121st Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

121 Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform prior to renovation
Station statistics
Address	121st Street & Jamaica Avenue Queens, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Richmond Hill, Kew Gardens
Coordinates	40°42′01″N 73°49′44″W / 40.700357°N 73.82894°W / 40.700357; -73.82894
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all except rush hours, peak direction) ​   Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Q55, Q56 MTA Bus: Q10
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 3, 1918 (106 years ago) (1918-07-03)[2][3][4]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	476,966[5]  6.8%
Rank	390 out of 423[5]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 104th Street Z  skip-stop Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport J  ​Z  toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer 111th Street J  toward Broad Street
Non-revenue services and lines Preceding station New York City Subway Following station   no service Metropolitan Avenue demolished
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Sutphin–Archer–JFK Airport to 111th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops all times

The 121st Street station is a skip-stop station on the elevated BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 121st Street and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, Queens, it is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and the J train at all other times.