BMT Nassau Street Line facts for kids

Quick facts for kids BMT Nassau Street Line
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.
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

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details
	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
↑	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only
↓
	Elevator access to mezzanine only

Neighborhood (approximate)		Station	Services	Opened	Transfers and notes
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