Near the LIRR train station is Jamaica. A couple stops away is Briarwood, at the subway stop Briarwood-Van Wyck Blvd. I lived here. Very safe. You are next to one of the best high schools (Archbishop Malloy).'m heavily considering a place in the southern end of Briarwood, near the Jamaica LIRR train station, as it would allow me an easy train commute out to Long Island for work. More specifically, I'm looking west of Sutphin Blvd and anything north of the train tracks.