diff --git a/benches/write_json.rs b/benches/write_json.rs
index 11f550c90f5..8f2df8411bd 100644
--- a/benches/write_json.rs
+++ b/benches/write_json.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use arrow2::util::bench_util::*;
 
 fn write_batch(columns: &Chunk<Arc<dyn Array>>) -> Result<()> {
     let mut writer = vec![];
-    let format = write::JsonArray::default();
+    let format = write::Format::Json;
 
     let batches = vec![Ok(columns.clone())].into_iter();
 
diff --git a/examples/json_write.rs b/examples/json_write.rs
index 07213fc3ddc..086d18022c3 100644
--- a/examples/json_write.rs
+++ b/examples/json_write.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use arrow2::{
 
 fn write_batches(path: &str, names: Vec<String>, batches: &[Chunk<Arc<dyn Array>>]) -> Result<()> {
     let mut writer = File::create(path)?;
-    let format = write::JsonArray::default();
+    let format = write::Format::Json;
 
     let batches = batches.iter().cloned().map(Ok);
 
diff --git a/src/io/json/write/mod.rs b/src/io/json/write/mod.rs
index fcf1c435148..b1ac14ee536 100644
--- a/src/io/json/write/mod.rs
+++ b/src/io/json/write/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! APIs to write to JSON
 mod format;
 mod serialize;
+
 pub use fallible_streaming_iterator::*;
-pub use format::*;
 pub use serialize::serialize;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -10,10 +10,18 @@ use crate::{
     chunk::Chunk,
     error::{ArrowError, Result},
 };
+use format::*;
+
+/// The supported variations of JSON supported
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Format {
+    /// JSON
+    Json,
+    /// NDJSON (http://ndjson.org/)
+    NewlineDelimitedJson,
+}
 
-/// Writes blocks of JSON-encoded data into `writer`, ensuring that the written
-/// JSON has the expected `format`
-pub fn write<W, F, I>(writer: &mut W, format: F, mut blocks: I) -> Result<()>
+fn _write<W, F, I>(writer: &mut W, format: F, mut blocks: I) -> Result<()>
 where
     W: std::io::Write,
     F: JsonFormat,
@@ -30,28 +38,40 @@ where
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Writes blocks of JSON-encoded data into `writer` according to format [`Format`].
+/// # Implementation
+/// This is IO-bounded
+pub fn write<W, I>(writer: &mut W, format: Format, blocks: I) -> Result<()>
+where
+    W: std::io::Write,
+    I: FallibleStreamingIterator<Item = [u8], Error = ArrowError>,
+{
+    match format {
+        Format::Json => _write(writer, JsonArray::default(), blocks),
+        Format::NewlineDelimitedJson => _write(writer, LineDelimited::default(), blocks),
+    }
+}
+
 /// [`FallibleStreamingIterator`] that serializes a [`Chunk`] to bytes.
 /// Advancing it is CPU-bounded
-pub struct Serializer<F, A, I>
+pub struct Serializer<A, I>
 where
-    F: JsonFormat,
     A: AsRef<dyn Array>,
     I: Iterator<Item = Result<Chunk<A>>>,
 {
     batches: I,
     names: Vec<String>,
     buffer: Vec<u8>,
-    format: F,
+    format: Format,
 }
 
-impl<F, A, I> Serializer<F, A, I>
+impl<A, I> Serializer<A, I>
 where
-    F: JsonFormat,
     A: AsRef<dyn Array>,
     I: Iterator<Item = Result<Chunk<A>>>,
 {
     /// Creates a new [`Serializer`].
-    pub fn new(batches: I, names: Vec<String>, buffer: Vec<u8>, format: F) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(batches: I, names: Vec<String>, buffer: Vec<u8>, format: Format) -> Self {
         Self {
             batches,
             names,
@@ -61,9 +81,8 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<F, A, I> FallibleStreamingIterator for Serializer<F, A, I>
+impl<A, I> FallibleStreamingIterator for Serializer<A, I>
 where
-    F: JsonFormat,
     A: AsRef<dyn Array>,
     I: Iterator<Item = Result<Chunk<A>>>,
 {
diff --git a/src/io/json/write/serialize.rs b/src/io/json/write/serialize.rs
index 59bab0bf646..3507c0d5be3 100644
--- a/src/io/json/write/serialize.rs
+++ b/src/io/json/write/serialize.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ use crate::temporal_conversions::{
 use crate::util::lexical_to_bytes_mut;
 use crate::{array::*, datatypes::DataType, types::NativeType};
 
-use super::{JsonArray, JsonFormat};
+use super::format::{JsonArray, JsonFormat, LineDelimited};
+use super::Format;
 
 fn boolean_serializer<'a>(
     array: &'a BooleanArray,
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ fn serialize_item<F: JsonFormat>(
 
 /// Serializes a (name, array) to a valid JSON to `buffer`
 /// This is CPU-bounded
-pub fn serialize<N, A, F>(names: &[N], columns: &Chunk<A>, format: F, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>)
+fn _serialize<N, A, F>(names: &[N], columns: &Chunk<A>, format: F, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>)
 where
     N: AsRef<str>,
     A: AsRef<dyn Array>,
@@ -278,3 +279,18 @@ where
         is_first_row = false;
     })
 }
+
+/// Serializes a (name, array) to a valid JSON to `buffer`
+/// This is CPU-bounded
+pub fn serialize<N, A>(names: &[N], columns: &Chunk<A>, format: Format, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>)
+where
+    N: AsRef<str>,
+    A: AsRef<dyn Array>,
+{
+    match format {
+        Format::Json => _serialize(names, columns, JsonArray::default(), buffer),
+        Format::NewlineDelimitedJson => {
+            _serialize(names, columns, LineDelimited::default(), buffer)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/it/io/json/mod.rs b/tests/it/io/json/mod.rs
index 03b61c3b5ad..ecd1e93530e 100644
--- a/tests/it/io/json/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/it/io/json/mod.rs
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ fn read_batch(data: String, fields: &[Field]) -> Result<Chunk<Arc<dyn Array>>> {
     json_read::deserialize(rows, fields)
 }
 
-fn write_batch<F: json_write::JsonFormat, A: AsRef<dyn Array>>(
+fn write_batch<A: AsRef<dyn Array>>(
     batch: Chunk<A>,
     names: Vec<String>,
-    format: F,
+    format: json_write::Format,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
     let batches = vec![Ok(batch)].into_iter();
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fn round_trip(data: String) -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         columns.clone(),
         fields.iter().map(|x| x.name.clone()).collect(),
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     let new_chunk = read_batch(String::from_utf8(buf).unwrap(), &fields)?;
diff --git a/tests/it/io/json/write.rs b/tests/it/io/json/write.rs
index 6145fa0ddbc..756646696a8 100644
--- a/tests/it/io/json/write.rs
+++ b/tests/it/io/json/write.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn write_simple_rows() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string(), "c2".to_string()],
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fn write_simple_rows_array() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string(), "c2".to_string()],
-        json_write::JsonArray::default(),
+        json_write::Format::Json,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fn write_nested_struct_with_validity() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string(), "c2".to_string()],
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ fn write_nested_structs() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string(), "c2".to_string()],
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ fn write_struct_with_list_field() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string(), "c2".to_string()],
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ fn write_nested_list() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string(), "c2".to_string()],
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ fn write_list_of_struct() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string(), "c2".to_string()],
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ fn write_escaped_utf8() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string()],
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ fn write_quotation_marks_in_utf8() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string()],
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ fn write_date32() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string()],
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ fn write_timestamp() -> Result<()> {
     let buf = write_batch(
         batch,
         vec!["c1".to_string()],
-        json_write::LineDelimited::default(),
+        json_write::Format::NewlineDelimitedJson,
     )?;
 
     assert_eq!(