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The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored brown on the route sign (either on the front and/or side - depending on equipment used) and on station signs and the NYC Subway map, as it represents a service provided on the BMT Nassau Street Line in Manhattan. The J runs all the time, from Jamaica Center-Parsons Boulevard to Broad Street (except on weekends, including weekend late nights, when it is cut back two stops to Chambers Street). The Z is a rush hour-only skip-stop variant, running only in the peak direction. During rush hours and middays, the services run express in the peak direction in western Brooklyn (and the M provides local service); at other times, the Z does not operate, and the J is fully local.

Rapper Jay-Z named himself after these lines, which run through his home neighborhood.

The following lines are used by the J and Z services:

Line	Tracks	When
BMT Archer Avenue Line (full line)	N/A	always
BMT Jamaica Line east of Myrtle Avenue	local	always
BMT Jamaica Line west of Myrtle Avenue	local (express rush hours and middays in peak direction)	always
Williamsburg Bridge	N/A	always
BMT Nassau Street Line north of Chambers Street	N/A	always
BMT Nassau Street Line from Chambers Street to Broad Street	N/A	all but weekends and weekend late nights

[edit] Service history

15

JAMAICA

R1 end rollsign

J

NASSAU ST

JJ

NASSAU ST

R27 end rollsigns

J

JJ

QJ

1967-1979 bullets (in a circle)

The BMT Jamaica Line is the oldest rapid transit line running in New York City today, opening in 1883. 1904 is credited as the beginning of subway service, but this does not count wooden elevated train service, some of which has been incorporated into the subway, and which began almost two decades earlier, first run by little independent companies, which taken by bigger and bigger companies until there were only three left (Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation, and Independent Subway System, the latter of which was city owned. In 1940, the remaining two companies were taken over by the city.

On June 25, 1888, service began from Driggs Avenue (on a long-gone section that continued on Broadway past Marcy Avenue to the ferry, before Williamsburg Bridge service began) to Van Siclen Street. Three weeks later, the line reached the ferry.

In 1893, the line extended eastward to Cypress Hills.

In 1903, some occasional service to 168th Street began, provided by a ramp at Cypress Hills that allowed the el cars to access streetcar tracks.

On September 16, 1908, the line was extended over the Williamsburg Bridge to Essex Street (converted trolley terminal), and on the other end to Crescent Street.

On August 4, 1913, Chambers Street opened. Canal Street became the terminal for rush hour local service.

From 1915 to 1916, the BMT Jamaica Line was rebuilt and a third track was added for express service to Eastern Parkway.

In 1917, the ferry terminal closed.

On May 28 of that year, the line was extended to 111th Street.

The following year, the line converted to steel-car (BMT standard) operation.

On July 3 of that year, the elevated line was completed to 168th Street. Service ran from this station (which is where the BMT Jamaica Line ended until the eastern end of the line was torn down) to the other end at Chambers Street, making every stop except for peak-direction rush hour trains, which operated express from Eastern Parkway to the Williamsburg Bridge. From 17:00 to about 18:30, these (outbound) trains made no stops between Canal Street and Eastern Parkway. 14 trains provided local service when the 15 ran express (The BMT assigned numbers beginning in 1924).

The BMT Nassau Street Line was completed on May 30, 1931, and 15 service was extended to Broad Street. The special evening trips were stopped; all peak direction rush hour and midday trains ran express from the bridge to Eastern Parkway.

Starting on June 18, 1959, skip-stop service was implemented on the Jamaica Line during morning rush hours. 15 trains ran express west of Eastern Parkway and stopped at "A" stations east of Eastern Parkway; 14 trains ran local and stopped at "B" stations. The stations were designated as follows:
- AB 168th Street
- B 160th Street
- AB Sutphin Boulevard
- B Queens Boulevard
- B Metropolitan Avenue
- A 121st Street
- A 111th Street
- B 102nd Street
- A Woodhaven Boulevard
- A Forest Parkway
- AB Elderts Lane
- B Cypress Hills
- A Crescent Street
- B Norwood Avenue
- A Cleveland Street
- B Van Siclen Avenue
- B Alabama Avenue
- AB Eastern Parkway

In 1960 the letters J and JJ were assigned to the express and local 15 trips, but it was several years before those letters appeared on trains. The 14 skip-stop service was assigned KK.

When the Chrystie Street Connection opened on November 26, 1967, rush hour 15 service was relabeled as QJ, a through-routing with the BMT Brighton Line (Q) ending at Brighton Beach.

JJ service was switched to the "B" stations during morning rush hours, running local west of Eastern Parkway. That label was also used for former 14 service to Rockaway Parkway on the BMT Canarsie Line.

On December 11, 1988, the Archer Avenue Line opened, and J service was extended from 121st Street to Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer. At this point, the J/Z skip-stop service was introduced.

On September 30, 1990, weekend service was cut back to Canal Street for construction.

From May–September 1999, the Williamsburg Bridge was closed for reconstruction. J service ran between Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer and Myrtle Avenue, running local at all times except rush hours. Skip-stop service ran between Jamaica Center and Broadway Junction (which was the last stop for the Z) in both directions.

After September 11, 2001, R service was suspended. J service was extended to Bay Ridge–95th Street, Brooklyn to replace it, running local along its entire route since the Z and the skip-stop service was suspended. During this time, it became the longest local train in the entire system. During late nights, it ran to Broad Street only, with a shuttle providing service between 36th Street and 95th Street. Service returned to normal on October 28, 2001.

Broadway (Brooklyn) Line services over the years

The following major service changes have been made on the Broadway (Brooklyn) Line, not counting Myrtle Avenue-Chambers Street Line services (BMT 10/M):

	Morning rush-hour local	Morning rush-hour express	Afternoon rush-hour local	Afternoon rush-hour express	Other times local	Variant/short line runs
1959-67	14 168th Street - Canal Street, "B" stops inbound	15 168th Street - Broad Street, "A" stops inbound	14 Crescent Street - Canal Street	15 168th Street - Broad Street	15 168th Street - Broad Street	14 Atlantic Avenue (Canarsie Line) or Rockaway Parkway (Canarsie Line) - Canal Street, afternoon rush hours only
1967-68	JJ 168th Street - Canal Street, "B" stops inbound RJ 168th Street - 95th Street (Brooklyn), inbound only	QJ 168th Street - Brighton Beach, "A" stops inbound	JJ Crescent Street - Canal Street RJ 168th Street - 95th Street (Brooklyn), outbound only	QJ 168th Street - Brighton Beach	JJ 168th Street - Broad Street QJ 168th Street - Brighton Beach, middays and early evenings	JJ Atlantic Avenue (Canarsie Line) - Canal Street, afternoon rush hours only
1968-1973	KK 168th Street - 57th Street (Manhattan), "B" stops inbound	QJ 168th Street - Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, "A" stops inbound	KK 168th Street - 57th Street (Manhattan), "B" stops outbound	QJ 168th Street - Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, "A" stops outbound	QJ 168th Street - Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, goes only to/from Broad Street late evenings, late nights and weekends
1973-1976	K Eastern Parkway - 57th Street (Manhattan)	J 168th Street - Broad Street, two inbound patterns, one for "A" stops and one for "B" stops	K Eastern Parkway - 57th Street (Manhattan)	J 168th Street - Broad Street, all stops	J 168th Street - Broad Street

The K was discontinued in 1976, and all J trains made all stops from then until the 1988 opening of the BMT Archer Avenue Line.

[edit] Subway Service Information

J	Z	Stations	Subway Transfers	Connections
Queens
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer	E
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue-JFK Airport	E	LIRR, AirTrain
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	121st Street		Q10 (to JFK Airport)
Stops all times		111th Street
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	104th Street
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Woodhaven Boulevard
Stops all times		85th Street-Forest Parkway
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	75th Street
Brooklyn
Stops all times		Cypress Hills
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Crescent Street
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Norwood Avenue
Stops all times		Cleveland Street
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Van Siclen Avenue
Stops all times	^[1]	Alabama Avenue
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Broadway Junction	Template:NYCS Fulton center L	LIRR
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Chauncey Street
Stops all times		Halsey Street
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Gates Avenue
Stops all times		Kosciuszko Street
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Myrtle Avenue	M	B15 (to JFK Airport)
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction		Flushing Avenue	B15 (to JFK Airport)
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction		Lorimer Street
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction		Hewes Street
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Marcy Avenue	M ⁽¹²⁾
Manhattan
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Essex Street	F M ⁽¹²⁾
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Bowery
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Canal Street	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ M ⁽¹²⁾ N Q R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
Stops all times	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Chambers Street	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ M ⁽¹²⁾
Stops weekdays only	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Fulton Street	2 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ M ⁽¹⁾ A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
Stops weekdays only	Stops rush hours in peak direction only	Broad Street	M ⁽¹⁾

Rush hours in the peak direction, J and Z trains alternate and provide skip-stop service between Sutphin Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue; all other times, J trains make all stops.
Rush hours, mid-days and evenings, J trains operate Myrtle and Marcy Avenues; to Manhattan, a.m. rush hours and mid-days; to Queens, p.m. rush hours and evenings.
Weekends and weekend late nights, J trains begin/terminate at Chambers Street instead of Broad Street.

[edit] Notes

↑ Alabama Avenue is advertised as J only, but the Z stops here for the convenience of employees going to the nearby East New York Yard and bus depot.[1]

[edit] References

Line By Line History

[edit] External links

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[0] Alabama Avenue is advertised as J only, but the Z stops here for the convenience of employees going to the nearby East New York Yard and bus depot.[1]

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