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Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)

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 Woodhaven Blvd
 "J" train​"Z" train
MTA NYC logo.svg New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Woodhaven Bl Jamaica Av 32.jpg
View from southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressWoodhaven Boulevard & Jamaica Avenue
Queens, NY 11421
BoroughQueens
LocaleWoodhaven
Coordinates40°41′37″N 73°51′08″W / 40.693622°N 73.852158°W / 40.693622; -73.852158Coordinates: 40°41′37″N 73°51′08″W / 40.693622°N 73.852158°W / 40.693622; -73.852158
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Jamaica Line
Services   J all times (all times)
​   Z rush hours, peak direction (rush hours, peak direction)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: Q56
Bus transport MTA Bus: Q11, Q21, Q52/Q53 SBS, QM15, BM5
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedMay 28, 1917; 105 years ago (May 28, 1917)[2]
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20191,337,787[4] Decrease 2.4%
Rank320 out of 424[4]
Location
Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York City Subway
Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)
Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York City
Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)
Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York
Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)
Track layout

Legend
to 104th Street
to 85th Street–Forest Parkway
Street map

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
Stops all times Stops all times
This article is about the station at Jamaica Avenue. For the station at Queens Boulevard, see Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line).

The Woodhaven Boulevard station is an elevated station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located in Woodhaven, Queens.[5] It is served by the J train at all times and the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction.[6] As of February 2023, the Queens-bound platform is temporarily closed.

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Metro station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the case of an emergency. In the United Kingdom, they are known as underground stations, most commonly used in reference to the London Underground.

BMT Jamaica Line

BMT Jamaica Line

The BMT Jamaica Line, also known as the Broadway - Brooklyn Line is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East New York, Brooklyn, and then east over Fulton Street and Jamaica Avenue to Jamaica, Queens. In western Jamaica, the line goes into a tunnel, becoming the lower level of the Archer Avenue lines in central Jamaica. The J and Z trains serve the entire length of the Jamaica Line, and the M serves the line west of Myrtle Avenue.

New York City Subway

New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the most stations, with 472 stations in operation.

Woodhaven, Queens

Woodhaven, Queens

Woodhaven is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered on the north by Park Lane South and Forest Park, on the east by Richmond Hill, on the south by Ozone Park and Atlantic Avenue, and the west by the Cypress Hills neighborhood of Brooklyn.

History

This station opened on May 28, 1917[2][7][8] under the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.

As part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2015–2019 Capital Program, the Woodhaven Boulevard station was selected to receive elevators as part of a process to expand the New York City Subway system's accessibility.[9][10] As of February 2021, funding had been committed to accessibility renovations at the Woodhaven Boulevard station.[11] In December 2021, the MTA awarded a contract for the installation of elevators at eight stations, including the Woodhaven Boulevard station.[12][13] As of July 2022, the project is scheduled to be completed in May 2024.[14]

In February 2023, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would temporarily close for renovations as part of a station renewal contract at four stations on the Jamaica Line.[15] Starting February 27, the Queens-bound platforms at this station and 75th Street-Elderts Lane will close.[16] The closure will shift to the Manhattan-bound platforms in late summer. Work includes platform renewals, replacement of stairs, canopies, and windscreens, installation of artwork, and minimizing the gaps between the train and the platform edge.[15] The work will be performed by Gramercy PJS Joint-Venture.[17]

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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was a public transit holding company formed in 1896 to acquire and consolidate railway lines in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It was a prominent corporation and industry leader using the single-letter symbol B on the New York Stock Exchange.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in the United States, serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, along with two counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, carrying over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 850,000 vehicles on its seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday.

Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The physical accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s public transit network, serving the New York metropolitan area, is incomplete. Although all buses are wheelchair-accessible in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), much of the MTA's rail system was built before wheelchair access was a requirement under the ADA. This includes the MTA's rapid transit systems, the New York City Subway and Staten Island Railway, and its commuter rail services, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad. Consequently, most stations were not designed to be accessible to people with disabilities, and many MTA facilities lack accessible announcements, signs, tactile components, and other features.

75th Street–Elderts Lane station

75th Street–Elderts Lane station

The 75th Street–Elderts Lane station is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. The station is located at 75th Street and Jamaica Avenue and is largely within Woodhaven, Queens, with a small portion in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. It is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and by the J train at all other times. As of February 2023, the Queens-bound platform is temporarily closed.

Station layout

P
Platform level 		Side platform
Westbound ← "J" train toward Broad Street 85th Street–Forest Parkway)
← "Z" train AM rush toward Broad Street (75th Street–Elderts Lane)
Center track → No track or roadbed
Eastbound → "J" train toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (111th Street PM rush, 104th Street other times) →
→ "Z" train PM rush toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (104th Street)
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
G Street level Exit/entrance
The Five Points of Observation artwork on the Jamaica-bound platform
The Five Points of Observation artwork on the Jamaica-bound platform

This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms with space for a center track.[18] Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green roofs along the entire length except for a section at the west (railroad south) end. Here, there are only waist-high black steel fences.

This station has provisions built in its structure to convert it into an express station, if the center third track was to be installed. The other station on the line that had such provisions was the now demolished Sutphin Boulevard station.

The 1990 artwork here is called Five Points of Observation by Kathleen McCarthy. It affords a view of the street from the platforms and resembles a face when seen from the street. This artwork is also located on four other BMT Jamaica Line stations.[19][20]

Exits

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks that allow free transfers between directions. The main one is at the extreme west end and has a single staircase from each platform, turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs going down to either western corners of Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue.[21]

The other station house is un-staffed, containing just two HEET turnstiles, a staircase to each platform, and one staircase going down to the southwest corner of 95th Street and Jamaica Avenue.[21][5] The Queens-bound staircase's landing has an exit-only turnstile that allows passengers to exit the station without having to go through the station house.[21]

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Side platform

Side platform

A side platform is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, one for each direction of travel, is the basic design used for double-track railway lines. Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with an island platform where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track.

J/Z (New York City Subway service)

J/Z (New York City Subway service)

The J Nassau Street Local and Z Nassau Street Express are two rapid transit services in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored brown since they use the BMT Nassau Street Line in Lower Manhattan.

Broad Street station (BMT Nassau Street Line)

Broad Street station (BMT Nassau Street Line)

The Broad Street station is a station on the BMT Nassau Street Line of the New York City Subway at the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets in the Financial District of Manhattan. It serves as the southern terminal for J trains at all times and for Z trains during rush hours in the peak direction.

85th Street–Forest Parkway station

85th Street–Forest Parkway station

The 85th Street–Forest Parkway station is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, Queens. The J train serves this station at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.

75th Street–Elderts Lane station

75th Street–Elderts Lane station

The 75th Street–Elderts Lane station is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. The station is located at 75th Street and Jamaica Avenue and is largely within Woodhaven, Queens, with a small portion in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. It is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and by the J train at all other times. As of February 2023, the Queens-bound platform is temporarily closed.

Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station

Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station

The Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station is the northern terminal station of the IND and BMT Archer Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway, located at Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. It is served by E and J trains at all times, as well as Z trains during rush hours in the peak direction.

111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

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.

104th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

104th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

The 104th Street station is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located on Jamaica Avenue between 102nd and 104th Streets in Richmond Hill, Queens. It is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction, and the J at all other times.

Turnstile

Turnstile

A turnstile is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. A turnstile can be configured to enforce one-way human traffic. In addition, a turnstile can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, ticket, pass, or other method of payment. Modern turnstiles can incorporate biometrics, including retina scanning, fingerprints, and other individual human characteristics which can be scanned. Thus a turnstile can be used in the case of paid access, for example to access public transport, a pay toilet, or to restrict access to authorized people, for example in the lobby of an office building.

Jamaica Avenue

Jamaica Avenue

Jamaica Avenue is a major avenue in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, New York, in the United States. Jamaica Avenue's western end is at Broadway and Fulton Street, as a continuation of East New York Avenue, in Brooklyn's East New York neighborhood. Physically, East New York Avenue connects westbound to New York Avenue, where East New York Avenue changes names another time to Lincoln Road; Lincoln Road continues to Ocean Avenue in the west, where it ends. Its eastern end is at the city line in Bellerose, Queens, where it becomes Jericho Turnpike to serve the rest of Long Island. The section of Jamaica Avenue designated as New York State Route 25 runs from Braddock Avenue to the city line, where Jamaica Avenue becomes Jericho Turnpike.

Queens

Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long Island, and Nassau County to its east. Queens shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island.

Source: "Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 22nd), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodhaven_Boulevard_station_(BMT_Jamaica_Line).

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Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station

121st Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station

Rockaway Boulevard station

Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard station

80th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)

88th Street station

111th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)

Chauncey Street station

Kosciuszko Street station

104th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

Marcy Avenue station

Hewes Street station

Flushing Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line)

Woodhaven Boulevard station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

85th Street–Forest Parkway station

75th Street–Elderts Lane station
References
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  2. ^ a b "TO OPEN JAMAICA AV. LINE.; Nearly Two and a Half Miles Ready for Operation Tonight". No. May 27, 1917. New York Times Company. May 27, 1917. p. 24. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
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  5. ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Woodhaven" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  6. ^ "J/Z Subway Timetable, Effective September 19, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  7. ^ "Jamaica Avenue 'L' is an Old Story Already" (PDF). No. May 31, 1917. Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY). May 31, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  8. ^ 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 15, 1918. pp. 73, 81, 312–314. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
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  13. ^ "MTA announces historic investment in accessibility projects". Mass Transit Magazine. December 13, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
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  15. ^ a b "MTA Announces Upcoming Station Renovations at Cypress Hills, 75 St, and 85 St Stations on the J and Z Line". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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