The Metropolitan Avenue station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line in Queens, New York City. It opened in 1918 and closed in 1985 in anticipation of the opening of the Archer Avenue lines. The next stop to the north was Queens Boulevard, until it was closed in 1985. The next stop to the south was 121st Street.
History This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts.Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway It opened on July 3, 1918* by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, after the removal of Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit service from Dunton LIRR station, and closed on April 15, 1985, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988.The New York Transit Authority in the 1980s, nycsubway.org The Q49 bus was discontinued when the rest of the Jamaica Line was connected to the Archer Avenue Subway.
Both the Metropolitan Avenue and Queens Boulevard stations were demolished in late 1990. The Jamaica–Van Wyck station, opened on December 11, 1988, has an entrance directly across the street from Metropolitan Avenue's former northeastern stair.
Station layout This elevated station had two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a third track in the center. The station had two entrances, one at 132nd Street, and another just west of Metropolitan Avenue.
A short stretch of third track was added for use as a lay-up or storage track, along with a scissor crossover near the temporary Queens Boulevard terminal in 1976, in anticipation of the line being cut back from 168th Street.
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