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New York City Subway station in Brooklyn

New York City Subway station in Brooklyn, New York

Chauncey Street "J" train​"Z" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View down southbound platform
Station statistics
Address Chauncey Street and BroadwayBrooklyn, New York
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Bedford–Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates 40°40′57″N 73°54′36″W / 40.682623°N 73.910136°W / 40.682623; -73.910136
Division B (BMT)[1]
Line BMT Jamaica Line
Services J all except rush hours, peak direction (all except rush hours, peak direction)​ Z rush hours, peak direction (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit Bus transport NYCT Bus: B20, B60, Q24
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened July 18, 1885; 139 years ago (1885-07-18)[2]
Opposite-directiontransfer Yes
Traffic
2023 623,164[3] Increase 9.4%
Rank 356 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station Gates AvenueZ rush hours, peak directionskip-stop Broadway JunctionJ all except rush hours, peak direction ​Z rush hours, peak directiontoward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Halsey StreetJ all except rush hours, peak directiontoward Broad Street
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Track layout Legend to Broadway Junction to Halsey Street
Street map Map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops all times Stops all times Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights

The Chauncey Street station is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Chauncey Street and Broadway in Brooklyn, it is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and by the J at all other times.

Platform level Side platform
Westbound local ← "J" train toward Broad Street (Halsey Street)← "Z" train AM rush toward Broad Street (Gates Avenue)← "J" train AM rush does not stop here
Peak-direction express No regular service
Eastbound local "J" train toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Broadway Junction) → "Z" train PM rush toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Broadway Junction) → "J" train PM rush does not stop here →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground Street Level Entrance/exit

There are two side platforms and three tracks; the center express track is not used in regular service.

The 2002 artwork here is called El-Views by Maria Dominguez and it features scenes of neighborhood life.

The station has exits on both the west (railroad north) end and the east (railroad south) end of its platforms. However, and despite the station's name, the eastern exits to Chauncey Street are no longer open.

On the west end, each platform has a single staircase leading to an elevated station house beneath the tracks. It has a turnstile bank and token booth. Outside fare control, two staircases lead to both western corners of Rockaway Avenue and Broadway.[4]

The eastern exits are now emergency exits leading to both the north and south sides of Broadway just west of Marion and Chauncey Streets. These exits were closed in the 1980s due to high crime.[5][6] There is a closed station house around the intermediate level of the staircases.

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "A New Station Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. July 18, 1885. p. 4.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

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