Cypress Hills (BMT Jamaica Line)

Cypress Hills
New York City Subway rapid transit station
The station, middle trackbed and a R42 train stopped.
Station statistics
Address	Hemlock Street & Jamaica Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11208
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Cypress Hills
Coordinates	40°41′23″N 73°52′23″W / 40.68972°N 73.87306°W / 40.68972; -73.87306Coordinates: 40°41′23″N 73°52′23″W / 40.68972°N 73.87306°W / 40.68972; -73.87306
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B13, Q56
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	May 30, 1893 (1893-05-30)[1][2]
Rebuilt	May 28, 1917 (1917-05-28)[2]
Station code	086[3]
Former/other names	Cypress Hills Cemetery
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	462,143[4]  2%
Rank	407 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	75th Street – Elderts Lane: J  (J  skips to 85th Street – Forest Parkway)
Next south	Crescent Street: J
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops all times
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Cypress Hills is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located on Jamaica Avenue in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of northeastern Brooklyn. It is served by the J train at all times. The Z train bypasses it when it operates.

Station layout

Track layout
to 75 St to Crescent St

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Broad Street (Crescent Street) ← does not stop here
	Center track	→ No track or roadbed
	Northbound	→ toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (85th Street – Forest Parkway rush hours, 75th Street – Elderts Lane other times) → → does not stop here →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

Northbound platform

This is the northernmost station in Brooklyn on the BMT Jamaica Line. The next stop, 75th Street – Elderts Lane, is in Queens.

The original Cypress Hills station, opened on May 30, 1893,^[1] had two tracks and one island platform and was located along Crescent Street, reaching the cemetery. This station was the terminal for the Jamaica Line when it opened.^[5] It formerly had an island platform and stub-end located directly along Crescent Street just south of Jamaica Avenue that can still be seen approaching the cemetery east of the station.^[1] The rebuilt station was constructed under the Dual Contracts and was opened on May 28, 1917.^[2] The rebuilt station has two tracks and two side platforms. The removal of the island platform resulted in a space between the tracks. This space would allow for an express third track, but one was never built. Both platforms have beige windscreens and green canopies with brown roofs that run along the entire length.

Just west of this station are two sharp curves that trains must navigate at <15 mph. For this reason, a train must take more time to transverse this section than other sections of the line.

The 1990 artwork here is called Five Points of Observation, by Kathleen McCarthy. It affords a view of the street from the platforms and resembles a face when seen from the street. This artwork is also located in four other stations on the Jamaica Line.

Exits

The station's main entrance is at the south end. A single staircase from each platform leads to an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside are three turnstiles and a token booth. Outside of fare control, two street stairs lead to the corners of Hemlock and Crescent Streets.^[6]

On the north end of the northbound platform, a single staircase leads to a landing outside of a now closed station house, where a single exit-only turnstile provides exit from the system. A street stair perpendicular to the line leads to Autumn Avenue, which ends at Jamaica Avenue.^[6]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cypress Hills (BMT Jamaica Line).

• nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Cypress Hills
• Station Reporter — J Train
• The Subway Nut — Cypress Hills Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Cypress Hills (BMT Jamaica Line)
• Crescent Street and Hemlock Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Autumn Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

New York City Subway stations, by service
	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport 121st Street 111th Street 104th Street Woodhaven Boulevard 85th Street–Forest Parkway 75th Street–Elderts Lane Cypress Hills Crescent Street Norwood Avenue Cleveland Street Van Siclen Avenue Alabama Avenue Broadway Junction Chauncey Street Halsey Street Gates Avenue Kosciuszko Street Myrtle Avenue Flushing Avenue Lorimer Street Hewes Street Marcy Avenue Essex Street Bowery Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street Broad Street
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Temporary reroutes on the 2, 5, and M trains are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks are served by that service during off-peak hours only. See linked articles for more information.