Lorimer Street (BMT Jamaica Line)

Lorimer Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Lorimer Street & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11206
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°42′15″N 73°56′52″W / 40.704099°N 73.947902°W / 40.704099; -73.947902Coordinates: 40°42′15″N 73°56′52″W / 40.704099°N 73.947902°W / 40.704099; -73.947902
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all times except weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., peak direction)       M  (all times except late nights)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B46, B48
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888 (1888-06-25)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,614,154[2]  7.5%
Rank	296 out of 422
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Hewes Street toward Broad Street BMT Jamaica Line (local) J  M  Flushing Avenue toward Parsons/Archer or Metropolitan Avenue
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
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Lorimer Street is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lorimer Street and Broadway in Brooklyn, it is served by the J train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction and the M train at all times except late nights.

History

This station opened on June 25, 1888 as part of a westward extension of the Broadway Elevated to Driggs Avenue with the final terminus of Broadway Ferry opening a few weeks later. Upon the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge tracks, trains were rerouted after Marcy Avenue to Delancey Street (later renamed Essex Street).

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Flushing Av to Hewes St

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound local[3]	← toward Broad Street all times except AM rush hours (Hewes Street) ← toward Forest Hills – 71st Avenue weekdays, Essex Street weekends (Hewes Street)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here →
	Eastbound local[3]	→ toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer all times except PM rush hours (Flushing Avenue) → → toward Metropolitan Avenue except late nights (Flushing Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance

Southwestern stair

There are two side platforms and three tracks. The center track is used by peak direction J and Z express services on weekdays in the peak direction. Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green frames and support columns. Some sections of the windscreen feature mesh to allow a view of the streets below. The station name plates are in the standard black with white lettering.

This station has two entrances/exits. The full-time side is an elevated station house beneath the tracks on the northwest end. Inside fare control, it has one staircase to each platform at their extreme ends and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, there is a turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases to the street. One goes down to the northwest corner of Broadway and Lorimer Street while the other goes down to the southeast peninsula formed by Throop Avenue, Lorimer Street, and Broadway. The northbound platform has an additional staircase going up to a work level above the mezzanine. Broadway on the IND Crosstown Line is about two blocks to the west from this entrance. Despite demands from G riders, there is no permanent free transfer from Lorimer Street to there; a free transfer was temporarily created in Summer 2014 due to the Hurricane Sandy-related shutdown of the IND Crosstown Line under the Newtown Creek.^[4] From January 2019 to at least July 2020, a free MetroCard-only transfer between the two stations will be provided due to a rehabilitation of the 14th Street Tunnel.^[5][6]

The station's other entrance/exit is unstaffed and has a sealed elevated station house beneath the tracks. A single staircase from each platform goes down to the station house landing, where a single high entry/exit turnstile provides entrance/exit from the system. Another staircase then goes down to either western corner of Wallabout Street and Broadway.

The 2002 artwork here is called Roundlet Series by Annette Davidek.^[7] It features 16 stained glass panels on the platform windscreens that are 36 inches tall and 36 inches wide. They all have a floral and vine theme.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lorimer Street (BMT Jamaica Line).

• nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Lorimer Street
• Station Reporter — J Train
• Station Reporter — M Train
• The Subway Nut — Lorimer Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Lorimer Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
• Lorimer Street entrance from Google Maps Street View