Court Street–Borough Hall (New York City Subway)

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New York City Subway station
Court Street–Borough Hall
Station information
Services 2 3(1234) 4 5(1) M(1) N(5) R(1234)
Other
Borough Brooklyn

Court Street–Borough Hall is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, and the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. The station is named Court Street on the IRT lines and Borough Hall on the BMT. Located at the intersection of Court, Joralemon and Montague Streets in Downtown Brooklyn, it is served by:

  • 2 and 4 trains at all times
  • 5 and M trains during rush hours
  • 3 and R trains at all times except late nights
  • N trains late nights.

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[edit] IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms

Handicapped/disabled access
Station information
Line IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services 2 3(1234)
Platforms 2 side platforms (one on each of two levels)
Tracks 2
Other
Opened April 15, 1919
Next north Clark Street
2 3(1234)
Next south Hoyt Street–Fulton Mall
2 3(1234)

Borough Hall on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line has two platforms, each on the south (railroad west) side of the tracks. Northbound trains use the upper level and southbound trains the lower, with a handicapped accessible passageway from both to the northbound side station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. On the wall is a large mosaic showing an image of Borough Hall and the words "Borough Hall".

[edit] IRT Lexington Avenue Line platforms

Handicapped/disabled access (northbound only)
Station information
Line IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services 4 5(1)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other
Opened May 1, 1908
Next north Bowling Green
4 5(1)
Next south Nevins Street
4 5(1)

Borough Hall on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line has two tracks and two side platforms. This was the first underground subway station in Brooklyn, opened in 1908 as the terminal for the extension of the IRT subway into Brooklyn. It provided easy access to the BRT elevated Fulton Street Line and Myrtle Avenue Line, although a separate fare had to be paid.

The station consists of two platforms, one on each side of the two-track line, and offset by about one-third of their length. Only the northbound side is ADA-compliant, as is the connection to the Borough Hall station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

In the southeast corner of the mezzanine, a plaque commemorating the subway's arrival in Brooklyn is visible. The platform and mezzanine walls feature an intricate intertwined "BH" mosaic. Also in the mezzanine is a remnant of New York's past, a bank teller window that used to be served by a local bank.

[edit] BMT Fourth Avenue Line platform

Station information
Line BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services M(1) N(5) R(1234)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other
Opened March 11, 1920
Next north Whitehall Street–South Ferry
N(5) R(1234)
Nassau Street:
Broad Street
M(1)
Next south Lawrence Street
M(1) N(5) R(1234)

Court Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line is a very deep station with two tracks and a single island platform. There is a crossover above the platform level. The western end of this area is serviced by two elevators leading to Clinton Street. At the eastern end, there are banks of escalators leading to Court Street entry, where there is a transfer to the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and Lexington Avenue Line platforms

A close look at the steel I-beams on the platform shows the name "Carnegie", from Carnegie Steel (predecessor of United States Steel).

[edit] Surface connections

By 1916, a single-track counterclockwise trolley loop was built around Borough Hall, with both ends at Joralemon Street, and access from westbound Fulton Street to the loop and from the loop to southbound Court Street.[citation needed] Passengers on lines that used the loop or lines that used Court Street or Fulton Street could transfer to the subway entrance in the triangle bounded by those two streets and the loop, north of Borough Hall. The lines that used this loop included:[1]

Other lines that passed Borough Hall and thus served the station included:

On Court Street
On Fulton Street
On Joralemon Street

Effective April 7, 1930, the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation eliminated the loop to relieve congestion.[2][3] Several lines were moved to a loop on Washington Street north of Tillary Street or a clockwise loop on Livingston Street, Court Street, Joralemon Street, Fulton Street, and Boerum Place.[citation needed]

The following bus routes currently serve the station:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac, 1916
  2. ^ New York Times, Reroute Cars to Aid Brooklyn Traffic, April 1, 1930, page 14
  3. ^ New York Times, Brooklyn Accepts New Traffic Rules, April 8, 1930, page 24

[edit] External links

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