- City:
- Jamaica, New York City, Queens, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Mass Transportation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
The Queens Branch of New York City’s Independent Subway was extended during the 1930s with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The first extension was completed in 1936. On April 21, 1937, four more subway stations opened in Jamaica, including the Parsons Boulevard station that presently serves F train.
Completion of this subway branch, The New York Times reported, “will add four new stations to the line and mark the beginning of express service on a rush-hour basis. …
The new link of the Queens line from Kew Gardens to 169th Street cost about $14,400,000 this figure including the cost of structure, tracks, equipment, real estate, supervision and interest. The section is one of the parts of the city subway system constructed with the aid of a PWA loan and grant.”
Source notes
"Jamaica Subway to Open April 24"; The New York Times, April 10, 1937.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 26, 2014.
At this Location:
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Elmhurst Avenue Station - Elmhurst NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Grand Avenue Station - Elmhurst NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Woodhaven Boulevard Station - Elmhurst NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: 63rd Drive Station - Rego Park NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: 67th Avenue Station - Rego Park NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: 71st Avenue Station - Forest Hills NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: 75th Avenue Station - Forest Hills NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Union Turnpike Station - Forest Hills NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch Extension - Queens NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Van Wyck Boulevard Station - Jamaica NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Sutphin Boulevard [Hillside Avenue] Station - Jamaica NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: 169th Street Station - Jamaica NY
At this Location:
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Sutphin Boulevard [Hillside Avenue] Station - Jamaica NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: York Street Station - Brooklyn NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Parsons Boulevard Station - Jamaica NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: West Fourth Street Station - New York NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Elmhurst Avenue Station - Elmhurst NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 14th Street Station - New York NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Grand Avenue Station - Elmhurst NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 23rd Street Station - New York NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Woodhaven Boulevard Station - Elmhurst NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 42nd Street Station - New York NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: 63rd Drive Station - Rego Park NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 47th–50th Streets Station - New York NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: 67th Avenue Station - Rego Park NY
- New York Transit Museum (former Court Street Station) - Brooklyn NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: 71st Avenue Station - Forest Hills NY
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