It affords a view of the street from the platforms and resembles a face when seen from the street. The 1990 artwork here is called Five Points of Observation by Kathleen McCarthy. Here, they have black steel waist high fences with lampposts at regular intervals. (The street name has evolved from Eldert's Lane to Elderts Lane to the current Eldert Lane, which gives rise to the discrepancy between the MTA naming and the street name.) īoth platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies supported by green frames and support columns along their entire lengths except for a small section at the south end. The New York City GIS portal labels the station as "75th St–Eldert Ln", with the "s" removed from "Elderts," matching the current name of the street. The MTA counts the station as being in Queens. Since this portion of Eldert Lane lies on the border between Brooklyn and Queens, most of the station is in Queens, with a small portion of it in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. The eastern end ( railroad north) end of the station is just east of 75th Street while the western end (railroad south) lies over the west side of Eldert Lane. The station is centered between Eldert Lane and 75th Street. This elevated station has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track. → PM rush toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer ( Woodhaven Boulevard) →įare control, station agent, MetroCard machines → toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer ( 85th Street–Forest Parkway) → ![]() ← AM rush toward Broad Street ( Crescent Street) The work will be performed by Gramercy PJS Joint-Venture. 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 closure will shift to the Manhattan-bound platforms in late summer. Starting February 27, the Queens-bound platforms at this station and Woodhaven Boulevard closed. 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. It was reported in Newsday on February 20, 1988, that the mezzanines at Elderts Lane, Forest Parkway and 104th Street stations would be torn down. ![]() When it was found that people were still getting into the closed mezzanine, the entire mezzanine area was dismantled, leaving the only exit and entrance to the station on the north side (75th Street). In the late 1980s, the Elderts Lane end of the station had a mezzanine area, but it was closed, and had become a haven to drugs and prostitution, so the staircases to the south end of the station were removed. This station opened on under the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. As of February 2023, the Queens-bound platform is temporarily closed. It is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and by the J train at all other times. The station is located at 75th Street and Jamaica Avenue and is largely within Woodhaven, Queens, with a small portion in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. The 75th Street–Elderts Lane station (formerly 75th Street station and originally Elderts Lane station) is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
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