85th Street–Forest Parkway (BMT Jamaica Line)

85th Street–Forest Parkway

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Northbound platform

Station statistics

Address

85th Street & Jamaica Avenue
Queens, NY 11421

Borough

Queens

Locale

Woodhaven

Coordinates

40°41′33″N 73°51′37″W / 40.692418°N 73.86014°WCoordinates: 40°41′33″N 73°51′37″W / 40.692418°N 73.86014°W

Division

B (BMT)

Line

BMT Jamaica Line

Services

J (all times)

Transit connections

NYCT Bus: Q56

Structure

Elevated

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Other information

Opened

May 28, 1917^[1]

Former/other names

Forest Parkway

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

1,239,793^[2]

2.2%

Rank

336 out of 422

Station succession

Next north

Woodhaven Boulevard: J

Next south

75th Street–Elderts Lane: J
(J skips to Cypress Hills)

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Stops all times

Location
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85th Street–Forest Parkway is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, Queens.^[3] The J train serves this station at all times. The Z train bypasses the station during rush hours in the peak direction when it operates.^[4]

Station layout

Track layout

Legend

to Woodhaven Blvd

to 75 St–Elderts Ln

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Broad Street (Cypress Hills rush hours, 75th Street–Elderts Lane other times) ← does not stop here
	Center track	→ No track or roadbed
	Northbound	→ toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Woodhaven Boulevard) → → does not stop here →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

The station opened on May 28, 1917^[1] as Forest Parkway. It has two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a center track.^[5]

"85th Street" was added to the name in 1966. The north exit leads to 85th street and has a crossunder.^[3] The south exit, which leads to Forest Parkway, is closed.

References

1 2
- "TO OPEN JAMAICA AV. LINE.; Nearly Two and a Half Miles Ready for Operation Tonight" (May 27, 1917). New York Times Company. May 27, 1917. p. 24. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- "Jamaica Avenue 'L' is an Old Story Already" (PDF) (May 31, 1917). Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY). May 31, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved April 20, 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 15, 1918. pp. 73, 81, 312–314. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
1 2 "Neighborhood Map Woodhaven City Line Cypress Hills Forest Hills Glendale Ozone Park" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
↑ "J/Z Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
↑ Marrero, Robert (2015-09-13). "469 Stations, 846 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-10-09.

External links

nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: 85th Street – Forest Parkway
Station Reporter — J Train
The Subway Nut — 85th Street–Forest Parkway Pictures
85th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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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