Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport is a station on the IND and BMT Archer Avenue Lines of

the New York City Subway. It is located at Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica, Queens and
served by the E and J trains at all times, and by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction.

This underground, two-level station was originally named Sutphin Boulevard, and served as a
replacement for the former Sutphin Boulevard elevated station on the demolished segment of the BMT
Jamaica Line two blocks north. When the AirTrain opened, the JFK Airport suffix was added.

Design on the station started on October 1, 1974 and was completed on February 24, 1982 by Hellmuth,
O'Bata & Kassabaum. Bids on the station's construction were received on July 9, 1982, and the contract
was awarded to Carlin-Atlas Corporation for $17,910,000. Work on the station started on July 15, 1982.

Stairs go up to all four corners of Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue. The two northern staircases go
down to an unstaffed fare control area that is HEET turnstile access at all times. The full-time fare
control area is at the southern end. On the southeast corner, two escalators and a staircase go up
outside the Long Island Rail Road's Jamaica station. Three elevators provide access to street level and
the LIRR station's main mezzanine areas. Connection is also available to AirTrain JFK, which provides
service to John F. Kennedy International Airport.[6] As part of upgrades to the Jamaica Transportation
Center Station Plaza, two new subway station entrances, with canopies, will be constructed.