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111th Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

New York City Subway station in Queens

Field	Value
name	111 Street
image	111 Street Jamaica night vc.jpg
image_caption	Brooklyn bound platform
former	Greenwood Avenue
111th Street–Richmond Hill
address	111th Street and Jamaica Avenue
Queens, New York
borough	Queens
locale	Richmond Hill
coordinates
division	BMT
line	BMT Jamaica Line
service	Jamaica east J
other	{{Unbulleted list
platforms	2 side platforms
tracks	3 (2 in passenger service)
structure	Elevated
opened
closed	(reconstruction)
rebuilt
services	{{Adjacent stations	system=New York City Subway
line1	Jamaica skip	left1=Woodhaven Boulevard	right1=Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport	note-left1=	note-right1=
line2	Jamaica	left2=104th Street	right2=121st Street	note-left2=	note-right2=
note-row3	does not stop here}}
footnotes
route_map	{{Routemap	inline=y
legend	track

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The 111th Street station is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 111th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens, it is served at all times by the J train. The Z train skips this station when it operates.

History

This station was opened on May 28, 1917*

by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, replacing Cypress Hills as the line's terminus.

The station was temporarily closed on January 14, 2019, for six months of structural repairs. As part of the work, the trackside girders and the platforms were replaced. Unlike the repairs done at 121st Street and 104th Street, which were done one platform at a time, both platforms were closed simultaneously to cut the work from 12 months to 6 months; as a result, the station reopened on June 11, 2019.

Station layout

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track dead ends at bumper blocks on both sides of the station and has connections to both local tracks. It is only used for train storage. It was formerly used to turn trains for the BMT Lexington Avenue Elevated trains from 1917 until 1950. The track was also used to store trains while the Jamaica Line was being torn down north of 121st Street and the Archer Avenue Line was being built.

Both platforms have beige windscreens for their entire lengths and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at the west (railroad south) end. Station signs are in the standard black with white lettering.

The 1990 artwork is called Points of Observation by Kathleen McCarthy. It is a face-shaped wire mesh sculpture that affords a view of the street from the platforms. The artwork also appears at 104th Street and at Woodhaven Bouelvard.

Exits

The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside fare control, there is a single staircase to each platform at their south ends and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, there is a turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases going down to either eastern corners of Jamaica Avenue and 111th Street.

This station formerly had another entrance/exit at the east (railroad north) end. The staircase to 113th Street was removed, but the elevated station house beneath the tracks and single staircase to each platform remain boarded up and intact. The station house is now used for storage and offices.

References

''[[The New York Times]]'', [https://www.nytimes.com/1918/07/07/archives/new-subway-line-affords-a-fivecent-fare-between-manhattan-and.html New Subway Line: Affords a Five-Cent Fare Between Manhattan and Jamaica, L.I.], July 7, 1918, page 30
(December 21, 2018). "Critical Structural Repairs Scheduled for 111 St Station on J Line". Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
(June 11, 2019). "J Line - Weekday and Weekend Planned Service Change Update".
Cox, Jeremiah. "111 Street (J) - The SubwayNut".
(August 11, 2014). "J Train".
"111th Street-104th Street-Woodhaven Boulevard - 75th Street - Cypress Hills - Kathleen McCarthy - Five Points of Observation, 1990-93". Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
{{Cite NYC neighborhood map. Kew Gardens
"www.nycsubway.org: BMT Nassau Street-Jamaica Line".

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