160th Street (BMT Jamaica Line)

160th Street
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Site, 20 years after demolition
Station statistics
Address	Jamaica Avenue & 160th Street Queens, NY 11433
Borough	Queens
Locale	Jamaica
Coordinates	40°42′13.1″N 73°47′57″W / 40.703639°N 73.79917°W / 40.703639; -73.79917Coordinates: 40°42′13.1″N 73°47′57″W / 40.703639°N 73.79917°W / 40.703639; -73.79917
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	None (demolished)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	July 3, 1918 (1918-07-03)^[1]^[2]
Closed	September 10, 1977 (1977-09-10)^[3]
Station succession
Next north	168th Street (demolished)
Next south	Sutphin Boulevard (demolished)

160th Street was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line. It had three tracks and two side platforms. This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts.^[4] It opened on July 3, 1918,^[2] thirteen years after the closing of New York Avenue Station along the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit line,^[1] and closed on September 10, 1977, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988.^[3] 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.^[5] The next stop to the north was 168th Street. The next stop to the south was Sutphin Boulevard. It was closed 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. Nine years after that, the transportation needs in the vicinity of 160th Street were compensated with the opening of the Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer subway station a block west that serves as its replacement station. Between the closing of the el station and the opening of the subway terminal, the existing Parsons Boulevard station, four blocks to the north on Hillside Avenue served as a temporary substitute.

References

1 2 New York Times, New Subway Line, July 7, 1918, page 30
1 2
- "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" (July 2, 1918). New York Times Company. July 2, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- "'L' Trains Now Run Through to Jamaica" (PDF) (July 4, 1918). Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY). July 4, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, Volume 1. New York State Public Service Commission. January 10, 1919. pp. 61,71,285,286. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
1 2 The New York Transit Authority in the 1970s, nycsubway.org
↑ Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway
↑ Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island by Stephen L. Meyers, (2006)

External links

nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: 160th Street
nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line:

New York City Subway stations

Jamaica Line	Demolished stations Broadway Ferry Driggs Avenue [← to Essex Street, Nassau St. Line] Marcy Avenue Hewes Street Lorimer Street Flushing Avenue Park Avenue (demolished) Myrtle Avenue Kosciuszko Street Gates Avenue Halsey Street Chauncey Street Broadway Junction [~~to Atlantic Avenue, Canarsie Line →~~] Alabama Avenue Van Siclen Avenue Cleveland Street Norwood Avenue Crescent Street Cypress Hills 75th Street–Elderts Lane 85th Street–Forest Parkway Woodhaven Boulevard 104th Street 111th Street 121st Street [to Sutphin Boulevard, Archer Avenue Lines →] Demolished stations Metropolitan Avenue Queens Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard 160th Street 168th Street

See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

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