Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport (Archer Avenue Lines)

This article is about the New York City Subway station complex at Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue. For the station at Sutphin Boulevard and Hillside Avenue, see Sutphin Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line).

Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Upper level platform
Station statistics
Address	Sutphin Boulevard & Archer Avenue Queens, NY 11435
Borough	Queens
Locale	Jamaica
Coordinates
Division	B (BMT/IND)
Line	BMT Archer Avenue Line (lower level) IND Archer Avenue Line (upper level)
Services	E  (all times)       J  (all times)       Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Q20A, Q20B, Q24, Q30, Q31, Q43, Q44 SBS, Q54, Q56 MTA Bus: Q6, Q8, Q9, Q25, Q34, Q40, Q41, Q60, Q65 AirTrain JFK: Jamaica Route LIRR Babylon, Belmont Park, City Terminal Zone, Far Rockaway, Hempstead, Long Beach, Montauk, Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma, and West Hempstead Branches (at Jamaica)
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	December 11, 1988 (1988-12-11)
Accessible
Wireless service
Former/other names	Sutphin Boulevard
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	7,633,725  4.5%
Rank	55 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer: E  J  Z
Next south	Jamaica – Van Wyck (Queens Boulevard): E  121st Street (Jamaica): J all except rush hours, peak direction Z  (J  skips to 111th Street)
Next north	Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer: E  J  Z
Next south	Jamaica – Van Wyck (via Queens Boulevard): E  Flushing Avenue (via Jamaica local): J  Marcy Avenue (via Jamaica express): J all times except weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., peak direction
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport is a station on the IND and BMT Archer Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway. It is located at Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica, Queens and served by the E and J trains at all times, and by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction.

This underground, two-level station was originally named Sutphin Boulevard, and served as a replacement for the former Sutphin Boulevard elevated station on the demolished segment of the BMT Jamaica Line two blocks north. When the AirTrain opened, the JFK Airport suffix was added.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agents (Elevator off SE corner of Sutphin Boulevard at Archer Avenue near elevated LIRR tracks)
B2 Upper level	Southbound	← toward World Trade Center (Jamaica – Van Wyck)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (Terminus) →
B3 Lower level	Southbound	← toward Broad Street (111th Street rush hours, 121st Street other times) ← toward Broad Street (AM rush hours) (121st Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ ( PM rush hours) toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (Terminus) →

Upper level platform view

This station has two levels; the upper level serves the IND Archer Avenue Line, while the BMT line uses the lower level. Each level has two tracks and an island platform. Like the other stations on the Archer Avenue Line, Sutphin is fully ADA-accessible. Both platforms are 600 feet (183 m) in length, standard for a full-length B Division train.

There are gray vertical acoustic tile side walls and a glassed-in crossover. The mezzanine is glass and stainless steel and features a "Sutphin Boulevard" mosaic on the geographic north wall.

Entrances and exits

Stairs go up to all four corners of Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue. An elevator is located at the southeast corner.

A connection is available to the Long Island Rail Road at Jamaica station, which is located immediately outside this station. A connection is also available to AirTrain JFK, which provides light rail service to John F. Kennedy International Airport.

There is an entrance opposite the AirTrain terminal that is unstaffed and HEET turnstile access at all times.

External links

• nycsubway.org—IND Queens Boulevard Line: Sutphin Boulevard (Jamaica Branch)
• Station Reporter — E Train
• Station Reporter — J Train
• The Subway Nut — Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport Pictures
• Sutphin Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Lower level from Google Maps Street View