160th Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
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160th Street was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line
. It had 3 tracks and 2 side platforms. This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts. It opened December 12, 1916, and closed on September 10, 1977. 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 Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer Subway Station a block west.
BMT Jamaica Line
The Jamaica 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...
. It had 3 tracks and 2 side platforms. This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts. It opened December 12, 1916, and closed on September 10, 1977. The next stop to the north was 168th Street
168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
168th Street was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line. It had 2 tracks and 1 island platform This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts. It opened December 12, 1916, seventeen years after the closing of Canal Street Station along the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit...
. The next stop to the south was Sutphin Boulevard
Sutphin Boulevard (BMT Jamaica Line)
Sutphin Boulevard was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms, with space for a 3rd track in the center. This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts. It opened December 12, 1916, and closed on September...
. 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 Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer Subway Station a block west.