Jamaica–Van Wyck (IND Archer Avenue Line)

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Jamaica–Van Wyck
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	IND Archer Avenue Line
Services	E (all times)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other
Borough	Queens
Opened	December 11, 1988
Accessible
Next north	Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport: E
Next south	Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard (local): E Union Turnpike–Kew Gardens (express): E

Jamaica–Van Wyck is a station on the IND Archer Avenue Line of the New York City subway. It is served by the E train at all times and is the only station on the E not served by any other line.

This is a single level station with two tracks and an island platform. The mezzanine is suspended above the Jamaica-bound track via heavy cables to the station roof. It has two entrances. The first one is at 89th Avenue near Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and contains two escalators and one stair to the streets. The second is at Metropolitan Avenue and contains one up-only escalator and a street stair. Two escalators and one staircase connect the platform with the mezzanine. On the Manhattan-bound side, the station walls contain windows that can allow natural sunlight in.

At this point, the IND Archer Avenue Line runs alongside and at the same level as the Van Wyck Expressway.