Chauncey Street station

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 Chauncey Street
  NYCS-bull-trans-J-Std.svg NYCS-bull-trans-Z-Std.svg
MTA NYC logo.svg New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
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View down southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressChauncey Street and Broadway
Brooklyn, New York
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Bedford–Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates 40°40′57″N73°54′36″W / 40.682623°N 73.910136°W / 40.682623; -73.910136
Division B (BMT) [1]
Line BMT Jamaica Line
Services    J   NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg (all except rush hours, peak direction)
   Z   NYCS-SSI-rushpeak.svg (rush hours, peak direction)
TransitAiga bus trans.svg NYCT Bus: B20, B60, Q24
Structure Elevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedJuly 18, 1885;139 years ago (1885-07-18) [2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
2023623,164 [3] Increase2.svg 9.4%
Rank356 out of 423 [3]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg New York City Subway Following station
Gates Avenue
Z   NYCS-SSI-rushpeak.svg
skip-stop
NYCS-bull-trans-Z-Std.svg Broadway Junction
J   NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Z   NYCS-SSI-rushpeak.svg
Halsey Street
J   NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg
toward Broad Street
NYCS-bull-trans-J-Std.svg
Location
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Track layout

Contents

BSicon MFADEg.svg
BSicon uvSTR.svg
BSicon dMFADEg.svg
BSicon udSTR.svg
BSicon udSTRf.svg
BSicon udSTR.svg
BSicon udSTRg.svg
BSicon numN235.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon uvSTR.svg
BSicon udSTR.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon uvSTR.svg
BSicon udSTR.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon uvSTR.svg
BSicon udSTR.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon uvSTR.svg
BSicon udSTR.svg
BSicon cBS.svg
BSicon udSTRf.svg
BSicon udSTR.svg
BSicon udSTRg.svg
BSicon MFADEf.svg
BSicon uvSTR.svg
BSicon dMFADEf.svg
BSicon udSTR.svg
Street map

Chauncey Street station

Station service legend
SymbolDescription
NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
NYCS-SSI-rushpeak.svg Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
NYCS-SSI-alltimes.svg Stops all times
NYCS-SSI-allexceptnights.svg 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.

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Westbound local NYCS-bull-trans-J-Std.svg toward Broad Street (Halsey Street)
NYCS-bull-trans-Z-Std.svg AM rush toward Broad Street (Gates Avenue)
NYCS-bull-trans-J-Std.svg AM rush does not stop here
Peak-direction express No regular service
Eastbound local NYCS-bull-trans-J-Std.svg toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Broadway Junction)
NYCS-bull-trans-Z-Std.svg PM rush toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Broadway Junction)
NYCS-bull-trans-J-Std.svg PM rush does not stop here →
Side platform
MezzanineFare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
GroundStreet LevelEntrance/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.

Exits

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.

References

  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. 1 2 "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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