Jamaica – Van Wyck (IND Archer Avenue Line)

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Jamaica – Van Wyck
NYCS-bull-trans-E.svg
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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Station platform
Station statistics
Address West side of Van Wyck Expressway between Metropolitan Avenue & 89th Avenue
Queens, NY 11418
Borough Queens
Locale Richmond Hill
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Division B (IND)
Line IND Archer Avenue Line
Services       E all times (all times)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: Q24, Q54, Q56
Bus transport MTA Bus: Q60, QM21
Structure Underground
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened December 11, 1988; 35 years ago (1988-12-11)
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Wireless service Wi-Fi[1][2]
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 1,587,413[3] Increase 1.4%
Rank 290 out of 421
Station succession
Next north Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport: E all times
Next south Briarwood (local): E nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends
Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike (express): E weekdays until 9:00 p.m.
Next Handicapped/disabled access north Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport: E all times
Next Handicapped/disabled access south Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike: E all times

Jamaica – Van Wyck is a station on the IND Archer Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located on the west side of the Van Wyck Expressway between Metropolitan Avenue and 89th Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens. It is served by the E train at all times. It is one of two stations for which E train service is not shared with any other train (the other being the World Trade Center station).

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
B1 Mezzanine Fare control, station agents
Handicapped/disabled access (Elevator at corner of 89th Avenue and Van Wyck Expwy south service road, adjacent to Jamaica Hospital)
B2 Inbound[note 1] ← NYCS-bull-trans-E.svg toward World Trade Center (Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike weekdays, Briarwood other times)
Island platform, doors will open on the left Handicapped/disabled access
Outbound[note 2] → NYCS-bull-trans-E.svg toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (Sutphin Boulevard) →

This underground station has two tracks and an island platform. Opened on December 11, 1988, it serves as the replacement for the former Metropolitan Avenue and Queens Boulevard stations of the BMT Jamaica Line. The track walls are mostly orange. The mezzanine is suspended above the Jamaica-bound track via heavy cables linked to the station roof. On the Manhattan-bound side, the station walls contain windows that can allow natural sunlight in.

North (railroad south) of the station, the tracks lead trains to the IND Queens Boulevard Line, where they either switch to the line's local or express tracks depending on the time of day.

Entrances and exits

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Metropolitan Avenue entrance

The Jamaica – Van Wyck station has two entrances.

  • Handicapped/disabled access One entrance is at the southwest corner of Van Wyck Expressway and 89th Avenue near Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. This contains two escalators, an elevator, and one stair to the street level.[4]
  • The other entrance is at Metropolitan Avenue and Jamaica Avenue, and contains one up-only escalator and a street stair. Two escalators and one staircase connect the platform with the mezzanine.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ This track is actually for trains going compass northbound, but its railroad direction is southbound.
  2. ↑ This track is actually for trains going compass southbound, but its railroad direction is northbound.

References

  1. ↑ NYC Subway Wireless
  2. ↑ More Subway Stations in Manhattan, Bronx in Line to Get Online, mta.info (March 25, 2015). "The first two phases included stations in Midtown Manhattan and all underground stations in Queens with the exception of the 7 Main St terminal."
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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