Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Jamaica station

Index Jamaica station

Jamaica is a major hub station of the Long Island Rail Road, and is located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. [1]

92 relations: AirTrain JFK, American Society of Civil Engineers, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Archer Avenue Lines, Atlantic Avenue (New York City), Atlantic Branch, Atlantic Terminal, Automatic train operation, Bayside, Queens, Bechtel, Belmont Park station, Broadway Junction (New York City Subway), Bronx Zoo, Brooklyn, Bushwick, Brooklyn, Canopy (building), College Point, Queens, Cross-platform interchange, Direct current, East New York station, East New York, Brooklyn, East Side Access, Far Rockaway station (LIRR), Floral Park, New York, Glass, Grand Central Terminal, Greenport station, Higbie Avenue station, Hollis station, Howard Beach, Queens, Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR), Interstate 678, Island platform, Jamaica, Queens, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison, Kew Gardens station (LIRR), List of bus routes in Queens, Little Neck, Queens, Locust Manor station, Long Beach station (LIRR), Long Island, Long Island City station, Long Island Rail Road, Lower Manhattan–Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project, Main Line (Long Island Rail Road), Manhattan, MetroCard, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department, ..., Midtown Manhattan, Montauk Branch, Montauk station, MTA Regional Bus Operations, Nassau Inter-County Express, New York (state), New York City, New York City Subway, New York Public Service Commission, New York State Route 25, Oyster Bay station, Ozone Park, Queens, Pennsylvania Station (New York City), Platform screen doors, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Port Jefferson station (LIRR), Port Washington Branch, Q20 and Q44 buses, Q25 and Q34 buses, Q60 (New York City bus), Q65 (New York City bus), Queens, Queens Boulevard, Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center, Secaucus Junction, Shuttle train, South Jamaica, Queens, South Side Railroad of Long Island, Spanish solution, St. Albans station (LIRR), Starrett City, Brooklyn, Steel, Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport (Archer Avenue Lines), Third rail, Union Hall Street station, Valley Stream station, Volt, West Hempstead station, Whitestone, Queens, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards, 165th Street Bus Terminal. Expand index (42 more) »

AirTrain JFK

AirTrain JFK is a 3-line, people mover system and elevated railway in New York City, serving John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and AirTrain JFK · See more »

American Society of Civil Engineers

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide.

New!!: Jamaica station and American Society of Civil Engineers · See more »

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

New!!: Jamaica station and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 · See more »

Archer Avenue Lines

The Archer Avenue Lines are two rapid transit lines of the New York City Subway, mostly running under Archer Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and Archer Avenue Lines · See more »

Atlantic Avenue (New York City)

Atlantic Avenue is an important street in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and Atlantic Avenue (New York City) · See more »

Atlantic Branch

The Atlantic Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York.

New!!: Jamaica station and Atlantic Branch · See more »

Atlantic Terminal

Atlantic Terminal (formerly Flatbush Avenue; announced as Atlantic Terminal - Brooklyn on the M7 cars), is the westernmost stop on the Long Island Rail Road's (LIRR) Atlantic Branch, located at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and Atlantic Terminal · See more »

Automatic train operation

Automatic train operation (ATO) is an operational safety enhancement device used to help automate operations of trains.

New!!: Jamaica station and Automatic train operation · See more »

Bayside, Queens

Bayside is an upper-middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and Bayside, Queens · See more »

Bechtel

Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel Group, Inc.) is an engineering, procurement, construction, and project management company.

New!!: Jamaica station and Bechtel · See more »

Belmont Park station

Belmont Park is a seasonal-use Long Island Rail Road station on the grounds of the Belmont Park racetrack in Queens, New York City, New York.

New!!: Jamaica station and Belmont Park station · See more »

Broadway Junction (New York City Subway)

Broadway Junction is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the elevated BMT Canarsie Line and BMT Jamaica Line, and the underground IND Fulton Street Line.

New!!: Jamaica station and Broadway Junction (New York City Subway) · See more »

Bronx Zoo

The Bronx Zoo is a zoo located within Bronx Park in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and Bronx Zoo · See more »

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

New!!: Jamaica station and Brooklyn · See more »

Bushwick, Brooklyn

Bushwick is a working-class neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

New!!: Jamaica station and Bushwick, Brooklyn · See more »

Canopy (building)

A canopy is an overhead roof or else a structure over which a fabric or metal covering is attached, able to provide shade or shelter from weather conditions such as sun, hail, snow and rain.

New!!: Jamaica station and Canopy (building) · See more »

College Point, Queens

College Point is a working-middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and College Point, Queens · See more »

Cross-platform interchange

A cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines at a metro (or other railway) station.

New!!: Jamaica station and Cross-platform interchange · See more »

Direct current

Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.

New!!: Jamaica station and Direct current · See more »

East New York station

East New York is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch in East New York, Brooklyn, where that branch passes through the historic Jamaica Pass.

New!!: Jamaica station and East New York station · See more »

East New York, Brooklyn

East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and East New York, Brooklyn · See more »

East Side Access

East Side Access is a public works project under construction by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and East Side Access · See more »

Far Rockaway station (LIRR)

Far Rockaway (sometimes referred to as Far Rockaway—Nameoke Street) is the terminus of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens in New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and Far Rockaway station (LIRR) · See more »

Floral Park, New York

Floral Park is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island.

New!!: Jamaica station and Floral Park, New York · See more »

Glass

Glass is a non-crystalline amorphous solid that is often transparent and has widespread practical, technological, and decorative usage in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optoelectronics.

New!!: Jamaica station and Glass · See more »

Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter and intercity railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and Grand Central Terminal · See more »

Greenport station

Greenport Railroad Station is the terminus of the Main Line (Greenport Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road.

New!!: Jamaica station and Greenport station · See more »

Higbie Avenue station

Higbie Avenue was a railroad station along the Atlantic Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, in Queens, New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and Higbie Avenue station · See more »

Hollis station

Hollis is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line at the intersection of 193rd Street and Woodhull Avenue in Hollis, Queens, New York City, United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and Hollis station · See more »

Howard Beach, Queens

Howard Beach is an upper middle class neighborhood in the southwestern portion of the New York City borough of Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and Howard Beach, Queens · See more »

Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR)

Hunterspoint Avenue is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road within the City Terminal Zone.

New!!: Jamaica station and Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR) · See more »

Interstate 678

Interstate 678 (I-678) is a north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway that extends for through two boroughs of New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and Interstate 678 · See more »

Island platform

An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange.

New!!: Jamaica station and Island platform · See more »

Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica is a middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and Jamaica, Queens · See more »

John F. Kennedy International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport (often referred to as Kennedy Airport, New York-JFK or simply JFK) is the primary international airport serving New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and John F. Kennedy International Airport · See more »

Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison

Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison, Jr. (September 29, 1872 - December 15, 1938) was a U.S. architect.

New!!: Jamaica station and Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison · See more »

Kew Gardens station (LIRR)

Kew Gardens is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in Kew Gardens, Queens, near Austin Street and Lefferts Boulevard.

New!!: Jamaica station and Kew Gardens station (LIRR) · See more »

List of bus routes in Queens

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of bus routes in Queens, New York, United States, under two different public brands.

New!!: Jamaica station and List of bus routes in Queens · See more »

Little Neck, Queens

Little Neck is an upper middle class neighborhood of Queens, New York City, bordered on the north by Little Neck Bay and on the east by Great Neck in Nassau County.

New!!: Jamaica station and Little Neck, Queens · See more »

Locust Manor station

Locust Manor is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch serving the residents of the Locust Manor neighborhood of Queens, New York.

New!!: Jamaica station and Locust Manor station · See more »

Long Beach station (LIRR)

Long Beach is the terminus of the Long Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

New!!: Jamaica station and Long Beach station (LIRR) · See more »

Long Island

Long Island is a densely populated island off the East Coast of the United States, beginning at New York Harbor just 0.35 miles (0.56 km) from Manhattan Island and extending eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.

New!!: Jamaica station and Long Island · See more »

Long Island City station

Long Island City is a rail terminal of the Long Island Rail Road in Long Island City, Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and Long Island City station · See more »

Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road, legally known as the Long Island Rail Road Company and often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island.

New!!: Jamaica station and Long Island Rail Road · See more »

Lower Manhattan–Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project

The Lower Manhattan–Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project was a proposed public works project in New York City, New York, that would use the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch and a new tunnel under the East River to connect a new train station near or at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub site with John F. Kennedy International Airport and Jamaica station on the LIRR.

New!!: Jamaica station and Lower Manhattan–Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project · See more »

Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)

The Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York.

New!!: Jamaica station and Main Line (Long Island Rail Road) · See more »

Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

New!!: Jamaica station and Manhattan · See more »

MetroCard

The MetroCard is the payment method for the New York City Subway; New York City Transit buses, including routes operated by Atlantic Express under contract to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), MTA Bus, and Nassau Inter-County Express systems (NICE); PATH; the Roosevelt Island Tramway; AirTrain JFK; and Westchester County's Bee-Line Bus System.

New!!: Jamaica station and MetroCard · See more »

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the U.S. state of New York, serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, along with two counties in southwestern Connecticut under contract to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, carrying over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 850,000 vehicles on its seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday.

New!!: Jamaica station and Metropolitan Transportation Authority · See more »

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department (MTAPD), is the law enforcement agency of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

New!!: Jamaica station and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department · See more »

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan, or Midtown, represents the central lengthwise portion of the borough and island of Manhattan in New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and Midtown Manhattan · See more »

Montauk Branch

The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York.

New!!: Jamaica station and Montauk Branch · See more »

Montauk station

Montauk is the terminus of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, as well as the easternmost railroad station on Long Island and in New York state.

New!!: Jamaica station and Montauk station · See more »

MTA Regional Bus Operations

MTA Regional Bus Operations (RBO) is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

New!!: Jamaica station and MTA Regional Bus Operations · See more »

Nassau Inter-County Express

The Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE or NICE Bus) is the local bus system serving Nassau County, New York.

New!!: Jamaica station and Nassau Inter-County Express · See more »

New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and New York (state) · See more »

New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and New York City · See more »

New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

New!!: Jamaica station and New York City Subway · See more »

New York Public Service Commission

The New York Public Service Commission is the public utilities commission of the New York state government that regulates and oversees the electric, gas, water, and telecommunication industries in New York as part of the Department of Public Service.

New!!: Jamaica station and New York Public Service Commission · See more »

New York State Route 25

New York State Route 25 (NY 25) is an east–west state highway in downstate New York in the United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and New York State Route 25 · See more »

Oyster Bay station

Oyster Bay is the terminus on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

New!!: Jamaica station and Oyster Bay station · See more »

Ozone Park, Queens

Ozone Park is a neighborhood located in the southwestern section of the borough of Queens, in New York City, New York, United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and Ozone Park, Queens · See more »

Pennsylvania Station (New York City)

Pennsylvania Station, also known as New York Penn Station or Penn Station, is the main intercity railroad station in New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and Pennsylvania Station (New York City) · See more »

Platform screen doors

Platform screen doors (PSDs) and platform edge doors (PEDs) at train or subway stations separate the platform from the train.

New!!: Jamaica station and Platform screen doors · See more »

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is a joint venture between the United States, New York and New Jersey, established in 1921 through an interstate compact authorized by the United States Congress.

New!!: Jamaica station and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey · See more »

Port Jefferson station (LIRR)

Port Jefferson is the terminus for the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

New!!: Jamaica station and Port Jefferson station (LIRR) · See more »

Port Washington Branch

The Port Washington Branch is an electrified two-track rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York.

New!!: Jamaica station and Port Washington Branch · See more »

Q20 and Q44 buses

The Q20A and Q20B (collectively referred to as Q20A/B or Q20) and Q44 bus routes constitute the Main Street Line, a public transit line in Queens, New York City, United States, running primarily along Main Street between two major bus-subway hubs in the neighborhoods of Jamaica and Flushing.

New!!: Jamaica station and Q20 and Q44 buses · See more »

Q25 and Q34 buses

The Q25 and Q34 bus routes constitute a public transit line in Queens, New York City, United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and Q25 and Q34 buses · See more »

Q60 (New York City bus)

The Q60 bus route constitutes a public transit line running primarily along Queens Boulevard in Queens, New York City, United States, extending from Jamaica into Midtown, Manhattan.

New!!: Jamaica station and Q60 (New York City bus) · See more »

Q65 (New York City bus)

The Q65 bus route constitutes a public transit line in Queens, New York City, United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and Q65 (New York City bus) · See more »

Queens

Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and Queens · See more »

Queens Boulevard

Queens Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Queens connecting Midtown Manhattan, via the Queensboro Bridge, to Jamaica.

New!!: Jamaica station and Queens Boulevard · See more »

Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center

The Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center is the Nassau Inter-County Express system's indoor customer facility between Jackson and West Columbia Streets in Hempstead, New York.

New!!: Jamaica station and Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center · See more »

Secaucus Junction

Secaucus Junction (formerly known as Secaucus Transfer during planning stages; also signed simply as Secaucus) is a major commuter rail hub in Secaucus, New Jersey.

New!!: Jamaica station and Secaucus Junction · See more »

Shuttle train

The expression shuttle train refers to a train that runs back and forth between two points, especially if it offers a frequent service over a short route.

New!!: Jamaica station and Shuttle train · See more »

South Jamaica, Queens

South Jamaica (also commonly known as "The Southside") is a residential neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, located south of downtown Jamaica.

New!!: Jamaica station and South Jamaica, Queens · See more »

South Side Railroad of Long Island

The South Side Railroad of Long Island was a railroad company in the U.S. state of New York.

New!!: Jamaica station and South Side Railroad of Long Island · See more »

Spanish solution

In railway and rapid transit parlance, the Spanish solution (also called the Barcelona solution) is a station layout with two railway platforms, one on each side of the line, to speed up boarding and alighting: passengers board from one side and alight to the other.

New!!: Jamaica station and Spanish solution · See more »

St. Albans station (LIRR)

St.

New!!: Jamaica station and St. Albans station (LIRR) · See more »

Starrett City, Brooklyn

Starrett City (informally and colloquially known as the Spring Creek Towers) is a housing development in the Spring Creek (East New York) section of Brooklyn, New York City.

New!!: Jamaica station and Starrett City, Brooklyn · See more »

Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.

New!!: Jamaica station and Steel · See more »

Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport (Archer Avenue Lines)

Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport (formerly named Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue before the AirTrain JFK transfer opened) is a station on the IND and BMT Archer Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway.

New!!: Jamaica station and Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport (Archer Avenue Lines) · See more »

Third rail

A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

New!!: Jamaica station and Third rail · See more »

Union Hall Street station

Union Hall Street was a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line at Union Hall Street at York College in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and Union Hall Street station · See more »

Valley Stream station

Valley Stream is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch serving the residents of Valley Stream, and is the first station (traveling eastbound) in Nassau County.

New!!: Jamaica station and Valley Stream station · See more »

Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.

New!!: Jamaica station and Volt · See more »

West Hempstead station

West Hempstead is the terminal station at the east end of the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead Branch serving West Hempstead, New York, United States.

New!!: Jamaica station and West Hempstead station · See more »

Whitestone, Queens

Whitestone is an upper middle-class residential neighborhood in the northernmost part of the New York City borough of Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and Whitestone, Queens · See more »

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick, East Williamsburg, and Ridgewood, Queens to the east; and Fort Greene and the East River to the west.

New!!: Jamaica station and Williamsburg, Brooklyn · See more »

Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards

Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard (formerly Jamaica Bay Boulevard) are two parts of a major boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards · See more »

165th Street Bus Terminal

The 165th Street Bus Terminal, also known as Jamaica Bus Terminal, the Long Island Bus Terminal (the name emblazoned on the entranceway's red tiles), Jamaica−165th Street Terminal (as signed on buses towards the terminal), or simply 165th Street Terminal, is a major bus terminal in Jamaica, Queens.

New!!: Jamaica station and 165th Street Bus Terminal · See more »

Redirects here:

Beaver Street (LIRR station), Beaver Street station, Beaver Street station (LIRR), Jamaica (AirTrain JFK station), Jamaica (LIRR station), Jamaica station (AirTrain JFK), Jamaica station (LIRR), Jamaica-Beaver Street (LIRR station), Jamaica–Beaver Street station, Jamaica–Beaver Street station (LIRR), Jamaica—Beaver Street (LIRR station), Old Jamaica station, Old Jamaica station (LIRR), South Street (LIRR station), South Street station (LIRR).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_station

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »