Jamaica–Van Wyck is a station on the 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 in Richmond Hill, Queens. It is served by the E train at all times.Station layoutThis underground station has two tracks and an island platform. Opened on December 11, 1988, it serves as the replacement for the former Metropolitan Avenue and Queens Boulevard stations of the BMT Jamaica Line. 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 windows that can allow natural sunlight in, but they are currently covered over.North (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.ExitsThe Jamaica–Van Wyck station has two entrances. One entrance is at the southwest corner of Van Wyck Expressway and 89th Avenue near Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. This contains two escalators, an elevator, and one stair to the 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.
