Whether youre traveling by road rail or air staying at howard johnson inn jamaica jfk airport nyc in queens makes transportation easy youll be less than 10 minutes from jfk international airport and the hotels complimentary airport shuttle will make it feel even closer the van wyck expressway is within a mile jamaica station the long island rail roads largest station is a 10 minute drive away putting penn station bound trains within easy reach and midtown manhattan within a 20 min