Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport (New York City Subway)

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 Jamaica, NY 11435
Borough	Queens
Locale	Jamaica
Coordinates	40.700488°N 73.80774°W / 40.700488; -73.80774
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)
Connection	AirTrain JFK LIRR at Jamaica MTA Bus: Q6, Q8, Q9, Q25, Q34, Q40, Q41, Q60, Q65 New York City Bus: Q20A/B, Q24, Q30, Q31, Q43, Q44, Q56
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	December 11, 1988 (December 11, 1988)
Accessible
Former/other names	Sutphin Boulevard
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	6,447,287  0.4%
Rank	60 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer: E  J  Z
Next south	Jamaica – Van Wyck (Queens Boulevard): E  121st Street (Jamaica): J  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): J  M  Marcy Avenue (via Jamaica): J  Z
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport is a station on the IND & 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 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. 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.

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.

This station was originally named Sutphin Boulevard. When the AirTrain opened, the JFK Airport suffix was added.

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

A Manhattan-bound R32 E Train stops at Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue station.