85th Street–Forest Parkway station

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. The J train serves this station at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.
== History ==
This station opened on May 28, 1917 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. "85th Street" was added to the name in 1966.
==Station layout==
The station has two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a center track.
===Exits===
The north exit, which leads to 85th Street and has a crossunder, is near Forest Park. The south exit, which leads to Forest Parkway, was removed.
== References ==
== External links ==
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* Station Reporter — J Train 
* The Subway Nut — 85th Street–Forest Parkway Pictures 
* 85th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
*Platforms from Google Maps Street View
Category:BMT Jamaica Line stations
Category:1917 establishments in New York City
Category:New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York
Category:New York City Subway stations located aboveground
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1917
Category:Woodhaven, Queens