Halsey Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

Halsey Street is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Halsey Street and Broadway at the border of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the J train at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.

Halsey Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station platforms
Station statistics
Address	Halsey Street & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11221
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates	40.685682°N 73.915458°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B7, B26, Q24
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1885[1]
Station code	094[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	2,120,521[3]  3%
Rank	223 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next east	Chauncey Street: J  (J  skips to Broadway Junction)
Next west	Gates Avenue: J  (J  skips to Kosciuszko Street)
Location
Track layout to Chauncey St to Gates Av
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops all times Stops all times except late nights

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound local	← toward Broad Street (Kosciuszko Street AM rush, Gates Avenue other times) ← does not stop here
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Eastbound local	→ toward Jamaica Center (Broadway Junction PM rush, Chauncey Street other times) → → does not stop here →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

This elevated station, opened on August 19, 1885, has two side platforms and three tracks; the center express track is not used in regular service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and green canopies and support columns with red roofs along the entire length except for a small section at either end, where they have high mesh fences instead. The station signs are in the black name plates in white Helvetica lettering.

The 2008 artwork here is called SOL'SCRYPT by SOL'SAX. It consists of glass mosaic panels on the platform windscreens and station house depicting various images of African-American heritage.

Exits

The station has exits on both the west (railroad north) end and the east (railroad south) end of its platforms.

On the east 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 Halsey Street and Broadway.[4]

The western exits are now emergency exits leading to both eastern corners of Jefferson Avenue and Broadway, just east of Gates Avenue. 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. "Halsey Street Station Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 19 August 1885. p. 4.
2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
4. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 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.

External links

• nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Halsey Street
• Station Reporter — J train
• The Subway Nut — Halsey Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Halsey Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
• Halsey Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View