Metropolitan Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)

Metropolitan Avenue
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Site, 20 years after demolition. The entrance to Jamaica - Van Wyck can be seen in the background.
Station statistics
Address	Metropolitan Avenue & Jamaica Avenue Queens, NY 11418
Borough	Queens
Locale	Richmond Hill
Coordinates	40°42′8.6″N 73°49′2″W / 40.702389°N 73.81722°W / 40.702389; -73.81722Coordinates: 40°42′8.6″N 73°49′2″W / 40.702389°N 73.81722°W / 40.702389; -73.81722
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	None (demolished)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 3, 1918 (1918-07-03)^[1]^[2]
Closed	April 15, 1985 (1985-04-15)^[3]
Station succession
Next north	Queens Boulevard (demolished)
Next south	121st Street

Metropolitan Avenue was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line. It had two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a third track in the center. A short stretch of third track was added for use as a lay-up or storage track, along with a scissor crossover near the temporary Queens Boulevard terminal in 1976, in anticipation of the line being cut back from 168th Street. This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts.^[4] It opened on July 3, 1918^[2] by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, after the removal of Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit service from Dunton LIRR station,^[1] and closed on April 15, 1985, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988.^[3] The Q49 bus was discontinued when the rest of the Jamaica Line was connected to the Archer Avenue Subway.

Both Metropolitan Avenue and Queens Boulevard stations were demolished in late 1990. However, on December 11, 1988, the MTA opened the Jamaica – Van Wyck subway station directly underneath the site of the former Metropolitan Avenue elevated station. This served as the replacement station for both Metropolitan Avenue and Queens Boulevard.

References

1 2 New York Times, New Subway Line, July 7, 1918, page 30
1 2
- "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" (July 2, 1918). New York Times Company. July 2, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- "'L' Trains Now Run Through to Jamaica" (PDF) (July 4, 1918). Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY). July 4, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 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 10, 1919. pp. 61,71,285,286. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
1 2 The New York Transit Authority in the 1980s, nycsubway.org
↑ Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway

External links

nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Metropolitan Avenue
nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line:

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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