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| Address | 179th Street & Hillside Avenue Jamaica, NY 11432 |
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| Borough | Queens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IND Queens Boulevard Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | E (special rush hour trips) F (all times) |
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 10, 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 6,711,779[1] 1.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 56 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | (Terminal): E F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | 169th Street (local): F Parsons Boulevard (express): E |
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| Next north | (none) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike: E F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jamaica – 179th Street is a terminal station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, it serves as the northern terminal for the F at all times and a few rush-hour E trains.
This underground station, opened on December 10, 1950, has four tracks and two island platforms. To the east (railroad north) are two levels of four relay tracks each extending out to 185th Street. This total of eight storage tracks gives 179th Street the highest peak terminal capacity of any station in the New York City Subway: 63 trains per hour, or one train every 57 seconds, although the station currently operates at a far lower throughput. Terminating trains enter on one of the two northbound tracks, then relay to one of the two levels—the upper level if coming from the express track, or the lower level if coming from the local track. They then return on the corresponding track on the southbound side. The few E trains that begin here always leave from the express track and run express along Hillside Avenue; F trains may leave from either track, switching to the local track north of 169th Street if necessary.
The configuration of the relay tracks suggests past plans to extend the Queens Boulevard Line further east into Queens. The upper level was to be extended eastward while the lower level tracks were always intended to be relay tracks. The tracks on the upper level are longer than the lower level tracks and the upper level tracks have a wooden partition at the bumper blocks.
The station has beige wall tiles with intertwining blue and orange stripes. There are two fare control areas, one full-time between 179th and 180th Streets and one part-time at 178th Street. The two are connected by a full-length mezzanine, which features Our Spectrum of Support artwork by Reginald Polynice, a set of plywood cutout figures appearing to hold up the ceiling of the mezzanine. The station is ADA-accessible via an elevator installed at 179th Place.
This station lies about 3 1/4 miles west of the city's border with Nassau County.