Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line)

Chauncey Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address Chauncey Street & Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates 40°40′57″N 73°54′36″W / 40.682623°N 73.910136°W / 40.682623; -73.910136Coordinates: 40°40′57″N 73°54′36″W / 40.682623°N 73.910136°W / 40.682623; -73.910136
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Jamaica Line
Services       J  (all except rush hours, peak direction)
      Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B20, Q24
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened July 18, 1885 (1885-07-18)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 1,045,698[2]Increase 9%
Rank 358 out of 422
Station succession

Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station
toward Broad Street
BMT Jamaica Line
(express & skip-stop)
Z )
(Skip-stop service)
toward Broad Street
BMT Jamaica Line
(local)
J 

Chauncey Street is a renovated skip-stop 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 the J train at all other times.

Station layout

P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound local toward Broad Street off-peak (Halsey Street)
toward Broad Street AM rush hours (Gates Avenue)
Peak-direction express No regular service
Northbound local toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer off-peak hours (Broadway Junction)
toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer PM rush hours (Broadway Junction)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance

There are two side platforms and three tracks; the center express track is not used in regular service. The southeast exit leads to Marion and Chauncey Streets and is only used for emergencies. The northwest exit has a crossunder and a metal mezzanine. It leads to Rockaway Avenue and Broadway.

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

References

  1. "A New Station Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY). July 18, 1885. p. 4.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

External links

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