featured in the final scenes of the Eddie Murphy movie, Coming To America (1988).

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agents (Elevator off SE corner of Sutphin Boulevard at Archer Avenue near elevated LIRR tracks)
B2 Upper level	Southbound	← toward World Trade Center (Jamaica – Van Wyck)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (Terminus) →
B3 Lower level	Southbound	← toward Broad Street weekdays, Chambers Street weekends (111th Street rush hours, 121st Street other times) ← toward Broad Street (121st Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (Terminus) →

References

External links

Upper level platform view

A Manhattan-bound R32 E train stops at Sutphin Boulevard station.

• Media related to Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport (New York City Subway) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org—IND Queens Boulevard Line: Sutphin Boulevard (Jamaica Branch)
• Station Reporter — E Train
• Station Reporter — J Train
• The Subway Nut — Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport Pictures
• Sutphin Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View