Sutphin Boulevard

Sutphin Boulevard is a major street in the New York City borough of Queens. Its northern end is at Hillside Avenue in Jamaica and its southern end is Rockaway Boulevard on the border of South Jamaica and Springfield Gardens. It comes from the Dutch name Sutphin, which is derived from the Dutch city of Zutphen.

Route description

Sutphin Boulevard begins at Hillside Avenue and passes through Jamaica Center. Between Archer Avenue and 94th Avenue, Sutphin Boulevard goes under the tracks of the Long Island Rail Road at Jamaica station. It passes through the Jamaica and South Jamaica neighborhoods. Major intersections along the way include Liberty Avenue, Lakewood Avenue, Linden Boulevard and Foch Boulevard. Sutphin Boulevard ends at the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard and 150th Street; south of that intersection, 150th Street continues into John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Transportation

Sutphin Boulevard passes by several New York City Subway stations named for it along the way, including:

• Sutphin Boulevard, on the IND Queens Boulevard Line at Hillside Avenue, serving the F and <F> train
• Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport, a station complex on the Archer Avenue lines, serving the E​, ​J, and ​Z trains
• Sutphin Boulevard, the former BMT Jamaica Line elevated station at Jamaica Avenue; now demolished and replaced by the Archer Avenue station

Several bus routes run along Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica:

• The Q20A, Q20B, Q44 SBS, and Floral Park-bound Q43 buses run on Sutphin Boulevard between Hillside and Archer Avenues. Jamaica-bound Q43 buses from Hillside head west on Jamaica Avenue instead.
• South from Jamaica Avenue, the Q6 goes to Rockaway Boulevard, the Q8 and Q9 head to Liberty Avenue, the Q41 runs to 94th Avenue (Howard Beach) or from 95th Avenue (165th Street Terminal), and the Q60 runs to Archer Avenue (Sutphin/Archer/JFK station), 108th Avenue (South Jamaica), or from 109th Avenue (Manhattan). All Q25, Q65, and JFK station-bound Q34 buses also run to Archer Avenue and terminate, then continue to 95th Avenue for their opposite terminals.
• The Q40 runs between Lakewood and 88th Avenues, where it terminates.
• The Q7 serves the boulevard’s southern end, at which point it becomes 150th Street.