This station was opened on May 30, 1893 as part of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad's four stop extension of the Lexington Avenue Line to Cypress Hills.

[2] The original Cypress Hills station had two tracks and one island platform and was located along Crescent Street, reaching the cemetery.

[5] It formerly had an island platform and stub-end located directly along Crescent Street just south of Jamaica Avenue that can still be seen approaching the cemetery east of the station.

[8] As part of its 2025–2029 Capital Program, the MTA has proposed making the station wheelchair-accessible in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Both platforms have beige windscreens and green canopies with brown roofs that run along the entire length.

[10] On the north end of each platform, a single staircase leads to a landing outside of a now closed station house.