Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line)

External videos
	Ten Years Later: MTA Reflects on 9/11, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; September 7, 2011; 4:21 YouTube video clip

Cortlandt Street

New York City Subway rapid transit station
Cortlandt Street;
	New York City Subway rapid transit station
	; Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address	Cortlandt Street & Church Street; New York, NY 10280
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Lower Manhattan
Coordinates	40°42′39″N 74°00′40″W / 40.710735°N 74.011245°WCoordinates: 40°42′39″N 74°00′40″W / 40.710735°N 74.011245°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Broadway Line
Services	N (late nights); R (all except late nights)
Connection	New York City Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, M5, X27, X28; PATH: NWK–WTC and HOB–WTC at World Trade Center;
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	January 5, 1918; 94 years ago (original); September 15, 2002 (first reopening)
Closed	September 11, 2001 (first closing); August 20, 2005 (second closing)
Rebuilt	November 25, 2009; 2 years ago (northbound platform only); September 6, 2011; 5 months ago (southbound platform reopening)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	1,130,741 801.3%
Rank	330 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	City Hall: N R
Next south	Rector Street: N R
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops in station at all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops late nights and weekends only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times except weekdays
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Station is closed
	(Details about time periods)

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Cortlandt Street is a local station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway, located under Church Street, between Fulton and Cortlandt Streets in Lower Manhattan. It is served by the R train at all times except late nights, when the N train replaces it.

This underground station, opened on January 5, 1918, has two tracks and two side platforms. It is the closest station on the BMT Broadway Line to the former World Trade Center and an exit at the north end once led to the lower concourse.

[edit] Renovations

The station was overhauled in the late 1970s, with repairs made to the structural and cosmetic appearance. The original BMT wall tiles were covered over with the MTA's then-standard large rectangular wall tiles, with bolted-on signs replacing the "Cortlandt Street" mosaics in the wall. Lighting was converted from incandescent to fluorescent and staircases and platform edges were repaired. Much of the cosmetic change that came with this renovation was undone in a subsequent 1998–1999 renovation. In addition to "state-of-repair" work and upgrades for ADA accessibility, the station's original 1918 tilework was restored. Other improvements were made to the public address system, directional signage, and concrete trackbeds.

[edit] Closures

Ribbon cutting for the reopening of the southbound platform.

The station sustained significant damage during the collapse of the adjacent World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. It was closed for repairs, which included removal of debris, fixing structural damage, and restoring the track beds, which had suffered flood damage in the aftermath of the collapse. The station reopened on September 15, 2002.

On August 20, 2005, the station was closed again for installation of the a new pedestrian concourse below Dey Street as part of the Fulton Street Transit Center project. At the same time, the station is to be made ADA-accessible in both directions. Previously, the station was accessible on the southbound side only via the temporary PATH World Trade Center station's elevator. MTA posters and flyers at that time indicated the station would reopen in the spring of 2006, and later by spring of 2007, but neither reopening schedules occurred^[6]

The northbound side of the station reopened on November 25, 2009.^[7]^[8] The southbound platform reopened on September 6, 2011, while continuing excavation along the Church Street side of the World Trade Center site is being performed.^[9]