Jamaica–Van Wyck (IND Archer Avenue Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = Jamaica–Van Wyck

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accessible = yes
bg_color = #11117D
line = IND Archer Avenue Line
service = Archer upper
platforms = 1 island platform
tracks = 2
borough = Queens
open_date = December 11, 1988
north_station = Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport
north_station_acc = yes
north_line = Archer Avenue Line
north_service = Archer upper
south_line=IND Queens Boulevard Line
south_local_station = Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard
south_local_service=Archer Van Wyck local
south_express_station = Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike
south_express_service=Archer Van Wyck express

Jamaica–Van Wyck is a station on the IND Archer Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the NYCS|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 [http://www.jamaicahospital.org/ 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.

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?219:1663|IND Queens Boulevard Line|Jamaica/Van Wyck
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/etrain.htm E Train]