Jamaica Center Parsons/Archer Subway Station

Its a train station so its not gonna b glamorous. Its too many damn homeless people sleeping here at late nite. Too many creepy taxi people in ur face whether u gettin on or off the train. The station itself smells like stale ass air. But ite connected to alot of buses. The F train is a few blocks up.

Reason For The One Star:
1. There needs to be a rule for the homeless people in the train at Jamaica. I’ve witnessed someone pee on the train cart and walk out, a man that masturbated in the train, and someone licking the floor. Jamaica Avenue is the only link to the city besides the X63 and the LIRR, so if you are planning to travel daily here get ready for random situations
2.I feel like I’m running for my life to catch the train. Why is there no announcer for the upcoming trains? It’s very confusing to go downstairs go into a train to hear «Leave the train, go to the next one,» then you see 80 people fight to get onto the next train.
3. If you leave your headphones at home, you effed up homes. I can’t even say that in proper english because it will kill the essence. If you leave your music at home, you have effed up brah!
Thee End

If negative stars were an option I would give that. One of the most disgusting, unreliable and downright hellish subway stations in the five boroughs. Trains that take forever to arrive and when they come are filled with vagrants, the constant smell of urine and fecal matter, a staff that does little besides engaging in loud conversations with each other and ignoring passengers. I could go on, but this station is truly a circle of hell. Avoid it if possible and walk up to the Long Island Railroad station.

Traveling to Western Queens and east to Long Island? Jamaica Center Parsons/​Archer Subway Station is a major transportation hub to connect to AirTrain to John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport, Long Island Rail Road, E, J, Z, trains and abundance of MTA buses. This station is my second default home station and vital to my conveyance of travel. Overall Jamaica Center Parsons/​Archer Subway Station gets the job done to my destination, period. On weekends trains are re-​routed to other lines and this station has been shut down or operates with limited train service due to the endless ongoing construction and infrastructure for the MTA capital program.
Within walking proximity is the Queens courthouse on Sutphin Boulevard and many local shops.

Two stars because it gets me where I need to go. Can’t expect much from a NYC train station. It’s filthy, always hot & I’m not sure what schedule it runs on but it runs infrequently especially on the weekends.
The MTA should invest in a Countdown Clock for this station. That way passengers know exactly when to expect the E or J train. The J train seems to be nonexistent on the weekends. You wait & wait & wait for a glimpse of the headlights to shine through the station to alert you that it is coming but it doesn’t show up until you least expect it.
All the money you charge us, the increase in fares, the inconsistent service, the uncomfortable smells & the MTA can’t make changes that makes all the things you to do us worthwhile?!
This frustrates me however it gets me where I need to go when the train finally decides to show up.

At least this is the last stop on the line but the problem is you STILL have to wait for a train to arrive here. A HUGE station & not the grossest or shadiness in the system by any stretch. Not super great but it’s okay. I hate having to take the J from here but if I were regularly taking the E, I could deal with it.

Station can be quite dirty at times, but workers try their best to clean up.
During rush hour, expect to be bottlenecked when you are either trying to run up or down the stairs and escalators.
Plus that the station is connected to the LIRR and Airtrains. During different times, your subway car might get packed full of riders and their suitcases and luggage. If you want to avoid these vistors and their big loads hitting the side of your leg, try to stay in the front of the train.

What can you really say about a NY subway station. It’s ok. They do routine cleanings, so there is rarely ever that disgusting odor down there.
One thing I must say is that some of the employees who work in the booth can get crabby and aren’t always the most helpful.

I’ve been riding the subway for about 10 years, so I feel pretty comfortable and experiences and that I know what I’m doing. For some reason, had difficulty getting the MTA card at this station, maybe because I had to pay for the Airtrain as well, but then when I went to swipe to get on the subway it didn’t work so I had to go to the booth to get my card fixed, i.e. to explain to them that I wasn’t trying to rip them off and lie about a $ 2 subway ride (they did let me pass and didn’t give me any guff at least).

This subway is okay I cannot complain I mean it gets you to where you have to go. One thing though that I do not like about the station is that I have seen a rat on the platform running from the area where the staircase leads to from the E platform to the mezzanine. I know that I had read in the Daily News that there was a problem and they had put down poison but clearly it is not working. Also the J train does not run as frequently as it should be that is not really a problem with the station just with the MTA overall.

This Subway is ok… sometimes it be too busy when everybody trying to get whatever they trying to go… and this is the biggest subway station and Jamaica.