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

This article is about the New York City Subway station complex at Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue. For the station at Sutphin Boulevard and Hillside Avenue, see Sutphin Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line).
Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Upper level platform on the line.
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)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Q20A, Q20B, Q24, Q30, Q31, Q43, Q44 SBS, Q54, Q56
MTA Bus: Airport bus transportation Q6, Q8, Q9, Q25, Q34, Q40, Q41, Q60, Q65
Airport people-mover transportation AirTrain JFK: Jamaica Route
Railway transportation LIRR Babylon, Belmont Park, City Terminal Zone, Far Rockaway, Hempstead, Long Beach, Montauk, Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma, and West Hempstead Branches (at Jamaica)
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 (2015) 7,767,728[3] Increase 1.8%
Rank 54 out of 422
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 

Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport (formerly named Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue before the AirTrain JFK transfer opened) is a station on the IND and 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 underground, two-level 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.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Jamaica Center
Superimposed tracks section
 (Right tracks below left ones)
to Jamaica–Van Wyck
to 121 St
Lower level
 Upper level
Upper level platform view
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 (111th Street rush hours, 121st Street other times)
← toward Broad Street (AM rush hours) (121st Street)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound → ( PM rush hours) toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Terminus) →

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. Both platforms are 600 feet (183 m) in length, standard for a full-length B Division train.

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.

Entrances and exits

Stairs go up to all four corners of Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue. An elevator is located at the southeast corner.[4] As part of upgrades to the Jamaica Transportation Center Station Plaza, two new subway station entrances, with canopies, will be constructed.[5]

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 nonstop service to John F. Kennedy International Airport.[4]

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

References

  1. ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. ↑ More Subway Stations in Manhattan, Bronx in Line to Get Online, mta.info (March 25, 2015). "The first two phases included stations in Midtown Manhattan and all underground stations in Queens with the exception of the 7 Main St terminal."
  3. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  4. 1 2 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Jamaica" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Queens transit hub to get $8M in upgrades from the state". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

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