Court Street–Borough Hall (New York City Subway)

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Court Street–Borough Hall
New York City Subway station
Station information
Services	2 (all times) 3 (all except late nights) 4 (all times) 5 (rush hours until 8:45 p.m.) M (rush hours until 7:30 p.m.) N (late nights) R (all except late nights)
Passengers (2006)	9.476 million ▼ 1%
Other
Accessible	(2, 3, and northbound 4 and 5 services only)

Court Street–Borough Hall is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, and the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. The station is named Borough Hall on the IRT lines and Court Street 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.

1 IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms
2 IRT Eastern Parkway Line platforms
3 BMT Fourth Avenue Line platform
4 Surface connections
5 References
6 External links

[edit] IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms


Station information
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	2 (all times) 3 (all except late nights)
Platforms	2 side platforms (one on each of two levels)
Tracks	2
Other
Opened	April 15, 1919
Accessible
Next north	Clark Street: 2 3
Next south	Hoyt Street–Fulton Mall: 2 3

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 Eastern Parkway Line. On the wall is a large mosaic showing an image of Borough Hall and the words "Borough Hall".

Columbus Park stair

[edit] IRT Eastern Parkway Line platforms


Station information
Line	IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services	4 (all times) 5 (rush hours until 8:45 p.m.)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other
Opened	May 1, 1908
Accessible	(northbound only through IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms)
Next north	Bowling Green: 4 5
Next south	Nevins Street: 4 5

Borough Hall on the IRT Eastern Parkway 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 (rush hours until 7:30 p.m.) N (late nights) R (all except late nights)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other
Opened	March 11, 1920
Next north	Whitehall Street–South Ferry: N R
	Broad Street (Nassau Street): M
Next south	Lawrence Street–MetroTech: M N R

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 Eastern Parkway 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]

Flatbush–Prospect Park Line to Prospect Park
Flatbush–Seventh Avenue Line to Greenwood Cemetery and the Ninth Avenue Depot
Hicks Street Line to Erie Basin
Rogers Avenue Line to Flatbush
St. Johns Place Line to Ocean Hill
Third Avenue Line to Fort Hamilton
16th Avenue Line to New Utrecht

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

On Court Street

Court Street Line to Gowanus
Flatbush Avenue Line to Bergen Beach
Greenpoint Line to Greenpoint (also on Joralemon Street)
Montague Street Line to Wall Street Ferry
Union Street Line to Greenwood Cemetery, Ninth Avenue Depot, and Coney Island

On Fulton Street

DeKalb Avenue Line to Ridgewood
Fulton Street Line to Cypress Hills
Greene and Gates Avenues Line to Ridgewood
Myrtle Avenue Line to Ridgewood
Putnam Avenue Line to Ridgewood

On Joralemon Street

Crosstown Line to Erie Basin and Long Island City
Erie Basin Line to Erie Basin

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: