121st Street (BMT Jamaica Line)

 121 Street
 "J" train ​"Z" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Facing southbound from a bench on the northbound platform in March 2012 at the 121st Street station.
Station statistics
Address 121st Street & Jamaica Avenue
Queens, NY 11418
Borough Queens
Locale Richmond Hill
Coordinates 40°42′01″N 73°49′44″W / 40.700357°N 73.82894°W / 40.700357; -73.82894Coordinates: 40°42′01″N 73°49′44″W / 40.700357°N 73.82894°W / 40.700357; -73.82894
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Jamaica Line
Services       J  (all except rush hours, peak direction)
​      Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Q55, Q56
MTA Bus: Airport transportation Q10
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened July 3, 1918 (1918-07-03)[1][2][3]
Station code 080[4]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 337,075[5] Decrease 57.6%
Rank 413 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport: J  ​Z 
Metropolitan Avenue (former Jamaica Line station; demolished)
Next south 111th Street: J 
(Z  skips to 104th Street)

121st Street is a skip-stop station on the elevated BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 121st Street and Jamaica Avenue in Queens, it is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and the J train at all other times in the southbound direction only. Northbound trains will not stop here until late 2018 due to platform construction.

Station layout

Track layout
to Sutphin Blvd
to 111 St
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← "J" train toward Broad Street off-peak hours (111th Street)
← "Z" train toward Broad Street AM rush hours (104th Street)
Center track → No track or roadbed
Northbound → "J" train "Z" train do not stop here (Sutphin Boulevard) →
Side platform, being renovated until Summer 2018
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent Metrocard vending machines
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance

This elevated station was opened on July 3, 1918[1][2][3] by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. The station has two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a center express track that was never added.[6][7] This station has beige windscreens and green canopies.

This is the easternmost station on the Jamaica Line. East of here, trains go underground to the BMT Archer Avenue Line. During construction of the Archer Avenue Line, this station was the terminal for the Jamaica Avenue El from April 15, 1985, to December 10, 1988. The remainder of the el was replaced by Q49 bus service until the Archer Avenue Line opened up.

Construction on the ramps to Archer Avenue was completed in November 1987, but since the tunnels were not ready for service until 1988, a double crossover east (railroad north) of the station was installed while the ramps were used for storage. After reaching 121st Street, trains used the crossover to switch from the Jamaica-bound track to the Manhattan-bound one, where they would relay to the platform and begin service to Manhattan. The elevated structure between this station in the vicinity of 127th Street, and the now-demolished Metropolitan Avenue station was torn down to make way for the connecting ramps.

As of February 12, 2018, the Jamaica Center-bound platform at this station is closed for renovation until Fall 2018.[8]

Exits

There are two exits. The full-time exit is at the west (railroad south) end of the station. One staircase from each platform leads to the mezzanine beneath the tracks. Outside of fare control, a pair of staircases lead down to either side of Jamaica Avenue on the west side of 121st Street.[9]

There was an additional un-staffed exit at the east (railroad north) end of the station leading to the west side of 123rd Street. This exit is split in half due to the closed-off station house beneath the tracks. A single staircase from each platforms led to a landing that contained a full-height turnstile before the street stairs. The Manhattan-bound side used HEET turnstiles, while the Jamaica-bound side was exit-only.[9] These exits were closed following the renovation of the station.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 "'L' Trains Now Run Through to Jamaica" (PDF). Queens/Brooklyn, NY: Leader Observer. July 4, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Construction of Foundations and Structure: Section 1, Jamaica Line" (PDF). New York Municipal Railway Corporation. 1915. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  7. ↑ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Jamaica Center Bound Trains". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on 2018-02-11. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  9. 1 2 "MTA Neighborhood Maps:Kew Gardens" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
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