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Services
	75th Street–Elderts Lane J toward Broad Street
	does not stop here

85 Street–Forest Parkway
85 Street–Forest Parkway
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Manhattan-bound J train at the station in 2017
Station statistics
Address	85th Street and Jamaica Avenue; Queens, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Woodhaven
Coordinates	40°41′33″N 73°51′37″W / 40.692418°N 73.86014°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Q56
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	May 28, 1917 (107 years ago)
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Forest Parkway
Traffic
2023	829,926 19.8%
Rank	324 out of 423
Services
Services
	75th Street–Elderts Lane J toward Broad Street
	does not stop here
Location
Track layout
	Legend
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Stops all times

The 85th Street–Forest Parkway station is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, Queens.^[6] The J train serves this station at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.^[7]

History

This station opened on May 28, 1917^[2]^[3]^[4] under the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.

From the late-1950s into the 1960s the New York City Transit Authority had a proposal to realign the BMT Jamaica Line between Grant or Nichols Avenue (east of Crescent Street station) and 80th Street and Jamaica Avenue (just west of this station). This realignment would have also included a bi-directional express track. The realignment was never carried out.^[8] "85th Street" was added to the name in 1966.

In February 2023, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would temporarily close for renovations as part of a station renewal contract at four stations on the Jamaica Line. On August 12, 2024, the Queens-bound platform closed. The closure will shift to the Manhattan-bound platform in early 2025. Work includes platform renewals, replacement of stairs, canopies, and windscreens, installation of artwork, and minimizing the gaps between the train and the platform edge.^[9] The work is being performed by Gramercy PJS Joint-Venture.^[10]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound local	← toward Broad Street (Cypress Hills AM rush, 75th Street–Elderts Lane other times) ← does not stop here
	Peak-direction express	No track or roadbed
	Eastbound local	toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Woodhaven Boulevard) → does not stop here →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits

The station has two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a center track.^[11]

Exits

The north exit, which leads to 85th Street and has a crossunder, is near Forest Park.^[6] The south exit, which leads to Forest Parkway, was removed.^[6]