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°WCoordinates: 40°40′57″N 73°54′36″W / 40.682623°N 73.910136°W

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^[1]

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

1,045,698^[2]

Rank

358 out of 422

Station succession

Preceding station		New York City Subway		Following station
Gates Avenue toward Broad Street		BMT Jamaica Line (express & skip-stop) Z ) (Skip-stop service)		Broadway Junction toward Parsons/Archer
Halsey Street toward Broad Street		BMT Jamaica Line (local) J		Broadway Junction toward Parsons/Archer

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

Location
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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

Track layout

Legend

to Bway Jct

to Halsey St

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

↑ ‹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

New York City Subway stations

Jamaica Line	Demolished stations Broadway Ferry Driggs Avenue [← to Essex Street, Nassau St. Line] Marcy Avenue Hewes Street Lorimer Street Flushing Avenue Park Avenue (demolished) Myrtle Avenue Kosciuszko Street Gates Avenue Halsey Street Chauncey Street Broadway Junction [~~to Atlantic Avenue, Canarsie Line →~~] Alabama Avenue Van Siclen Avenue Cleveland Street Norwood Avenue Crescent Street Cypress Hills 75th Street–Elderts Lane 85th Street–Forest Parkway Woodhaven Boulevard 104th Street 111th Street 121st Street [to Sutphin Boulevard, Archer Avenue Lines →] Demolished stations Metropolitan Avenue Queens Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard 160th Street 168th Street

See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

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