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JJ TRAIN
168th
Street Queens to 121st
Street Queens
For photos see
www.nycsubway.org
( Demolished
late 1970s-1980s),
Cause of death: Local Merchants and
pending Archer Avenue subway. An interesting post script is the
fact hat the merchants actually lost business and closed when
the el was demolished. A section survives at the Tiffany Street
Iron Shop in the Bronx and is used by NYCT to train workers.
Blue Signs indicate line was
removed. For stations still in existence we use the
regular NYCT sign and the current description.
168th Street (On Jamaica Avenue at 168th
Street) had two tracks and had an Island platform.
12/21918- 10/10/1977
160th Street (On
Jamaica Avenue at 160th Street) had 3 tracks and two
wall platforms. The third track ended before 168th
Street. 12/2/1918-10/10/1977
Sutphin Boulevard (On Jamaica Avenue at Sutphin Boulevard)
had two tracks, space for a center track and two wall
platforms12/2/1918-10/10/1977
Queens Boulevard (on Jamaica
Avenue at Queens Boulevard) had two tracks, space for a center
track and two wall platforms. This station served as a temporary
terminal after the first section to 168th Street was
demolished.1/2/1918- 4/15/1985
Metropolitan Avenue (on Jamaica
Avenue at Metropolitan Avenue) had two tracks, space for a
center track and two wall platforms.12/2/1916-4/15/1985
While we have no facts, they probably had wooden canopies
with Transite, wooden mezzanines and probably had a crossunder
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121st
STREET
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121st Street
(on Jamaica Avenue at 121st Street) opened
12/12/1916 and has two tracks and two wall platforms.
The north exit leads to 123rd street and is
open via high exit on the northbound side only. The
north Mezzanine is closed and has a ghost booth. The
south exit has a crossunder and leads to 121st
street.
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111th
STREET
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111th Street
(on Jamaica
Avenue at 111th Street) opened 6/11/1917 and
has three tracks and two wall platforms. The center
track is used for storage and was used to turn trains
while the El was being torn down north of 121st
and the Archer Avenue subway line was being built. The
north exit is sealed and is used for storage and
offices. It probably had a crossunder and a ghost booth.
The South exit leads to 111th street and has
a crossunder.
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104th
STREET
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104th Street
(on Jamaica Avenue at
104th Street) opened 6/11/1917 and has two
tracks and two wall platforms It was formerly known as
102nd-104th Street but renamed
when the south exit to 102nd street was
sealed. It probably had a crossunder but no formal proof
is available. The north exit has a crossunder and leads
to 104th street. This station has an artwork entitled
"Five Points of Observation and was installed in 1990 to
1993. It was designed by Kathleen McCarthy and affords a
view of the street from the platforms and resembles a
face when seen from the street
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WOODHAVEN
BOULEVARD
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Woodhaven Boulevard (on Jamaica Avenue at
Woodhaven Boulevard) opened 6/11/1917 and has two tracks
and two wall platforms. This station has an artwork
entitled "Five Points of Observation and was installed
in 1990 to 1993. It was designed by Kathleen McCarthy
and affords a view of the street from the platforms and
resembles a face when seen from the street. The north
exit leads to 95th street and has a
crossunder and a ghost booth and the south exit with a
crossunder leads to Woodhaven Blvd.
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85th
STREET
FOREST PARKWAY
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85th Street Forest Parkway (on
Jamaica Avenue at Forest Parkway) opened 6/11/1917 and
has two tracks and two wall platforms. This station has
an artwork entitled "Five Points of Observation and was
installed in 1990 to 1993. It was designed by Kathleen
McCarthy and affords a view of the street from the
platforms and resembles a face when seen from the
street. The north exit, which is open leads to 85th
street and has a crossunder. The south exit, if it
exited is closed. The dual name has recently been
restored to station signage.
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75th
STREET
ELDERTS LANE
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75th Street Elderts Lane (on
Jamaica Avenue at Elderts Lane) opened 6/11/1917 and has
two tracks and two wall platforms. The dual name has
recently been restored to station signage. The north
exit leads to 75th street and has a
crossunder. The south exit, if it existed, is sealed.
The station is in two Boroughs—the north end is in
queens and the south end is in Brooklyn. This station
has an artwork entitled "Five Points of Observation and
was installed in 1990 to 1993. It was designed by
Kathleen McCarthy and affords a view of the street from
the platforms and resembles a face when seen from the
street

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CYPRESS HILLS
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Cypress Hills (on Jamaica Avenue at Hemlock
Street, Autumn Avenue and Crescent Street) opened
6/11/1917 and has two tracks and two wall platforms.
This station has an artwork entitled "Five Points of
Observation and was installed in 1990 to 1993. It was
designed by Kathleen McCarthy and affords a view of the
street from the platforms and resembles a face when seen
from the street. Northbound has a high exit at the north
end. The southbound north exit has been removed, The
Mezzanine is closed and probably had a crossunder.. The
South exit, which leads to Hemlock Street, Autumn Avenue
and Crescent Street, has a crossunder. Leaving here we
enter the oldest section of the system dating to the
1890s and a highlight of the line- The S Curve unto
Crescent Street.
Cypress Hills Terminal (on Crescent Street South of Jamaica
Avenue) was the former end of the line before the Jamaica
Avenues line was opened. It had an island platform and stub
ended past the station. All that remains is the girders once
holding the platform and a short stub near the cemetery. Most of
the crescent street section has three tracks with the center
track used to short turn trains from either end. The curve end
near Crescent Street Station has been eased. A careful
examination of the structure shows the original track
locations. We are now over Fulton Street in Brooklyn. According
to various sources the line had wall platforms originally.
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CRESCENT
STREET
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Crescent Street (on Fulton Street at Crescent
Street) opened 6/12/1893 and has two tracks and an
island platform. The mezzanine is a platform level at
the North end. The Mezzanine has a wood floor and walls
and is quite small. The canopy is short and has arched
supports. Between here and the next station a careful
examination reveals a turn off for the former Chestnut
Street Incline which lead to the Long Island Rail Road.
It was abandoned a long time ago because federal
regulation prohibited allowances of a commuter railroad
(LIRR) to share tracks with a subway or elevated line
company.
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NORWOOD
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Norwood Avenue (On Fulton Street at Norwood
Avenue) opened 6/12/1893 and has two tracks and an
island platform The Mezzanine is at platform level at
the north end The Mezzanine has a wood floor and walls
and is quite small. The canopy is short and has arched
supports
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CLEVELAND
STREET
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Cleveland Street (on Fulton Street at
Cleveland Street)) opened 6/12/1893 and has two tracks
and an island platform The Mezzanine is at platform
level at the south end The Mezzanine has a wood floor
and walls and is quite small. The canopy is short and
has arched supports The Mezzanine has a wood floor and
walls and is quite small. The canopy is short and has
arched supports. The Mezzanine has a wood floor and
walls and is quite small. The canopy is short and has
arched supports
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VAN SICLEN
AVENUE
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Van Siclen Avenue (on Fulton Street at Van
Siclen Avenue) opened 6/12/1893 and has two tracks and
an island platform. The canopy is short and has squared
off, flat roofline. There is a center Mezzanine under
the tracks with wood floor and walls. This mezzanine is
actually to the geographic south of the Jamaica bound
track This station originally had two side paltforms.
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ALABAMA AVENUE
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Alabama Avenue (On Fulton Street at Alabama
Avenue) opened 2/2/1885 and has two tracks and an island
platform. To the geographic north is a view of the East
New York Bus depot and complex. The Mezzanine under the
platform is metal and has a wood floor. The station has
flat roof canopy which source suggest supported a
planned express track. All that remains or was built is
a track which rises East (system North) of Broadway
Junction and ends at the south end of this station. Joe
Cunningham states that the BRT had poor records and no
hard evidence is known to him. Leaving here is a maze of
tracks leading to yards and we enter our next station.
He thinks the next stop would have been Woodhaven Blvd.
The line is now located over Broadway..
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BROADWAY
JUNCTION
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Broadway Junction (Entrance at Van Sinderen
Avenue between Fulton Street and Eastern Parkway) opened
9/9/1885 as Eastern Parkway and is discussed on the
Complexes Page
The following stations up to and including Hewes
Street were all renovated by M.A. Angeliades.
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CHAUNCEY
STREET
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Chauncey Street (on Broadway at Rockaway
Avenue) opened 9/4/1885 and has three tracks and two
wall platforms. The north exit leads to Marion and
Chauncey Streets and is closed except as emergency exit.
The south exit has a crossunder, metal Mezzanine and
leads to Rockaway Avenue and Broadway. A new art glass
installation in this renovated station and features
scenes of neighborhood life.
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HALSEY
STREET
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Halsey Street (on Broadway at Halsey Street)
opened 9/4/1885 and has 3 tracks and two wall platforms.
North exit leads to Halsey with a crossunder while the
south exit leads to Jefferson Street. No art glass is
present as of 8/29/04 although plywood panels could be
where it will be placed.
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GATES AVENUE
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Gates Avenue (on Broadway at Quincy Street)
opened 9/4/1885 and has three tracks and two wall
platforms. The north exit leads to Howard Avenue is an
emergency exit only. The south exit leads to Quincy
Street and Broadway and has a crossunder. Art glass is a
subway (J train) theme.
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KOSCIUSZKO
STREET
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Kosciuszko Street (on Broadway at) opened
9/4/1885 and has three tracks and two wall platforms.
The north exit has a crossunder and leads to Kosciuszko
Street and has a crossunder. The south exit is an
emergency exit and leads to DeKalb Avenue. Art glass is
a floral theme.
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MYRTLE AVENUE
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Myrtle Avenue (on Broadway at Myrtle
Avenue) opened 9/16/1888 for the J and has
three tracks and two island platforms. There is a
crossunder at the center along with one stairway on the
southbound platform which is for access to the tower and
once accessed the upper level platform which served the
MJ Train which used to run further south on Myrtle
Avenue to Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The line in
even earlier times ran over the Brooklyn Bridge to Park
Row (City Hall Park) in Manhattan. For further info on
the torn down M Sections see
www.nycsubway.org
and old M Train The
M now runs with the J train
from Here to Manhattan and queens Blvd. and ends on the
middle track late nights, weekends and holidays. Art
glass here is entitled "Jamaica under the El" by Verna
Hart and was installed in 1999. This station is
renovated. Across the mezzanine area and underneath the
Manhattan bound track is another mezzanine with ghost
booth and one staircase to the Northeast corner on
Broadway by Myrtle Avenue. This area was abandoned and
later removed during the renovation, however you can see
this abandoned exit in the film "Ghost"(1990 where
Patrick Swayze exits Myrtle Avenue station via this
abandoned staircase.
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FLUSHING
AVENUE
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Flushing Avenue (on Broadway at Flushing
Avenue) opened 9/16/1888 and has three tracks and two
wall platforms. The north exit leads to Marcus Garvey
Blvd and is an emergency exit. The south exit has full
ADA and leads to Flushing Avenue. The elevators are
cantilevered over the sides of the structure. There is
no art glass as of this writing but plywood panels
suggest where art glass might be installed. ADA is
present since the station is near Woodhull Hospital.
Sections of windscreen have mesh panels to allow a view
of the streets.
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LORIMER
STREET
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Lorimer Street (on Broadway at Lorimer
Street) opened 9/16/1888 and has three tracks and two
wall platforms. The north exit has been reopened (with
no crossunder) to Wallabout Street while the south exit
leads to Lorimer Street with a crossunder. The art glass
features a floral and vines theme. Some sections of the
windscreen features mesh to allow a view of the streets
below.
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HEWES
STREET
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Hewes Street (on Broadway at Hooper Street)
opened 9/16/1888 and has three tracks and two wall
platforms. The north exits leads to Hewes Street and is
an emergency exit. The south exit leads to Hooper Street
and has a crossunder. The art glass features random
geometric shapes and is based on shapes found in Dress
patterns. It is entitled El in 16 notes and is by Mara
Held. This station has 16 sections of art. .
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MARCY AVENUE
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Marcy Avenue (on Broadway at Marcy Avenue)
opened9/16/1888 and has three tracks and two wall
platforms is in the final stages of renovation which
extended the platform level station houses over the
street, added south exits on the northbound platform and
added HEETs to the southbound south exit. For service
over the bridge please see the
J line
page.
Driggs Avenue (on Broadway at Driggs Avenue) probably
had two wall platforms with Transite wooden canopies, wooden
mezzanine(s) and wooden platforms.
Broadway Ferry (on Broadway at Kent Avenue- at the
East River) probably had two tracks and an island platform with
wooden transite canopies and wooden platform and mezzanine(s).
Information is sketchy an additional information is
appreciated.
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