• Source: Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)

The Woodhaven Boulevard station is an elevated station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located in Woodhaven, Queens. It is served by the J train at all times and the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction.




History


This station opened on May 28, 1917 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. As of February 2021, funding had been committed to accessibility renovations at the Woodhaven Boulevard station. In December 2021, the MTA awarded a contract for the installation of elevators at eight stations, including the Woodhaven Boulevard station which will receive 2 brand new street-to-platform elevators. As of July 2022, the project was scheduled to be completed in May 2024, but has been delayed to at least November 2024.
In February 2023, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would be renovated as part of a station renewal contract at four stations on the Jamaica Line. Starting February 27 that year, the eastbound platforms at this station and 75th Street-Elderts Lane were closed. The closure shifted to the Manhattan-bound platform at this station in December 2023 and work was completed on August 12, 2024. Work includes platform renewals, replacement of stairs, canopies, and windscreens, installation of artwork, and minimizing the gaps between the train and the platform edge. The work was performed by Gramercy PJS Joint-Venture.




Station layout



This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms with space for a center track. 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.




= Exits

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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.
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. 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.




References






External links



nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Woodhaven Boulevard
Station Reporter — J Train
The Subway Nut — Woodhaven Boulevard Pictures
MTA's Arts For Transit — Woodhaven Boulevard (BMT Jamaica Line)
Woodhaven Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
95th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• E (Kota New York)
• Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)
• BMT Jamaica Line
• Sutphin Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)
• 111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
• 104th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
• Rockaway Boulevard station
• J/Z (New York City Subway service)
• 75th Street–Elderts Lane station
• 85th Street–Forest Parkway station
• Woodhaven, Queens