Jamaica–179th Street station

179th Street
179th Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Borough	Queens
Division
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E (limited rush-hour service); F (all times) <F> (two rush hour trains, peak direction)
Transit	Q3 bus to JFK Int'l Airport
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite-; direction; transfer	N/A
Traffic
2023	3,944,828 6%
Rank	72 out of 423
Next north	(Terminal)
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops in station at all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops late nights and weekends only
	Stops weekdays during the day
	Stops weekends during the day
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
	Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Station is closed
	(Details about time periods)

179th Street (commonly known as Jamaica–179th Street) is a subway station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, it is served by the Template:NYCS F at all times; it also sees a few rush-hour Template:NYCS E trains.

This station has two island platforms and four tracks; to the north (compass east) are two levels of four relay tracks, extending out to about 184th Street. This total of eight storage tracks gives 179th Street the highest peak terminal capacity of any station in the New York City Subway: 63 trains per hour, or one train every 57 seconds, although the station currently operates at a far lower throughput. Terminating trains enter on one of the two northbound tracks, then relay to one of the two levels—the upper level if coming from the express track, or the lower level if coming from the local track. They then return on the corresponding track on the southbound side. The few Template:NYCS E trains that begin here always leave from the express track and run express along Hillside Avenue; Template:NYCS F trains may leave from either track, switching to the local track north of 169th Street if necessary.

The configuration of the relay tracks suggests past plans to extend the line further east, past 179th Street.

The station has beige wall tile, with intertwining blue and orange stripes. There are two fare control areas, one full-time between 179th and 180th Streets and one part-time at 178th Street. The two are connected by a full-length mezzanine, which features Our Spectrum of Support by Reginald Polynice, a set of plywood cutout figures appearing to hold up the ceiling of the mezzanine. The station is currently being made ADA-compliant, with an elevator installed at 179th Place.