J-Z (New York City Subway service)

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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 since they use 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, they are fully local.

The following lines are used by the J and Z (the latter of which runs only during rush hours in the peak direction):

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
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

1 Service history
- 1.1 Broadway (Brooklyn) Line services over the years
2 Station listing
3 External links
4 References

Service history

15

JAMAICA

R1 end rollsign

J

NASSAU ST

JJ

NASSAU ST

R27 end rollsigns

1967–1979 bullets (in a circle)

What would become the J was numbered 15 when the BMT assigned numbers in 1924; this service was known as the Jamaica Line. The original service ran from the end of the line at 168th Street (which is where the BMT Jamaica Line ended until that part 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 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.

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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.

Station listing

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above. The Z only runs during rush hours.

Station	When	Services
Queens
Jamaica Center-Parsons Boulevard	always	J Z ^(1a) E
Sutphin Boulevard-JFK Airport	always	J Z ^(1a) E LIRR AirTrain
121st Street	always	J ^(1b2345) Z ^(1a)
111th Street	always	J
104th Street	always	J ^(1b2345) Z ^(1a)
Woodhaven Boulevard	always	J Z ^(1a)
85th Street-Forest Parkway	always	J
75th Street-Elderts Lane	always	J ^(1b2345) Z ^(1a)
Brooklyn
Cypress Hills	always	J
Crescent Street	always	J Z ^(1a)
Norwood Avenue	always	J ^(1b2345) Z ^(1a)
Cleveland Street	always	J
Van Siclen Avenue	always	J ^(1b2345) Z ^(1a)
Alabama Avenue	always	J Z ^(1a) (advertised as J only, but the Z stops here for the convenience of employees going to the nearby East New York Shops and bus depot[1])
Broadway Junction	always	J Z ^(1a) L A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
Chauncey Street	always	J ^(1b2345) Z ^(1a)
Halsey Street	always	J
Gates Avenue	always	J ^(1b2345) Z ^(1a)
Kosciusko Street	always	J
Myrtle Avenue	always	J M ⁽¹²⁾ Z ^(1a)
Flushing Avenue	all but rush hours and middays in peak direction	J ^(1b2b345) M ⁽¹²⁾
Lorimer Street	all but rush hours and middays in peak direction	J ^(1b2b345) M ⁽¹²⁾
Hewes Street	all but rush hours and middays in peak direction	J ^(1b2b345) M ⁽¹²⁾
Marcy Avenue	always	J M ⁽¹²⁾ Z ^(1a)
Manhattan
Essex Street	always	J M ⁽¹²⁾ Z ^(1a) F
Bowery	always	J M ⁽¹²⁾ Z ^(1a)
Canal Street	always	J M ⁽¹²⁾ Z ^(1a) N ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ Q 4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
Chambers Street	always	J M ⁽¹²⁾ Z ^(1a) 4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a) 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
Fulton Street	all but weekends and weekend late nights	J ^(1235a) M ⁽¹⁾ Z ^(1a) A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 2 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Broad Street	all but weekends and weekend late nights	J ^(1235a) M ⁽¹⁾ Z ^(1a)

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Service history

Broadway (Brooklyn) Line services over the years

Station listing

External links

References