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	40.704099°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  (weekdays except late nights)
Connection	New York City Bus: B46, B48
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888 (June 25, 1888)[citation needed]
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	1,404,557  1.8%
Rank	299 out of 422
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Hewes Street toward Chambers Street or Broad Street or 71st Avenue BMT Jamaica Line (local) J  M  Flushing Avenue toward Parsons/Archer or Metropolitan Avenue
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)

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 on weekdays.

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 re-named Essex Street).

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 staircase 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.

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. 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.

External links

• 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

Southwestern stair