Chauncey Street station

The Chauncey Street station is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Chauncey Street and Broadway in Brooklyn, it is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and by the J at all other times.

Station layout

There are two side platforms and three tracks; the center express track is not used in regular service.

The 2002 artwork here is called El-Views by Maria Dominguez and it features scenes of neighborhood life.

Exits

The station has exits on both the west (railroad north) end and the east (railroad south) end of its platforms. However, and despite the station's name, the eastern exits to Chauncey Street are no longer open.

On the west 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 Rockaway Avenue and Broadway.

The eastern exits are now emergency exits leading to both the north and south sides of Broadway just west of Marion and Chauncey Streets. These exits were closed in the 1980s due to high crime. There is a closed station house around the intermediate level of the staircases.

References

External links

Media related to Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Chauncey Street
• Station Reporter — J Train
• The Subway Nut — Chauncey Street Pictures Archived 2018-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Chauncey Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
• Cooper Street and Rockaway Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View