111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

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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.

Address111th Street and Jamaica Avenue
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
Coordinates40.696876°N 73.837223°W / 40.696876; -73.837223
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Station statistics
Address111th Street and Jamaica Avenue
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleRichmond Hill
Coordinates40.696876°N 73.837223°W / 40.696876; -73.837223
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Jamaica Line
Services   J all times (all times)
Transit
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in passenger service)
Other information
OpenedMay 28, 1917 (108 years ago) (1917-05-28)[2]
ClosedJanuary 14, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-01-14) (reconstruction)
RebuiltJune 11, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-06-11)
Former/other namesGreenwood Avenue[2][3]
111th Street–Richmond Hill[2][3]
Traffic
2024469,638[4] Increase 3.5%
Rank390 out of 423[4]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Woodhaven Boulevard
J rush hours, peak direction
skip-stop
Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport
J rush hours, peak direction
skip-stop
104th Street
J all except rush hours, peak direction
121st Street
J all except rush hours, peak direction
"Z" train does not stop here
Location
111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York City Subway
111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York City
111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York
111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
Track layout

Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Close

History

This station was opened on May 28, 1917[2] by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, replacing Cypress Hills as the line's terminus.[2]

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;[5] as a result, the station reopened on June 11, 2019.[6]

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Westbound local ← "J" train toward Broad Street (104th Street AM rush, Woodhaven Boulevard other times)
← "Z" train does not stop here
Peak-direction express No passenger service
Eastbound local "J" train toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport PM rush, 121st Street other times) →
"Z" train does not stop here →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, OMNY machines
Ground Street level Entrances/exits

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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[7]

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.[9]

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.[7][10]

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.[7][11]

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