Halsey Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

The Halsey Street station is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Halsey Street and Broadway at the border of Bedford–Stuyvesant and Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the J train at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.

For the station actually at Halsey Street & Wyckoff Avenue, see Halsey Street (BMT Canarsie Line).

Halsey Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Halsey Street & Broadway Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford–Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates	40.685682°N 73.915458°W / 40.685682; -73.915458
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B7, B26, Q24
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1885; 139 years ago (1885-08-19)[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,253,085[3]  13.9%
Rank	245 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Kosciuszko Street J  skip-stop Broadway Junction J  skip-stop Gates Avenue J  toward Broad Street Chauncey Street J  toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer does not stop here
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Chauncey Street to Gates Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops all times Stops all times except late nights

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound local	← toward Broad Street (Kosciuszko Street AM rush, Gates Avenue other times) ← does not stop here
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Eastbound local	→ toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Broadway Junction PM rush, Chauncey Street other times) → → does not stop here →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits

This elevated station, opened on August 19, 1885, has two side platforms and three tracks; the center express track is not used in regular service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and green canopies and support columns with red roofs along the entire length except for a small section at either end, where they have high mesh fences instead. The station signs are in the black name plates in white Helvetica lettering.

The 2008 artwork here is called SOL'SCRYPT by SOL'SAX. It consists of glass mosaic panels on the platform windscreens and station house depicting various images of African-American heritage.

Exits

The station has exits on both the west (railroad north) end and the east (railroad south) end of its platforms.

On the east 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 Halsey Street and Broadway.^[4]

The western exits are now emergency exits leading to both eastern corners of Jefferson Avenue and Broadway. These exits were closed in the 1980s due to high crime.^[5][6] There is a closed station house around the intermediate level of the staircases.

References

1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
2. "Halsey Street Station Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. August 19, 1885. p. 4.
3. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
4. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
5. Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
6. "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

External links

• nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Halsey Street
• Station Reporter — J train
• The Subway Nut — Halsey Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Halsey Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
• Halsey Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View