BMT Nassau Street Line facts for kids
Quick facts for kids BMT Nassau Street Line |
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![]() ![]() ![]() The J and Z, which use the Nassau Street Line through downtown, are colored brown.
One station is also served by the M, which is now part of the IND Sixth Avenue Line. |
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Overview | |
Owner | City of New York |
Termini | Essex Street Broad Street |
Stations | 6 |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | New York City Subway |
Operator(s) | New York City Transit Authority |
Daily ridership | 126,833 |
History | |
Opened | 1908–1931 |
Technical | |
Number of tracks | 2–4 |
Character | Underground |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Electrification | 600V DC third rail |
The BMT Nassau Street Line is a line of the New York City Subway. It is used by two main services, J and Z, as well as a small part of the M train. Services using the line are colored brown.
Station listing
Neighborhood (approximate) |
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Station | Services | Opened | Transfers and notes |
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Begins as the BMT Jamaica Line from the Williamsburg Bridge (J Template:NYCS time M Template:NYCS time Z Template:NYCS time) | |||||
Lower East Side | Essex Street | J Template:NYCS time M Template:NYCS time Z Template:NYCS time | September 16, 1908 | IND Sixth Avenue Line (F Template:NYCS time <F>Template:NYCS time) at Delancey Street | |
Split to Chrystie Street Connection (M Template:NYCS time) | |||||
Bowery | J Template:NYCS time Z Template:NYCS time | August 4, 1913 | |||
Chinatown | ![]() |
Canal Street | J Template:NYCS time Z Template:NYCS time | August 4, 1913 | BMT Broadway Line (N Template:NYCS time Q Template:NYCS time R Template:NYCS time W Template:NYCS time) IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 Template:NYCS time 6 Template:NYCS time <6>Template:NYCS time) |
Former Connection to Manhattan Bridge south tracks | |||||
Civic Center | ![]() |
Chambers Street | J Template:NYCS time Z Template:NYCS time | August 4, 1913 | IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 Template:NYCS time 5 Template:NYCS time 6 Template:NYCS time <6>Template:NYCS time) at Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall |
Financial District | ![]() |
Fulton Street | J Template:NYCS time Z Template:NYCS time | May 29, 1931 | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (2 Template:NYCS time 3 Template:NYCS time) IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 Template:NYCS time 5 Template:NYCS time) IND Eighth Avenue Line (A Template:NYCS time C Template:NYCS time) Connection to BMT Broadway Line (N Template:NYCS time R Template:NYCS time W Template:NYCS time) at Cortlandt Street via Dey Street Passageway Connection to PATH at World Trade Center |
Broad Street | J Template:NYCS time Z Template:NYCS time | May 29, 1931 | |||
Terminus of all service | |||||
Line merges with the BMT Broadway Line (N Template:NYCS time R Template:NYCS time) and becomes the BMT Fourth Avenue Line via the Montague Street Tunnel |
See also
In Spanish: Línea de la Calle Nassau para niños
National Hispanic Heritage Month on Kiddle
Influential Hispanic activists
![]() | Janet Murguía |
![]() | Nelson Merced |
![]() | Jovita Idar |
![]() | Dolores Huerta |
![]() | María Teresa Kumar |
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