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85th Street–Forest Parkway station

New York City Subway station in Queens

Field	Value
name	85 Street–Forest Parkway
former	Forest Parkway
image	85th Street–Forest Parkway Station - 54654374587.jpg
image_caption	Jamaica-bound platform
address	85th Street and Jamaica Avenue
Queens, New York
borough	Queens
locale	Woodhaven
coordinates
division	BMT
line	BMT Jamaica Line
service	Jamaica east J
other	NYCT Bus:
platforms	2 side platforms
tracks	2
structure	Elevated
opened
services	{{Adjacent stations	system=New York City Subway
line1	Jamaica skip west	left1=Cypress Hills	right1=Woodhaven Boulevard	note-left1=	note-right1=
line2	Jamaica	left2=75th Street–Elderts Lane	right2=Woodhaven Boulevard	note-left2=	note-right2=
note-row3	does not stop here}}
footnotes
route_map	{{NYCS 2-tracked side platform station	inline=y
1	Woodhaven Boulevard
2	75th Street–Elderts Lane
3r	yes
space	yes
code	BMT Jamaica Line
deg	285

Queens, New York |note-row3= does not stop here}}

The 85th Street–Forest Parkway station is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, Queens. The J train serves this station at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.

History

This station opened on May 28, 1917 under the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.

From the late-1950s into the 1960s the New York City Transit Authority had a proposal to realign the BMT Jamaica Line between Grant or Nichols Avenue (east of Crescent Street station) and 80th Street and Jamaica Avenue (just west of this station). This realignment would have also included a bi-directional express track. The realignment was never carried out. "85th Street" was added to the name in 1966.

In February 2023, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would temporarily close for renovations as part of a station renewal contract at four stations on the Jamaica Line. On August 12, 2024, the Queens-bound platform closed. The closure shifted to the Manhattan-bound platform in mid-January 2025. Work includes platform renewals, replacement of stairs, canopies, and windscreens, installation of artwork, and minimizing the gaps between the train and the platform edge. The work is being performed by Gramercy PJS Joint-Venture.

Station layout

The station has two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a center track.

Exits

The north exit, which leads to 85th Street and has a crossunder, is near Forest Park. The south exit, which leads to Forest Parkway, was removed.

References

{{Cite NYC neighborhood map. Woodhaven
{{NYCS const. timetable. j
(May 27, 1917). "TO OPEN JAMAICA AV. LINE.; Nearly Two and a Half Miles Ready for Operation Tonight". The New York Times.
(May 31, 1917). "Jamaica Avenue 'L' is an Old Story Already". The Leader-Observer.
(January 15, 1918). "Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, Volume 1". New York State Public Service Commission.
(October 2, 1958). "Woodhavenites Fear Loss of Homes by El Improvement: Residents Clamor for Facts About City's Plan to Build El Structure Through Heart of Community; Official Statement Released by Transit Authority". The Leader–Observer.
(February 17, 2023). "MTA Announces Upcoming Station Renovations at Cypress Hills, 75 St, and 85 St Stations on the J and Z Line".
Bardolf, Deirdre. (February 16, 2023). "J train work starting in Woodhaven: MTA".
{{NYCS const. trackref. trackbook3

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