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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Queens}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Jamaica–Van Wyck
| image = Jamaica-Van Wyck.jpg
| image_caption = Station platform
| accessible = yes
| address = West side of [[Van Wyck Expressway]] between [[Metropolitan Avenue]] &amp; 89th Avenue<br>Queens, New York
| borough = [[Queens]]
| locale = [[Kew Gardens, Queens|Kew Gardens]], [[Richmond Hill, Queens|Richmond Hill]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40.701905|N|73.81656|W|display=inline,title}}
| division = IND
| line = [[Archer Avenue Line|IND Archer Avenue Line]]
| service = Archer Van Wyck
| connection = {{Unbulleted list
   | {{bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Q24|Q54|Q56}}
   | {{bus icon}} [[MTA Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Q60|QM21}}<ref name="MTA-QnsBusMap-Current">{{Cite NYC bus map|Q}}</ref>
   }}
| platforms = 1 [[island platform]]
| tracks = 2
| structure = Underground
| open_date = {{start date and age|1988|12|11}}
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
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The '''Jamaica–Van Wyck station''' ({{IPAc-en|v|æ|n|_|'|w|ɪ|k}} {{respell|van|_|WIK}})<ref>{{cite news |last=Bilefsky |first=Dan |title=Stuck on the Van Wyck Expressway? Just Try to Pronounce It |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/nyregion/van-wyck-expressway-also-snarls-pronunciation.html?pagewanted=all |access-date=June 20, 2012 |work=The New York Times |date=May 26, 2011 |page=A28}}</ref> is a [[metro station|station]] on the [[Archer Avenue Line|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 on the border of [[Kew Gardens, Queens|Kew Gardens]] and [[Richmond Hill, Queens]]. It is served by the [[E (New York City Subway service)|E]] train at all times.

==History==
===Planning and opening===
[[File:Jamaica–Van Wyck td (2019-10-28) 06.jpg|thumb|left|The station's mezzanine, located above the platform.]]
The plans for the Archer Avenue Lines emerged in the 1960s under the city and MTA's [[Program for Action]].<ref name="int-arch">{{cite book | title=Metropolitan transportation, a program for action. Report to Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of New York| via=Internet archive | date=November 7, 1967 | publisher=New York | url=https://archive.org/stream/metropolitantran00newy/metropolitantran00newy_djvu.txt | access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> It was conceived as an expansion of [[IND Queens Boulevard Line]] service to a "Southeast Queens" line along the right-of-way of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] [[Atlantic Branch]] towards [[Locust Manor, Queens|Locust Manor]], and as a replacement for the dilapidated eastern portions of the elevated [[BMT Jamaica Line]] within the Jamaica business district which business owners and residents sought removal of. Both lines would meet at the double-decked line under Archer Avenue. The two-track spur from the Queens Boulevard Line would use the original Van Wyck Boulevard bellmouths.<ref name=NYTimes-ArcherGrndbk-Oct1973>{{cite web|last1=Burks|first1=Edward C.|title=Work Begun on Queens Subway Extension|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1973/10/24/80809618.pdf|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 26, 2015|date=October 24, 1973}}</ref><ref name="nycsubway.org">nycsubway.org—[http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_New_York_Transit_Authority_in_the_1970s#The_1968_MTA_.22Program_for_Action.22 The 1968 MTA "Program for Action"]</ref><ref name=NYTImes-BMTJamaica-Sentimental-1977>{{cite web|last1=Dembart|first1=Lee|title=A Sentimental Journey on the BMT...|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/09/09/75756028.pdf|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 2, 2015|date=September 9, 1977}}</ref><ref name="int-arch"/> The IND line was to continue as a two-track line along the LIRR Atlantic Branch. It would have run through [[Locust Manor station|Locust Manor]] and [[Laurelton station]]s, with stops at [[Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station|Sutphin Boulevard]], [[Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station|Parsons Boulevard]] (which was called Standard Place in planning documents), Linden Boulevard, Baisley Boulevard, and Springfield Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KeE0zA-o9eQ/UkwMlD5iQgI/AAAAAAAACtM/rJZIo37CvK8/s640/southwest_route.jpg|title=1.bp.blogspot.com/-KeE0zA-o9eQ/UkwMlD5iQgI/AAAAAAAACtM/rJZIo37CvK8/s640/southwest_route.jpg}}</ref>

Design on the station began on October 1, 1974, and was completed on August 18, 1982, by MLA/Brodsky.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Archer Avenue Extension Ceremony 1988|date=December 1988|publisher=New York City Transit Authority}}</ref>{{Rp|15}} Construction on Section 7 of Route 131D, the Southeast Queens Line, which included the Jamaica–Van Wyck station started on October 17, 1979. At this point, the segment of the Archer Avenue Line under the Van Wyck Expressway had been completed.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FGlendale%2520NY%2520Register%2FGlendale%2520NY%2520Register%25201978-1979%2FGlendale%2520NY%2520Register%25201978-1979%252000850.pdf|title=New Subway Line|date=October 25, 1979|via=fultonhistory.com|work=Glendale Register|access-date=July 25, 2016|page=11}}</ref> Because of the [[1975 New York City fiscal crisis]], the Archer Avenue Line was never fully built to Springfield Boulevard, and was instead truncated to Parsons Boulevard. The shortened version of the line contained three stations, including Jamaica–Van Wyck, and was {{convert|2|mi|km}} long.<ref name=NYTimes-NYCS-BigChanges-1988 /> Bids for the station project were received on December 3, 1982, and the project was awarded to Carlin Construction & Development Corporation for $12.781 million. Work on the station began on December 15, 1982.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|15}} The station opened along with the rest of the Archer Avenue Line on December 11, 1988.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FNyack%2520NY%2520Journal%2520News%2FNyack%2520NY%2520Journal%2520News%25201988%2FNyack%2520NY%2520Journal%2520News%25201988%252002928_2.pdf|title=Subways get biggest change since 1904|first1=Marjorie|last1=Anders|last2=Associated Press|date=December 11, 1988|via=fultonhistory.com|work=Nyack Journal News|access-date=July 25, 2016|page=I1}}</ref><ref name=NYTimes-NYCS-BigChanges-1988>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Kirk|title=Big Changes For Subways Are to Begin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/09/nyregion/big-changes-for-subways-are-to-begin.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 14, 2015|date=December 9, 1988}}</ref> It serves as the replacement for the former [[Metropolitan Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)|Metropolitan Avenue]] and [[Queens Boulevard (BMT Jamaica Line)|Queens Boulevard]] stations of the [[BMT Jamaica Line]].

=== Later years ===
To save energy, the MTA installed variable-speed escalators at Jamaica–Van Wyck and three other subway stations in August 2008,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chan|first=Sewell|date=August 6, 2008|title=M.T.A. Rolls Out Escalators With Conservation Features|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/nyregion/06escalators.html|access-date=October 10, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> although not all of the escalators initially functioned as intended.<ref>{{cite web | last=Chan | first=Sewell | title=Bumpy Start for 'Green' Subway Escalators | website=The New York Times | date=August 11, 2008 | url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/bumpy-start-for-green-subway-escalators/ | access-date=October 10, 2022}}</ref>

In 2020, the MTA announced that it would reconstruct the track and third rail on the IND Archer Avenue Line, which had become deteriorated. From September 19 to November 2, 2020, E service was cut back to Jamaica–Van Wyck, with a shuttle bus connecting to Sutphin Boulevard and Jamaica Center.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 17, 2020|title=Press Release - NYC Transit - MTA to Perform Critical Track Replacement Work at End of E Line in Queens Next Month|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-perform-critical-track-replacement-work-end-e-line-queens-next-month|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=MTA|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818094440/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-perform-critical-track-replacement-work-end-e-line-queens-next-month|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pozarycki|first=Robert|date=August 28, 2020|title=Two Queens meetings on major track work at end of E line in Jamaica|url=https://www.amny.com/transit/two-queens-meetings-on-major-track-work-at-end-of-e-line-in-jamaica/|access-date=September 19, 2020|website=amNewYork|language=en-US|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929011118/https://www.amny.com/transit/two-queens-meetings-on-major-track-work-at-end-of-e-line-in-jamaica/|url-status=live}}</ref> The station was cleaned and repaired in 2024 as part of the MTA's Re-New-Vation program.<ref name="Parry 2024 o835">{{cite web | last=Parry | first=Bill | title=Two Southeast Queens subway stations receive much-needed upgrades: MTA – QNS.com | website=QNS.com | date=April 8, 2024 | url=https://qns.com/2024/04/two-southeast-queens-subway-stations-receive-much-needed-upgrades-mta/ | access-date=April 8, 2024|postscript=none}}; {{cite web | title=MTA Renovates 2 More Stations Under Re-NEW-vation Program | website=Railway Track and Structures | date=April 8, 2024 | url=https://www.rtands.com/track-maintenance/mta-renovates-2-more-stations-under-re-new-vation-program/ | access-date=April 8, 2024}}</ref>

==Station layout==
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50|'''Ground'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=575|Exit/entrance
|-
|'''Mezzanine'''
|Mezzanine
|width=400|Fare control, station agents<br>{{NYCS Platform Layout access}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=3 valign=top|'''Platform level'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;"|<span style="color:#{{rcr|NYCS|blue}}">'''Inbound'''</span><ref group=note>This track is actually for trains going compass northbound, but its [[railroad direction]] is southbound.</ref>
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rint|newyork|E}} toward {{stl|NYCS|World Trade Center}} <small>({{stl|NYCS|Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike}} weekdays, {{stl|NYCS|Briarwood}} evenings/nights/weekends)</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Island platform]] {{access icon}}</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<span style="color:#{{rcr|NYCS|blue}}">'''Outbound'''</span><ref group=note>This track is actually for trains going compass southbound, but its [[railroad direction]] is northbound.</ref>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|E}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer}} <small>({{stl|NYCS|Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport}})</small> →
|}

This underground station has two tracks and a {{convert|600|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} [[island platform]].<ref name=":1"/><ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref> As planned, the island platform was to be {{convert|25|ft}} wide.<ref name=nyt-1976-08-07/> The E stops here at all times.<ref name="tte">{{NYCS const|timetable|e}}</ref> The next stop to the west is [[Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike station|Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike]] on weekdays during the day and [[Briarwood station|Briarwood]] at other times. The next stop to the east is [[Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station|Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport]].<ref name=submap>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref> As with other stations constructed as part of the Program for Action, the Jamaica–Van Wyck station contained technologically advanced features such as air-cooling, noise insulation, [[CCTV]] monitors, public announcement systems, electronic platform signage, and escalator and elevator entrances.<ref name=nyt-1976-08-07>{{Cite news|last=Burks|first=Edward C.|date=August 7, 1976|title=New York Improving Subways, But Still Trails Foreign Cities|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/07/archives/new-york-improving-subways-but-still-trails-foreign-cities.html|access-date=July 14, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This station has five escalators and two elevators.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|15}}

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 spaces for [[skylight]]s to allow natural sunlight in,<ref name=nyt-1976-08-07/> but they are currently covered over.

North ([[Railroad directions|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.<ref name="tracks"/>

===Exits===
[[File:Jamaica Van Wyck IND sta jeh.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Metropolitan Avenue entrance photographed in 2011]]
The Jamaica–Van Wyck station has two entrances.<ref name=":1"/> One entrance is at the southwest corner of Van Wyck Expressway and 89th Avenue next to [[Jamaica Hospital Medical Center]]. This contains two escalators, an elevator, and one stair to street level. 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.<ref name="NeighborhoodMap">{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/1256|title=Jamaica—Van Wyck Neighborhood Map|date=April 2018|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref>

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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?219:1663|IND Queens Boulevard Line|Jamaica/Van Wyck}}
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20150113015344/http://www.stationreporter.net/etrain.htm E Train]
* The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/ind/vanwycke/index.php Jamaica–Van Wyck Pictures]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.702871,-73.817106&spn=0,359.986567&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.702671,-73.817583&panoid=kcYFB30jyIGLFpvlOAq46Q&cbp=12,82.19,,0,-0.89 Metropolitan Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.70135,-73.81627&spn=0,359.986567&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.701436,-73.816318&panoid=Texz2ZKYB7lY-Fw2kU8zzw&cbp=12,206.43,,0,1.55 89th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7025833,-73.8168182,3a,75y,306.57h,91.2t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-iWZsUa6Ksy0%2FWEoD5avJZiI%2FAAAAAAAAU2g%2FwpLgY2vwh3cF3eSB0hcHu749YFP3p_G3wCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-iWZsUa6Ksy0%2FWEoD5avJZiI%2FAAAAAAAAU2g%2FwpLgY2vwh3cF3eSB0hcHu749YFP3p_G3wCLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i9728!8i4864!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1 Platform from Google Maps Street View]

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