Q110, and Q36. The New York City Subway's BMT Jamaica Line () runs above Jamaica Avenue through the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn along with Woodhaven and Richmond Hill. The Jamaica Bus Depot and East New York Bus Depot are located near the avenue. In June 2020, mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city would test out busways on Jamaica Avenue from Sutphin Boulevard to 168th Street, a distance of about , in downtown Jamaica. Despite a deadline of October 2020, the Jamaica Avenue busway was not in place at that time. Furthermore, transportation advocates did support a bus lane in downtown Jamaica, but they preferred a bus lane on the busier Archer Avenue corridor, which parallels Jamaica Avenue to the south. Jamaica Avenue intersects with other former country roads in Queens which have become important urban streets, including Woodhaven Boulevard, Lefferts Boulevard, Sutphin Boulevard, Parsons Boulevard, Francis Lewis Boulevard, and Springfield Boulevard. Jamaica Avenue, from Alabama Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn to the Nassau County line, is long. The Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station () with its associated bus station is a major transport hub, a rival to the nearby Jamaica–179th Street station () on Hillside Avenue. Major intersections References External links A Walk down Jamaica Avenue Photoessay Jamaica Plank Road - Jamaica Avenue (Richmond Hill Historical Society) Streets in Queens, New York Streets in Brooklyn Cypress Hills, Brooklyn East New York, Brooklyn Jamaica, Queens