Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
Chauncey Street![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||
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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°WCoordinates: 40°40′57″N 73°54′36″W / 40.682623°N 73.910136°W | ||||||||||||||
Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||
Line | BMT Jamaica Line | ||||||||||||||
Services |
J ![]() Z ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Transit connections |
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Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Opened | July 18, 1885[1] | ||||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||||
Passengers (2015) |
1,045,698[2] ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Rank | 358 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||
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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 | ← ![]() ← ![]() | |
Peak-direction express | → No regular service | |
Northbound local | → ![]() → ![]() | |
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
- ↑ ‹The template Cite BDE is being considered for deletion.› "A New Station Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 18, 1885. p. 4.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
External links
Media related to Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line) at Wikimedia Commons
- nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Chauncey Street
- Station Reporter — J Train
- The Subway Nut — Chauncey Street Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
- Cooper Street and Rockaway Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View