How do you get to Brooklyn from Jamaica station?

Answer 1

There are a couple of stations in Jamaica, Queens, so I don't know which one you're talking about: there's the Jamaica-179th Street stop on the F line (of the B-D-F-M, the orange line), and there's also a Jamaica Center Parsons/Archer stop on the J-Z (the brown line) and E (of the A-C-E, the blue line).

The J-Z (the brown line) goes from Jamaica Center Parsons/Archer through north Brooklyn, and you can transfer to the L at the Broadway-Eastern Parkway Station.

The F goes from Jamaica-179th Street into Manhattan, and then back out to Brooklyn. Or, you can get off the F at Forest Hills-71st Avenue, and transfer to the R train (of the N-R-Q-W, the yellow line). The R train also goes into Manhattan, and then back out to Brooklyn (as do the Nand W). You can transfer from the R to the Nor W at the Lexington Avenue-59th Street stop in Manhattan.

You can also get from the J-Z or E (the Jamaica Center stop) to the F or R trains, if you wish. Take the E from Jamaica Center to Briarwood/Van Wyck Boulevard and transfer there for the F. Then you can transfer from the F to the R at Forest Hills-71st Avenue.

Or, you can get from the F to the J-Z. Take the F from Jamaica-179th Street to Briarwood/Van Wyck Boulevard, and transfer to the E. Take the E to Jamaica Center (or the stop before it, Sutphin Blvd Archer Ave) and transfer to the J-Z.

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Answer 2

It could take anywhere between 5 minutes and 2.5 hours, depending on where in Brooklyn you're coming from and where in Queens you are going.

It would be 5 minutes if you're going one stop on the G train, from Greenpoint Avenue (the northernmost stop in Brooklyn) to 21st Street (the southernmost stop in Queens). It would be 2.5 hours if you're going from Far Rockaway, Brooklyn on the A train, into Manhattan, transferring to the 7 train, and taking the 7 to its last stop in Flushing, Queens.

To get a more useful answer, please ask your question again, this time specifying where in Brooklyn you are coming from and where in Queens you are going to. Brooklyn is almost 100 square miles in area, and Queens is 178 square miles. Furthermore, depending on where you are starting out from and where you are going to, you may have to travel from Brooklyn into Manhattan and then back out to Queens, as most of the subway lines do not run directly from Brooklyn to Queens and from Queens to Brooklyn.