168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
| 168th Street | |
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| Former New York City Subway rapid transit station | |
Site of former 168th Street Station building at Jamaica Avenue and 165th Street. Presently a women's clothing and fashion retail store occupies the site.
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| Station statistics | |
| Address | Jamaica Avenue & 168th Street Queens, NY 11433 |
| Borough | Queens |
| Locale | Jamaica |
| Coordinates | 40°42′20″N 73°47′40″W / 40.70556°N 73.79444°WCoordinates: 40°42′20″N 73°47′40″W / 40.70556°N 73.79444°W |
| Division | B (BMT) |
| Line | BMT Jamaica Line |
| Services | None (demolished) |
| Transit connections | Jamaica Surface Line |
| Structure | Elevated |
| Platforms | 1 island platform |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Opened | July 3, 1918 |
| Closed | September 10, 1977 |
| Former/other names | Cliffside Avenue Grand Street |
| Station succession | |
| Next north | (Terminus) |
| Next south | 160th Street (demolished) |
168th Street was the terminal station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line. Located between 165th and 168th Streets on Jamaica Avenue, it had two tracks and one island platform. The next stop to the south was 160th Street. This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts in 1918, and was closed in 1977 in anticipation of the Archer Avenue Subway, and due to political pressure in the area.
168th Street was part of two Dual Contracts extensions of the BMT Broadway-Jamaica Line east of Cypress Hills and the "S-Curve" from Fulton Street to Jamaica Avenue. It opened on July 3, 1918, replacing 111th Street as the line's terminus. 168th Street station also replaced the Canal Street Station along the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit line (today part of the LIRR Main Line), which closed nineteen years earlier, and supplanted the trolley service on Jamaica Avenue.
The station was constructed with a diamond crossover switch west of the station, and a large signal and switch tower built to the south side of the elevated structure at 165th Street. The entrance to the station at this location was built into an alcove of the signal building, which contained storefronts at ground level. Past the crossover, the line expanded to three tracks, with the middle track ending at 160th Street. While reports say the station had a concrete platform, photographs show a wooden platform. It served trains from the BMT Jamaica-Nassau Street Line to Manhattan (the predecessors to today's J and Z trains) and from the BMT Lexington Avenue Line. The station also connected to the nearby 165th Street Bus Terminal (opened in 1936) at 89th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard via an exit on 165th Street.
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