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| Address | West side of Van Wyck Expresway between Metropolitan Avenue & 89th Street Richmond Hill, NY 11418 |
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| Borough | Queens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IND Archer Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | E (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 11, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 1,421,186[1] 6.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 297 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport: E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | Briarwood – Van Wyck Boulevard (local): E Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike (express): E |
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| Next north | Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport: E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike: E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 that is not served by any other train.
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 linked to the station roof. It has two entrances, one at 89th Avenue near Jamaica Hospital Medical Center which contains two escalators and one stair to the streets and the other at Metropolitan Avenue which 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.
Railroad south of the station, the tracks lead trains to the IND Queens Boulevard Line, where they either switch to the Queens Boulevard Line's local tracks or express tracks depending on the time of day.
At this point, the IND Archer Avenue Line runs alongside and at the same level as the Van Wyck Expressway.