# Woodhaven Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)

The Woodhaven Boulevard station is an elevated station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located in Woodhaven, Queens. It is served by the J train at all times and the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction.

## History

This station opened on May 28, 1917 under the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.
As part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2015–2019 Capital Program, the Woodhaven Boulevard station was selected to receive elevators as part of a process to expand the New York City Subway system's accessibility. As of February 2021, funding had been committed to accessibility renovations at the Woodhaven Boulevard station. In December 2021, the MTA awarded a contract for the installation of elevators at eight stations, including the Woodhaven Boulevard station.
Additionally, as part of a separate project, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced in February 2023 that this station would be renovated as part of a station renewal contract at four stations on the Jamaica Line. Starting February 27 of that year, the eastbound platforms at this station and 75th Street-Elderts Lane were closed. The closure shifted to the Manhattan-bound platform at this station in December 2023, and work was completed on August 12, 2024. The work, performed by Gramercy PJS Joint-Venture, included platform renewals, replacement of stairs, canopies, and windscreens, installation of artwork, and minimizing the gaps between the train and the platform edge.
As of July 2022, the project to install two street-to-platform elevators at this station was scheduled to be completed in May 2024, but the elevators did not open until late January 2025. This project cost $140 million.

## Station layout

| Platform level | Side platform | Side platform |
| Platform level | Westbound | ← toward Broad Street 85th Street–Forest Parkway) ← AM rush toward Broad Street (75th Street–Elderts Lane) |
| Platform level | Center track | → No track or roadbed |
| Platform level | Eastbound | → toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (111th Street PM rush, 104th Street other times) → → PM rush toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (104th Street) |
| Side platform ||
| Mezzanine | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent Elevators at: Northeast corner of Woodhaven Boulevard (service road) and Jamaica Avenue for southbound service. Southeast corner of Woodhaven Boulevard (service road) and Jamaica Avenue for northbound service. |
| Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms with space for a center track. Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green roofs along the entire length except for a section at the west (railroad south) end. Here, there are only waist-high black steel fences.
This station has provisions built in its structure to convert it into an express station, if the center third track was to be installed. The other station on the line that had such provisions was the now demolished Sutphin Boulevard station.
The 1990 artwork here is called Five Points of Observation by Kathleen McCarthy. It affords a view of the street from the platforms and resembles a face when seen from the street. This artwork is also located on four other BMT Jamaica Line stations.

### Exits

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks that allow free transfers between directions. The main one is at the extreme west end and has a single staircase from each platform, turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs going down to either western corners of Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue.
The other station house is un-staffed, containing just two HEET turnstiles, a staircase to each platform, and one staircase going down to the southwest corner of 95th Street and Jamaica Avenue. The Queens-bound staircase's landing has an exit-only turnstile that allows passengers to exit the station without having to go through the station house.