160th Street station explained

Type:former
160th Street
Address:Jamaica Avenue & 160th Street
Queens, NY 11433
Borough:Queens
Locale:Jamaica
Division:BMT
Line:BMT Jamaica Line
Service Custom:None (demolished)
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:3
Structure:Elevated
Open Date:[1]
Next North:168th Street (demolished)
Next South:Sutphin Boulevard (demolished)

The 160th Street station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line in Queens, New York City.

History

This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts.[2] It opened on July 3, 1918,[3] [4] [5] thirteen years after the closing of New York Avenue Station along the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit line. During its early years, it had connections to five different trolley companies; the New York and Long Island Traction Company, the Long Island Electric Railway, the Manhattan and Queens Traction Company, the New York and Queens County Railway, and the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation and its predecessors.[6]

This station closed on September 10, 1977, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988,[7] in anticipation of the Archer Avenue Subway and due to political pressure in the area.

This station along with the 168th Street and Sutphin Boulevard stations was demolished in 1979. It was replaced by the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station, which opened on December 11, 1988. Between the closing of the el station and its replacement subway station, the existing Parsons Boulevard station, four blocks to the north on Hillside Avenue, served as a temporary substitute.

Station layout

This elevated station had three tracks and two side platforms.

Notes and References

  1. The New York Times, New Subway Line, July 7, 1918, page 30
  2. http://www.nycsubway.org/faq/briefhist.html Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway
  3. News: 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 . April 23, 2015 . July 2, 1918 . The New York Times . July 2, 1918 .
  4. News: 'L' Trains Now Run Through to Jamaica . April 23, 2015 . July 4, 1918 . 1 . Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY) . July 4, 1918 .
  5. Book: 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 . April 23, 2015 .
  6. Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island by Stephen L. Meyers, (2006)
  7. http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_New_York_Transit_Authority_in_the_1970s The New York Transit Authority in the 1970s