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 subway line in Manhattan, New York City. It is part of the New York City Subway system. This line connects Brooklyn and Manhattan.

The Nassau Street Line starts in Brooklyn. It is a continuation of the BMT Jamaica Line after crossing the Williamsburg Bridge. The line then goes south through Manhattan. It joins the BMT Broadway Line before going back to Brooklyn. This happens through the Montague Street Tunnel.

Even though the tracks connect to the Broadway Line south of Broad Street, trains haven't regularly gone past Broad Street station since June 25, 2010. The line is called the Nassau Street Line, but only one station, Fulton Street, is actually on Nassau Street.

The J train uses this line all the time. The Z train also runs on this line during busy travel times. It runs in the direction where most people are going. The M train used to serve the Nassau Street Line more. But since 2010, the M train now uses the Chrystie Street Connection. It runs on the IND Sixth Avenue Line to replace the V train, which was stopped to save money. The M train still stops at one Nassau Street Line station: Essex Street.

Subway Services on the Line

The following subway services use parts of the BMT Nassau Street Line. The main line's colors are terra cotta brown.

	When trains run			Part of the line
	Rush hours	Mid-day, evenings, weekends	Late nights
	local			North of Broad Street
	local in peak direction	no service
	Essex Street only		no service	Essex Street

See also

In Spanish: Línea de la Calle Nassau para niños