Halsey Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}}
{{For|the station actually at Halsey Street & Wyckoff Avenue|Halsey Street (BMT Canarsie Line)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Halsey Street
| image = Halsey Street J platforms vc.jpg
| image_caption = View from southbound platform
| address = Halsey Street & Broadway
Brooklyn, New York
| borough = Brooklyn
| locale = Bedford–Stuyvesant, Bushwick
| coordinates = {{coord|40.685682|N|73.915458|W|display=inline,title}}
| division = BMT
| line = BMT Jamaica Line
| service = Jamaica center J
| connection = {{bus icon}} NYCT Bus: {{NYC bus link|B7|B26|Q24}}
| platforms = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 3 (2 in regular service)
| structure = Elevated
| open_date = {{start date and age|1885|Aug|19}}{{cite news | work = Brooklyn Daily Eagle | location = Brooklyn, New York |title=Halsey Street Station Opened|date = August 19, 1885|page=4}}
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line1=Jamaica skip|left1=Kosciuszko Street|right1=Broadway Junction|note-left1={{NYCS J skip|time=1}}|note-right1={{NYCS J skip|time=1}}
|line2=Jamaica|left2=Gates Avenue|right2=Chauncey Street|note-left2={{NYCS J skipped|time=1}}|note-right2={{NYCS J skipped|time=1}}
|note-row3={{Rail-interchange|nycs|Z}} does not stop here}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptrush}}{{NYCS infobox legend|rushpeak}}{{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}{{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptnights}}
| layout = {{NYCS 3-tracked local station|inline=y
|1=Chauncey Street
|2=Gates Avenue
|unused=yes
|deg=235
}}
}}
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.
Station layout
{{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Jamaica Line/side/Z skip}}
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.{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B6%20Ocean_Hill_2015.pdf|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|accessdate=5 July 2016|date=2016}}
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.{{cite news|last1=Harshbarger|first1=Rebecca|last2=De La Hoz|first2=Felipe|title=Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike|url=http://www.amny.com/transit/williamsburg-bushwick-subway-entrances-sealed-despite-ridership-spike-1.10949347|accessdate=July 4, 2016|work=AM New York|date=October 12, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Closed subway entrances|url=http://project.wnyc.org/subway-exits/#16/40.6580/-73.9095|publisher=WNYC (AM)|accessdate=July 4, 2016|date=October 31, 2015}} There is a closed station house around the intermediate level of the staircases.
References
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External links
- {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?192:1526|BMT Jamaica Line|Halsey Street}}
- Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108033658/http://www.stationreporter.net/jtrain.htm J train]
- The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/halseyj/index.php Halsey Street Pictures]
- MTA's Arts For Transit — [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606073209/http://mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=J&station=10&xdev=966 Halsey Street (BMT Jamaica Line)]
- [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.685829,-73.915619&spn=0,0.013314&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.685883,-73.915713&panoid=82OtflirOoRevVTofJM30Q&cbp=12,345.9,,0,5.15 Halsey Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6865234,-73.9168015,3a,75y,344.56h,88.54t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-veNcUvuAyqE%2FWH_E_FKo4PI%2FAAAAAAAAcCw%2FmXfDflgxQrcVwke1WcEINqx9HEQTNpzdACLIB!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-veNcUvuAyqE%2FWH_E_FKo4PI%2FAAAAAAAAcCw%2FmXfDflgxQrcVwke1WcEINqx9HEQTNpzdACLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i8000!8i4000!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]
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Category:BMT Jamaica Line stations
Category:1885 establishments in New York (state)
Category:New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1885