Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport Station
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The Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station is a two-level
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on the IND and BMT
Archer Avenue Lines The Archer Avenue lines are two rapid transit lines of the New York City Subway, mostly running under Archer Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. The two lines are built on separate levels: trains from the IND Queens Boulevard Line () ...
of the
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. It is located at the intersection of Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue in
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. It is served by the E and J trains at all times, as well as the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction. This station has four tracks and two
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, with two platform levels: E trains stop on the upper level while J/Z trains stop on the lower level. The station was planned as part of the construction of IND and BMT's Archer Avenue Line as outlined in the
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in 1968. The construction began around 1982 and it was opened to service on December 11, 1988. Originally named Sutphin Boulevard, it served as a replacement for the former Sutphin Boulevard elevated station on the demolished segment of the
BMT Jamaica Line The BMT Jamaica Line, formerly known as the Broadway (Brooklyn) Line, is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn and Queens. It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East ...
two blocks north. In 2003, when the
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opened at the adjacent Jamaica station, the JFK Airport suffix was added. The station is announced as Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK on E trains, and Sutphin Boulevard-JFK Airport on J and Z trains.


History

The plans for the Archer Avenue Lines emerged in the 1960s under the city and MTA's
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. Because of the
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, the Archer Avenue Line's construction was delayed. Design on the station started on October 1, 1974, and was completed on February 24, 1982, by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum. Bids on the station's construction were received on July 9, 1982, and the contract was awarded to Carlin-Atlas Corporation for $17.91 million. Work on the station started on July 15, 1982, and opened along with the rest of the Archer Avenue Line on December 11, 1988. In 2003, when the AirTrain opened, this station was renamed as Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport, as the station connects with the AirTrain at Jamaica Station. In 2020, the MTA announced that it would reconstruct the track and third rail on the IND Archer Avenue Line, which had become deteriorated. From September 19 to November 2, 2020, E service was cut back to Jamaica–Van Wyck, with a shuttle bus connecting to Sutphin Boulevard and Jamaica Center. The MTA then announced it would reconstruct the track on the BMT Archer Avenue Line. Starting on July 1, 2022, J service was cut back to 121st Street, and Z service was temporarily discontinued, with a shuttle bus connecting to Sutphin Boulevard and Jamaica Center. The work was completed in September 2022. The MTA announced in December 2021 that it would install wide-aisle fare gates for disabled passengers at five subway stations, including Sutphin Boulevard, by mid-2022. The implementation of these fare gates was delayed; the MTA's chief accessibility officer indicated in February 2023 that the new fare gates would be installed at the Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport and stations shortly afterward. Additionally, in February 2022, the MTA announced that the IND platform (but not the BMT platform) would receive
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as part of a pilot program involving three stations. The announcement came after several people had been shoved onto tracks, including one incident that led to a woman's death at another station. The MTA started soliciting bids from platform-door manufacturers in mid-2022; the doors are planned to be installed starting in December 2023 at a cost of $6 million. Designs for the platform doors were being finalized by June 2023. On December 4, 2023, wide aisle turnstiles were installed, making the station the first in the New York City Subway system to have such turnstiles. A customer service center at the station opened the same month.; ; The station was cleaned and repaired in 2024 as part of the MTA's Re-New-Vation program.;


Station layout

The Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station contains two levels, each with two tracks and an
island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
. The E train serves the upper level (IND) at all times. The J and Z trains serve the lower level (BMT); the former operates all times and the latter operates during rush hours in the peak direction. The next stop to the west is Jamaica–Van Wyck for trains and 121st Street for trains. The next stop to the east is Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer. Like the other stations on the Archer Avenue Line, Sutphin Boulevard is fully
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-accessible. Both platforms are in length, standard for a full-length B Division train. As with other stations constructed as part of the Program for Action, the Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station contained technologically advanced features such as air-cooling, noise insulation,
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monitors, public announcement systems, electronic platform signage, and escalator and elevator entrances. This station had six escalators and two elevators when it opened. The station's mezzanine is located above the IND platform under the intersection of Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue. There are gray vertical acoustic tile side walls and a glassed-in crossover. The mezzanine is glass and stainless steel and features a "Sutphin" mosaic on the geographic north wall. The station's tiling scheme is creme along the platform walls, with some patches of maroon and orange tiling in various places.


Exits

Stairs go up to all four corners of Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue. The two northern staircases go down to an unstaffed fare control area, which consists of four
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s. The full-time fare control area is at the southern end and includes seven regular turnstiles. On the southeast corner, two escalators (one up, one down) and a staircase lead to street level, just outside the
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(LIRR)'s Jamaica station. Additional staircases lead from street level to each of the LIRR platform. Three elevators provide access to the street level and the LIRR station's main mezzanine areas. Connection is also available to
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, which provides service to
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; the AirTrain JFK also has its own entrance from the street just south of the LIRR station. As part of upgrades to the Jamaica Transportation Center Station Plaza, two new subway station entrances, with canopies, are planned to be constructed .


Ridership

In 1990, after the Archer Avenue line opened, the station had 2,491,760 boardings.1904–2006 ridership figures
''Metropolitan Transportation Authority'' Retrieved April 15, 2020
By 2007, the ridership in this station had more than doubled to 6.064 million annual passengers. In 2018, the station had 7,282,128 boardings, making it the 146th most used station in the -station system. This amounted to an average of 23,388 passengers per weekday.


Bus and rail connections

There are connections to the
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and
AirTrain JFK AirTrain JFK is an elevated people mover system and airport rail link serving John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK Airport) in New York City. The driverless train, driverless system operates 24/7 service, 24/7 and consists of three lin ...
at Jamaica station.
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routes and
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routes also stop at the station.


Gallery

File:Sutphin-Archer-JFK Lower Level 10.jpg, A view of the elevator leading to the upper level and mezzanine File:WB mezzanine Sutphin Archer IND jeh.jpg, A view of the mezzanine with the "SUTPHIN" mosaic File:Sutphin Archer upper level vc.jpg, A view of passengers at the upper level, exiting an E train with luggage and heading for the AirTrain to JFK Airport


References


External links

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Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport Pictures

Sutphin Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View

Upper level from Google Maps Street View

Lower level from Google Maps Street View
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