168th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

New York City Subway station in Queens (closed 1977) the station complex in Manhattan 168th Street (New York City Subway) February 2019 former 168th Street 168th Street Jamaica El at 165th Street.JPG Former 168th Street station building at Jamaica Avenue and 165th Street, seen in 2013. Jamaica Avenue and 168th StreetQueens, New York 11433 Queens Jamaica 40 42 20 N 73 47 40 W inline,title BMT BMT Jamaica Line None (demolished) 1 island platform 2 Elevated 1918 07 03The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/07/98268801.pdf New Subway Line: Affords a Five-Cent Fare Between Manhattan and Jamaica, L.I. July 7, 1918 30 1977 09 10The New York Transit Authority in the 1970s, nycsubway.org (Terminus) 160th Street (demolished) Cliffside AvenueGrand StreetOpen "L" Extension to Jamaica Today https://www.newspapers.com/image/54537531/?terms= Brooklyn Daily Eagle July 9, 2015 July 2, 1918 yes The 168th Street station was the terminal station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line in Queens, New York City. It was located between 165th and 168th Streets on Jamaica Avenue. History Early years 168th Street was part of two Dual Contracts extensions of the BMT Broadway-Jamaica Line east of Cypress Hills and the "S-Curve" from Fulton Street to Jamaica Avenue. It opened on July 3, 1918, Open New Subway To Regular Traffic; First Train on Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor and Other Officials ... New Extensions of Elevated Railroad Service … Currents of Travel to Change https://www.nytimes.com/1918/07/02/archives/open-new-subway-to-regular-traffic-first-train-on-seventh-avenue.html April 23, 2015 July 2, 1918 The New York Times July 2, 1918 'L' Trains Now Run Through to Jamaica http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer%201918-1920/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer%201918-1920%20-%200213.pdf April 23, 2015 July 4, 1918 1 Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY) July 4, 1918 Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, Volume 1 January 10, 1919 New York State Public Service Commission 61,71,285,286 https://books.google.com/books?id=sXhCAQAAMAAJ&q=%2B%22Report+of+the+Public+Service+Commission%22+%2B%22First+District+of+the+State+of+New+York%22+%2B%22Volume+1%22+%2B%22ending+December+31,+1918%22&pg=PA7 April 23, 2015 Dembart Lee A Sentimental Journey on the BMT... https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/09/09/75756028.pdf The New York Times July 2, 2015 September 9, 1977 replacing 111th Street as the line's terminus. 168th Street station also replaced the Canal Street Station along the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit line (today part of the LIRR Main Line), which closed nineteen years earlier, and supplanted the trolley service on Jamaica Avenue.Rapid Transit Extension: Frequent Trains and Low Fares All the Way to Rockaway Junction https://www.newspapers.com/image/50370152/?terms=rapid Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 26, 2015 1 June 24, 1890 Decline and closure In 1937, the Queens Boulevard Line of the city-owned Independent Subway System was extended to a new terminal at 169th Street and Hillside Avenue, four blocks away. The opening of the IND terminal drew passengers away from the BMT lines.New Lines Shift City Travel https://www.newspapers.com/image/52693752/?terms= Brooklyn Daily Eagle July 9, 2015 July 8, 1937 Many groups had called for the removal of the extension in the Jamaica Business district since shortly after it opened, and by the 1960s the city planned to close the station and significant portions of the line in Jamaica.Herman Robin For Jamaica, Redevelopment Is a Promise Unfulfilled; Projects Are Thwarted https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/04/archives/for-jamaica-redevelopment-is-a-promise-unfulfilled-projects-are.html The New York Times July 2, 2015 July 4, 1979 Many merchants blamed the line for causing blight and hurting business in the neighborhood.Fowler Glenn Proposal to End Jamaica Ave. El at Queens Blvd. Is Opposed https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/07/27/284551262.pdf The New York Times July 2, 2015 July 27, 1975 The line was also torn down in preparation for the completion of the Archer Avenue Subway one block south, which would serve the Jamaica Line and a spur of the IND Queens Boulevard Line, and due to political pressure in the area.Breslin Rosemary After A Long Slide, Hope For Jamaica https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/22/realestate/after-a-long-slide-hope-for-jamaica.html?pagewanted=all The New York Times July 1, 2015 May 22, 1983 Construction of that line began in 1972. 168th Street closed at midnight on September 10, 1977, and the elevated structure from 168th Street to Sutphin Boulevard was torn down by 1979. The line was truncated to Queens Boulevard, with the Q49 bus replacing the demolished portion of the line until December 11, 1988. Current status In spite of the support of local business owners for the demolition of the line, stores continued to suffer and several establishments closed due to the absence of the El. This included the large Macy's location in the 165th Street Pedestrian Mall near the bus terminal. Unlike the 160th Street and Sutphin Boulevard stations, which were completely demolished in 1979, 168th Street's former control tower, known as the "Station and Trainmen's Building",Business Property to Let https://www.newspapers.com/image/57394542/?terms= Brooklyn Daily Eagle July 9, 2015 July 3, 1930 still remains standing on the southeast corner of 165th Street and Jamaica Avenue. It sits inactive atop a block of storefronts. The exit stairways for the station were purchased by a private citizen to be used on their estate in Nissequogue on the Long Island Sound.Topics; In Transit Tendentious Traveler Stylish Stairs Clamped Cars https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/23/archives/topics-in-transit-tendentious-traveler-stylish-stairs-clamped-cars.html The New York Times July 2, 2015 July 23, 1978 The Archer Avenue Line was completed in 1988, nearly ten years after the closure of the station,Johnson Kirk Big Changes For Subways Are to Begin https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/09/nyregion/big-changes-for-subways-are-to-begin.html?pagewanted=all The New York Times July 14, 2015 December 9, 1988 but it does not extend east to 168th Street.Queens Merchants Win More Bus Service https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/17/nyregion/queens-merchants-win-more-bus-service.html The New York Times July 1, 2015 March 17, 1989 The closest subway stations to this former station are Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer, at Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue, which is nine blocks west and one block south, as well as the existing 169th Street station, which is four blocks to the north on Hillside Avenue.MTA Neighborhood Maps: Jamaica http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/qns/Q10_Jamaica_2015.pdf mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority June 30, 2015 2015 July 13, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170713094757/http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/qns/Q10_Jamaica_2015.pdf dead Station layout This elevated station had two tracks and one island platform. It was constructed with a diamond crossover switch west of the station, and a large signal and switch tower built to the south side of the elevated structure at 165th Street. The entrance to the station at this location was built into an alcove of the signal building, which contained storefronts at ground level.New York City Transit Authority New York City Transit Authority Image Showing BMT Jamaica Elevated Entrance at Jamaica Avenue and 165th Street: Jamaica Line (BMT) http://nytm.pastperfectonline.com/photo/C8600BD5-50D3-4DA1-B10E-605643536050 New York Transit Museum August 25, 2016 October 7, 1957 Past the crossover, the line expanded to three tracks, with the middle track ending at 160th Street. While reports say the station had a concrete platform, photographs show a wooden platform.New York City Board of Transportation New York City Board of Transportation 168th Street Station on the BMT Nassau Street /Jamaica Line. Showing the platform with stationed train and passengers. http://nytm.pastperfectonline.com/photo/150BCB25-CF77-434D-9A9C-967185194950 New York Transit Museum August 25, 2016 February 28, 1944 It served trains from the BMT Jamaica-Nassau Street Line to Manhattan (the predecessors to today's J and Z trains) and from the BMT Lexington Avenue Line. The station also connected to the nearby 165th Street Bus Terminal (opened in 1936) at 89th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard via an exit on 165th Street.Stores Now Leasing! In the New Long Island Bus Terminal at 165th Street, Jamaica https://www.newspapers.com/image/52631880/?terms= Brooklyn Daily Eagle July 9, 2015 August 16, 1936 References 30em External links http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?192:86 BMT Jamaica Line 168th Street http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/jamaica.html BMT Jamaica Line yes Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916 Category:1916 establishments in New York City Category:Defunct BMT Jamaica Line stations Category:1977 disestablishments in New York City Category:1918 establishments in New York City Category:Former elevated and subway stations in Queens, New York Category:Jamaica, Queens Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1977