111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

New York City Subway station in Queens 111th Street (disambiguation)111th Street September 2025 December 2018 111 Street 111 Street Jamaica night vc.jpg Brooklyn bound platform Greenwood AvenueThe New York Times, New Subway Line: Affords a Five-Cent Fare Between Manhattan and Jamaica, L.I., July 7, 1918, page 30111th Street–Richmond Hill 111th Street and Jamaica AvenueQueens, New York Queens Richmond Hill 40.696876 N 73.837223 W inline,title BMT BMT Jamaica Line Jamaica east J NYCT Bus: Q56 MTA Bus: Q37/B 2 side platforms 3 (2 in passenger service) Elevated 1917 05 28 y 2019 01 14 (reconstruction) 2019 06 11 New York City Subway Jamaica skip Woodhaven Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport 1 1 Jamaica 104th Street 121st Street 1 1 nycs Z does not stop here allexceptrushrushpeak y track \uSTR!~MFADEg\uSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ to NYCS 121st Street Jamaica \udSTRf\udENDEa\udSTRg numN300\uv-STR\uvSTR\d \udSTR\uvSTR \udSTR\uvSTR \udSTR\uvÜSTl \uvÜSTr\udSTR \cPLT\udSTR\uvSTR\cPLT \cPLT\udSTR\uvSTR\cPLT \cPLT\udSTR\udENDEe\udSTR\cPLT \uSTRf\uSTRg \uSTR!~MFADEf\uSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ to NYCS 104th Street Jamaica The 111th Street station is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 111th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens, it is served at all times by the J train. The Z train skips this station when it operates. History This station was opened on May 28, 1917* https://www.nytimes.com/1917/05/27/archives/to-open-jamaica-av-line-nearly-two-and-a-half-miles-ready-for.html To Open Jamaica Av. Line.; Nearly Two and a Half Miles Ready for Operation Tonight May 27, 1917 The New York Times April 21, 2015 24 https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer%201913-1917/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer%201913-1917%20-%201038.pdf Jamaica Avenue 'L' is an Old Story Already May 31, 1917 The Leader-Observer April 19, 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200330090831/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer%201913-1917/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer%201913-1917%20-%201038.pdf March 30, 2020 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=C39CAQAAMAAJ&q=%2B%22cliffside+avenue%22+%2B%22jamaica%22&pg=PA81 Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, Volume 1 January 15, 1918 New York State Public Service Commission 73, 81, 312–314 April 20, 2015 by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, replacing Cypress Hills as the line's terminus. The station was temporarily closed on January 14, 2019, for six months of structural repairs. As part of the work, the trackside girders and the platforms were replaced. Unlike the repairs done at 121st Street and 104th Street, which were done one platform at a time, both platforms were closed simultaneously to cut the work from 12 months to 6 months;http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/critical-structural-repairs-scheduled-111-st-station-j-line Critical Structural Repairs Scheduled for 111 St Station on J Line December 21, 2018 www.mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority December 23, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181224024321/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/critical-structural-repairs-scheduled-111-st-station-j-line December 24, 2018 live as a result, the station reopened on June 11, 2019.https://mymtaalerts.com/m?B1D45 J Line - Weekday and Weekend Planned Service Change Update June 11, 2019 mymtaalerts.com https://web.archive.org/web/20190612214227/https://mymtaalerts.com/m?B1D45 June 12, 2019 live June 12, 2019 Station layout This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track dead ends at bumper blocks on both sides of the station and has connections to both local tracks. 111 Street (J) - The SubwayNut http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/111j/index.php www.subwaynut.com February 18, 2016 Jeremiah Cox March 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172732/http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/111j/index.php dead It is only used for train storage. It was formerly used to turn trains for the BMT Lexington Avenue Elevated trains from 1917 until 1950. The track was also used to store trains while the Jamaica Line was being torn down north of 121st Street and the Archer Avenue Line was being built.http://www.stationreporter.net/jtrain.htm J Train August 11, 2014 Station Reporter dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110927031646/http://www.stationreporter.net/jtrain.htm September 27, 2011 February 18, 2016 Both platforms have beige windscreens for their entire lengths and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at the west (railroad south) end. Station signs are in the standard black with white lettering. The 1990 artwork is called Points of Observation by Kathleen McCarthy. It is a face-shaped wire mesh sculpture that affords a view of the street from the platforms. The artwork also appears at 104th Street and at Woodhaven Bouelvard.http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=J&artist=1&station=2 111th Street-104th Street-Woodhaven Boulevard - 75th Street - Cypress Hills - Kathleen McCarthy - Five Points of Observation, 1990-93 web.mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority live https://web.archive.org/web/20190826033602/http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=J&artist=1&station=2 August 26, 2019 April 3, 2020 Exits The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside fare control, there is a single staircase to each platform at their south ends and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, there is a turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases going down to either eastern corners of Jamaica Avenue and 111th Street.Kew Gardens This station formerly had another entrance/exit at the east (railroad north) end. The staircase to 113th Street was removed, but the elevated station house beneath the tracks and single staircase to each platform remain boarded up and intact. The station house is now used for storage and offices. www.nycsubway.org: BMT Nassau Street-Jamaica Line http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/BMT_Nassau_Street-Jamaica_Line#111th_Street www.nycsubway.org February 18, 2016 References 30em External links 111th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View Platforms from Google Maps Street View y yes Category:BMT Jamaica Line stations Category:1917 establishments in New York City Category:New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1917 Category:Richmond Hill, Queens