Named after John H. Sutphin’s boulevard, Archer Avenue and JFK Airport.
Sutphin Boulevard honours John H. Sutphin (1835–1907), a Jamaica banker, Queens County clerk and long-time chair of the Queens Democrats; the surname comes from the Dutch city of Zutphen. ‘JFK Airport’ was added in 2003, when AirTrain JFK opened. The airport, opened in 1948 as New York International Airport, was renamed after John F. Kennedy on 24 December 1963, a month and two days after his assassination.