BMT Nassau Street Line

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.

BMT Nassau Street Line
[[file:Add→{{rail-interchange}} Add→{{rail-interchange}} Add→{{rail-interchange}}|frameless|alt=]] The J and Z, which use the Nassau Street Line through downtown, are colored brown. One station is also served by the [[<M> (New York City Subway service)|<M>]], which is now part of the BMT Nassau St Line.
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	New York City Subway
Termini	Essex Street Broad Street
Stations	6
Operation
Opened	1908–1931
Owner	City of New York
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
Character	Underground
Technical
Track gauge
Route map

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 (Template:NYCS Williamsburg)
Lower East Side		Essex Street	Template:NYCS Williamsburg	September 16, 1908	IND Sixth Avenue Line (Template:NYCS Sixth Rutgers) at Delancey Street
	Split to Chrystie Street Connection (Template:NYCS Chrystie Williamsburg)
		Bowery	Template:NYCS Nassau north	August 4, 1913
Chinatown		Canal Street	Template:NYCS Nassau north	August 4, 1913	BMT Broadway Line (Template:NYCS Broadway) IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4  ​6  <6> )
Former Connection to Manhattan Bridge south tracks
Civic Center		Chambers Street	Template:NYCS Nassau north	August 4, 1913	IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4  ​5  ​6  <6> ) at Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
Financial District		Fulton Street	J  ​Z	May 29, 1931	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (2  ​3 ) IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4  ​5 ) IND Eighth Avenue Line (A  ​C ) Connection to BMT Broadway Line (N  ​R  ​W ) at Cortlandt Street via Dey Street Passageway Connection to PATH at World Trade Center
		Broad Street	J  ​Z	May 29, 1931
	Terminus of all service
Line merges with the BMT Broadway Line (Template:NYCS Fourth Broadway) and becomes the BMT Fourth Avenue Line via the Montague Street Tunnel

BMT Nassau Street Line Media

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  1908 plan for Chambers Street and the Brooklyn Bridge connection

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  Group photo of the Marcus Contracting Co. taken during construction of the Nassau Street subway, circa 1928