Jay Street – Borough Hall

Jay Street – Borough Hall New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Jay Street & Willoughby Street Brooklyn, NY 11201
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Downtown Brooklyn
Coordinates	40°41′37.25″N 73°59′14.04″W / 40.6936806°N 73.9872333°W / 40.6936806; -73.9872333Coordinates: 40°41′37.25″N 73°59′14.04″W / 40.6936806°N 73.9872333°W / 40.6936806; -73.9872333
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Fulton Street Line IND Culver Line
Services	A  (all times)      C  (all except late nights)      F  (all times)
Connection	New York City Bus: B26, B57, B61, B65, B75
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	February 1, 1933[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	9.128 million[2][3] ▲ 2.16%
Rank	33 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	High Street – Brooklyn Bridge (8th): A  C  York Street (Sixth): F
Next south	Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (Fulton): A  C  Bergen Street (Culver): F
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Jay Street – Borough Hall is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line and the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway,^[4] located on Jay Street between Fulton Mall and the Myrtle Street Promenade, near MetroTech Center. The full-time exit is at Willoughby Street, with auxiliary part time exits at MetroTech, and Fulton Mall.

The station has four tracks, with two island platforms. A and C trains use the center "express" tracks, and F trains use the outer "local" tracks. There are switches just north of the station, permitting Fulton Street Line trains to switch to the IND Sixth Avenue Line, or Culver Line trains to switch to the IND Eighth Avenue Line. These switches are often used for construction re-routes, with trains switching back to their usual routes at West Fourth Street – Washington Square.

The Lawrence Street – MetroTech station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line is directly beneath. A free transfer between the stations is planned as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2005–2009 Capital Program and (as of August 2007) is currently under construction.

Until their retirement in January 2006,^[5] IND "money trains" made their deposits here, as the IRT and BMT divisions made theirs at the adjacent but not connected Lawrence Street station. The door along the wall of the Coney Island-bound F track is still visible, where the money trains connected to the vaults of the building before trucks replaced them.

Until 1969, a free transfer was available to/from the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line at the Bridge – Jay Streets station. The transfer was issued at the Fulton Street station. The transfer was issued at stations from Sumner Avenue on south. When the line closed, the transfer was issued to the B54 bus, which ran along the former route.

Nearby points of interest

• Polytechnic Institute of New York University
• New York City College of Technology
• MetroTech Center
• Brooklyn Borough Hall
• Brooklyn Supreme Court
• Fulton Mall

References

Gallery

Track geometry car on northbound track from Culver line

Money train door on southbound track

Demolition in progress

Jay Street entrance

External links

• nycsubway.org — IND 8th Avenue: Jay Street/Borough Hall
• Station Reporter — A Lefferts
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• Station Reporter — C Train
• Station Reporter — F Train
• The Subway Nut — Jay Street – Borough Hall Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit - Jay Street - Borough Hall