Jamaica–179th Street station
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Jamaica–179th Street station is a major eastern terminal of the New York City Subway’s IND Queens Boulevard Line, serving as a key transit hub in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jamaica–179th Street station canonical | 2 |
| 179th Street–Jamaica subway station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3944323 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jamaica–179th Street station Context triple: [Jamaica Yard, connectedTo, Jamaica–179th Street station]
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A.
168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line) station
The 168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line) station was a former elevated New York City Subway station in Jamaica, Queens, that once served the BMT Jamaica Line before its closure and replacement by the modern Archer Avenue Subway.
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B.
170th Street (Grand Concourse) station
170th Street (Grand Concourse) station is a New York City Subway station in the Bronx serving the B and D lines along the Grand Concourse.
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C.
Highland Avenue station
Highland Avenue station is a New Jersey Transit commuter rail stop in Orange, New Jersey, serving local passengers on the Morris & Essex Lines.
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D.
Harlem–125th Street station
Harlem–125th Street station is a major New York City commuter rail hub in East Harlem serving multiple Metro-North Railroad lines.
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E.
Fairview Avenue station
Fairview Avenue station is a commuter rail stop in Downers Grove, Illinois, serving Metra's BNSF Railway Line in the Chicago metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jamaica–179th Street station Target entity description: Jamaica–179th Street station is a major eastern terminal of the New York City Subway’s IND Queens Boulevard Line, serving as a key transit hub in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens.
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A.
168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line) station
The 168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line) station was a former elevated New York City Subway station in Jamaica, Queens, that once served the BMT Jamaica Line before its closure and replacement by the modern Archer Avenue Subway.
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B.
170th Street (Grand Concourse) station
170th Street (Grand Concourse) station is a New York City Subway station in the Bronx serving the B and D lines along the Grand Concourse.
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C.
Highland Avenue station
Highland Avenue station is a New Jersey Transit commuter rail stop in Orange, New Jersey, serving local passengers on the Morris & Essex Lines.
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D.
Harlem–125th Street station
Harlem–125th Street station is a major New York City commuter rail hub in East Harlem serving multiple Metro-North Railroad lines.
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E.
Fairview Avenue station
Fairview Avenue station is a commuter rail stop in Downers Grove, Illinois, serving Metra's BNSF Railway Line in the Chicago metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway station
ⓘ
underground railway station ⓘ |
| borough | Queens ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crossStreet | 179th Street ⓘ |
| division | IND ⓘ |
| fareControl | turnstiles ⓘ |
| fareZone | NYC Subway flat fare zone ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | partially accessible ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentStation | 169th Street station ⓘ |
| hasBoroughCode | Q ⓘ |
| hasConnection |
MTA Bus Company routes
ⓘ
NYCT buses ⓘ |
| hasEntrance |
Hillside Avenue & 178th Street
ⓘ
linked to:
Hillside Avenue & 179th Street
Hillside Avenue & 179th Street ⓘ Hillside Avenue & 180th Street ⓘ
linked to:
Hillside Avenue & 179th Street
|
| hasMezzanine | full-length mezzanine above platforms ⓘ |
| hasService | 24-hour F train service ⓘ |
| hasServicePattern | local and express tracks ⓘ |
| hasTileColor | IND color-coded tile band system ⓘ |
| line | IND Queens Boulevard Line ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jamaica, Queens
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ Queens ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| nearbyFacility | Jamaica Bus Terminal ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Jamaica ⓘ |
| opened | 1950-12-11 ⓘ |
| operator |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
ⓘ
New York City Transit Authority ⓘ |
| owner |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| platformCount | 2 ⓘ |
| platformType | island platform ⓘ |
| positionOnLine | eastern terminal of IND Queens Boulevard Line ⓘ |
| role |
key transit hub in Jamaica, Queens
ⓘ
major eastern terminal of the IND Queens Boulevard Line ⓘ |
| servesLine | F ⓘ |
| stationCode | 179 ⓘ |
| streetLocation | Hillside Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureType | underground ⓘ |
| style | IND design ⓘ |
| terminalFor | F ⓘ |
| trackCount | 4 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jamaica–179th Street station Description of subject: Jamaica–179th Street station is a major eastern terminal of the New York City Subway’s IND Queens Boulevard Line, serving as a key transit hub in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jamaica–179th Street station