BMT Nassau Street Line

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Services that use the BMT Nassau Street Line through downtown have been colored brown since 1979.
Services that use the BMT Nassau Street Line through downtown have been colored brown since 1979.

The Nassau Street Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York City Subway system. It is served by the J, M, and Z trains. On NYC subway maps, station signs and train route signs the line is shown in brown.

The line starts in Manhattan and emerges to cross the Williamsburg Bridge and becomes the BMT Jamaica Line in Brooklyn.


[edit] Stations

Stations on the Nassau Street Line, from compass north to south:

Handicapped access Station Tracks Services Opened Notes
Essex Street all J all times
M weekdays
Z rush hours in peak direction
July 4, 1908 transfer to F (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
Bowery all J all times
M weekdays
Z rush hours in peak direction
March 14, 1913
Canal Street all J all times
M weekdays
Z rush hours in peak direction
March 14, 1913 transfer to 4 (5) 6 <6> (12) (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
transfer to N (5) R (1234) W (123a) (BMT Broadway Line)
transfer to N (1234) Q (Broadway Line, Manhattan Bridge branch)
Chambers Street all J all times
M weekdays
Z rush hours in peak direction
March 13, 1913 transfer to 4 5 (1234) 6 <6> (12) (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
Fulton Street all J weekdays and weekday late nights
M rush hours
Z rush hours in peak direction
June 13, 1931 transfer to 2 3 (1234) (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line)
transfer to 4 5 (1234) (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
transfer to A C (1234) (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
Broad Street all J weekdays and weekday late nights
M rush hours
Z rush hours in peak direction
November 26, 1931


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New York City Subway Lines
IRT Manhattan: 42nd St ShuttleBroadway-7th AvLenox AvLexington Av
Bronx: Dyre AvJerome AvPelhamWhite Plains Rd
Brooklyn/Queens: Eastern PkwyFlushingNostrand Av
Former: 2nd Av3rd Av6th Av9th Av
BMT Manhattan trunks and branches: 63rd StAstoriaBroadwayManhattan BridgeNassau St
Eastern Division: Archer AvCanarsieJamaicaMyrtle Av
Southern Division: 4th AvBrightonCulverFranklin AvSea BeachWest End
Former: 3rd Av • 5th Av • Brooklyn BridgeFulton StLexington Av
IND Manhattan/Bronx trunks: 6th Av8th AvConcourse
Brooklyn/Queens: 63rd StArcher AvCrosstownCulverFulton StRockawayQueens Blvd
Former: World's Fair
Connections Chrystie St60th St
Future 2nd Av


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