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The Jamaica–179th Street station is an express terminal station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway.Located under Hillside Avenue at 179th Street in Jamaica, Queens, it is served by the F train at all times, the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction, and a few rush-hour E trains.
The line, which is underground throughout its entire route, contains 23 stations. The core section between 50th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, and 169th Street in Jamaica, Queens, was built by the Independent Subway System (IND) in stages between 1933 and 1940, with the Jamaica–179th Street terminus opening in 1950.
On the other hand, Cambria Heights/Queens Village-bound Q83 buses, which terminate at 153rd Street, head west to 150th Street. Little Neck/QCC-bound Q30 and Bayside-bound Q31 buses run west from 170th Street to 169th Street. Some rush-hour Q110 service operates to Jamaica-179th Street station, using Hillside Avenue from 179th Place to 187th Place.
The IND Queens Boulevard Line entered from Manhattan and ran to Jackson Heights, then to Kew Gardens on December 31, 1936, [13] [14] [15] then to 169th Street in Jamaica on April 24, 1937. [14] [16] [17] One last station at 179th Street was built on December 10, 1950.
Jamaica Avenue, from Alabama Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn to the Nassau County line, is 10.9 miles (17.5 km) long. [10] The Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station (E , J, and Z trains) with its associated bus station is a major transport hub, a rival to the nearby Jamaica–179th Street station (F and <F> trains) on Hillside Avenue.
The Sutphin Boulevard station is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway.Located at Sutphin Boulevard and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, it is served by the F train at all times, the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction, and a few rush-hour E trains to Jamaica–179th Street during p.m. rush hours.
Jamaica 179th Street and Hillside Avenue at Jamaica–179th Street ... The Q31A had run from 32nd Avenue and 201st Street to the Queens Village LIRR station. [227]
Jamaica is a major train station of the Long Island Rail Road located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. With weekday ridership exceeding 200,000 passengers, [ 8 ] it is the largest transit hub on Long Island , the fourth-busiest rail station in North America, and the second-busiest station that exclusively serves commuter traffic.