160th Street
 
Former New York City Subway station
Site, 30 years after demolition
Station statistics
AddressJamaica Avenue & 160th Street
Queens, NY 11433
BoroughQueens
LocaleJamaica
Coordinates40°42′13.1″N 73°47′57″W / 40.703639°N 73.79917°W / 40.703639; -73.79917
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Jamaica Line
ServicesNone (demolished)
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJuly 3, 1918; 105 years ago (1918-07-03)[2][3][4][5]
ClosedSeptember 10, 1977; 46 years ago (1977-09-10)[6]
Station succession
Next north168th Street (demolished)
Next southSutphin Boulevard (demolished)
Location
160th Street station is located in New York City Subway
160th Street station
160th Street station is located in New York City
160th Street station
160th Street station is located in New York
160th Street station
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Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops in station at all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekends during the day Stops weekends during the day
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Station closed Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

The 160th Street station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line in Queens, New York City.

History

This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts.[7] 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.[2] 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.[8]

This station closed on September 10, 1977, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988,[6] 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 Center–Parsons/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.

References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b The New York Times, New Subway Line, July 7, 1918, page 30
  3. ^ a b "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". The New York Times. No. July 2, 1918. July 2, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "'L' Trains Now Run Through to Jamaica" (PDF). No. July 4, 1918. Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY). July 4, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  5. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ a b The New York Transit Authority in the 1970s, nycsubway.org
  7. ^ Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway
  8. ^ Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island by Stephen L. Meyers, (2006)

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