75th Street–Elderts Lane station

This station opened on May 28, 1917[2][3][4] under the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.

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. 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). 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.[6]

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.[7] Starting February 27, the eastbound platforms at this station and Woodhaven Boulevard closed.[8] The closure will shift to the Manhattan-bound platforms in late summer. Work includes platform renewals, replacement of stairs, canopies, and windscreens, installation of artwork, and minimizing the gaps between the train and the platform edge.[7] The work will be performed by Gramercy PJS Joint-Venture.[9]

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound local	← toward Broad Street (Cypress Hills) ← AM rush toward Broad Street (Crescent Street) ← AM rush does not stop here
	Peak-direction express	No track or roadbed
	Eastbound local	→ toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (85th Street–Forest Parkway) → → PM rush toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Woodhaven Boulevard) → → PM rush does not stop here →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street Level	Entrance/exit

This elevated station has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track. The station is centered between Eldert Lane and 75th Street. 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. 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 MTA counts the station as being in Queens. 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 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.)[5][10][11]

Both 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. Here, they have black steel waist high fences with lampposts at regular intervals.

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 in four other stations on this line.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 75th Street – Elderts Lane (BMT Jamaica Line).

• nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: 75th Street–Elderts
• Station Reporter — J train
• The Subway Nut — 75th Street–Elderts Lane Pictures Archived January 5, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 75th Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
• 75th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View