160th Street station
New York City Subway station in Queens (closed 1977)
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The 160th Street station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line in Queens, New York City.
Queens, New York 11433
160th Street | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former New York City Subway station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Site, 30 years after demolition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Address | Jamaica Avenue and 160th Street Queens, New York 11433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | Queens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42â²13.1â³N 73°47â²57â³W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Jamaica Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | None (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | 168th Street (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | Sutphin Boulevard (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[6] 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.[7]
This station closed on September 10, 1977, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988,[8] 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 CenterâParsons/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.
