corner, two escalators (one up, one down) and a staircase lead to street level, just outside the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)'s Jamaica station. Additional staircases lead from street level to each of the LIRR platform. Three elevators provide access to the street level and the LIRR station's main mezzanine areas. Connection is also available to AirTrain JFK, which provides service to John F. Kennedy International Airport; the AirTrain JFK also has its own entrance from the street just south of the LIRR station. As part of upgrades to the Jamaica Transportation Center Station Plaza, two new subway station entrances, with canopies, are planned to be constructed . Ridership In 1990, after the Archer Avenue line opened, the station had 2,491,760 boardings. By 2007, the ridership in this station had more than doubled to 6.064 million annual passengers. In 2018, the station had 7,282,128 boardings, making it the 146th most used station in the -station system. This amounted to an average of 23,388 passengers per weekday. Bus and rail connections There are connections to the Long Island Rail Road and AirTrain JFK at Jamaica station. New York City Bus routes and MTA Bus routes also stop at the station. Gallery References External links Station Reporter — E Train Station Reporter — J Train The Subway Nut — Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport Pictures Sutphin Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View Upper level from Google Maps Street View Lower level from Google Maps Street View Archer Avenue Line stations Program for Action Airport railway stations in the United States New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1988 Jamaica, Queens New York City Subway transfer stations John F. Kennedy International Airport 1988 establishments in New York City