BMT Nassau Street Line

BMT Nassau Street Line
BMT Nassau Street Line
	The J and Z, which use the Nassau Street Line through downtown, are colored brown.; One station is also served by the [[<M> (New York City Subway service)\|<M>]], which is now part of the BMT Nassau St Line.
Overview
Owner	City of New York
Termini	Essex Street; Broad Street
Stations	6
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	New York City Subway
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
Daily ridership	126,833
History
Opened	1908–1931
Technical
Number of tracks	2–4
Character	Underground
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	600V DC third rail

The BMT Nassau Street Line is a line of the New York City Subway. It is used by two main services, J and Z, as well as a small part of the M train. Services using the line are colored brown.

Station listing

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details

	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
↑	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only
↓
	Elevator access to mezzanine only

Neighborhood (approximate)		Station	Services	Opened	Transfers and notes
Begins as the BMT Jamaica Line from the Williamsburg Bridge (J M Z )
Lower East Side		Essex Street	J M Z	September 16, 1908^[2]	IND Sixth Avenue Line (F <F> ) at Delancey Street
	Split to Chrystie Street Connection (M )
		Bowery	J Z	August 4, 1913
Chinatown		Canal Street	J Z	August 4, 1913	BMT Broadway Line (N Q R W ) IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 6 <6> )
Former Connection to Manhattan Bridge south tracks
Civic Center		Chambers Street	J Z	August 4, 1913	IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 5 6 <6> ) at Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
Financial District		Fulton Street	J Z	May 29, 1931	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (2 3 ) IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 5 ) IND Eighth Avenue Line (A C ) Connection to BMT Broadway Line (N R W ) at Cortlandt Street via Dey Street Passageway Connection to PATH at World Trade Center
		Broad Street	J Z	May 29, 1931
	Terminus of all service
Line merges with the BMT Broadway Line (N R ) and becomes the BMT Fourth Avenue Line via the Montague Street Tunnel

References

↑ MTA. "Average weekday subway ridership". Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
↑ "MAYOR RUNS a TRAIN OVER NEW BRIDGE; Brooklyn Celebrates Opening of the Service with Red Fire and Oratory. GOVERNor's FATHER SPEAKS Refers to His Son as the "Convict" at Albany and Thinks He May Have to "Serve Two Years More."". The New York Times. 17 September 1908.

[ridership-1] MTA. "Average weekday subway ridership". Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.

[Essex-2] "MAYOR RUNS a TRAIN OVER NEW BRIDGE; Brooklyn Celebrates Opening of the Service with Red Fire and Oratory. GOVERNor's FATHER SPEAKS Refers to His Son as the "Convict" at Albany and Thinks He May Have to "Serve Two Years More."". The New York Times. 17 September 1908.

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