Hewes Street station
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Address | Hewes Street & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211 | ||||||||
Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
Locale | Williamsburg | ||||||||
Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||||||||
Line | BMT Jamaica Line | ||||||||
Services | J ![]() M ![]() | ||||||||
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Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||
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Opened | June 25, 1888[2] | ||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||
2023 | 612,920[3] ![]() | ||||||||
Rank | 358 out of 423[3] | ||||||||
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Hewes Street is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Hewes 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.
Station layout
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P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Westbound local[5] | ← ![]() ← ![]() | |
Peak-direction express | ← ![]() ![]() | |
Eastbound local[5] | → ![]() → ![]() | |
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
G | Street Level | Exit / Entrance |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Sthbnd_J_train_skipping_Hewes_St.jpg/250px-Sthbnd_J_train_skipping_Hewes_St.jpg)
!["J" train](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/NYCS-bull-trans-J-Std.svg/20px-NYCS-bull-trans-J-Std.svg.png)
This elevated station, built four stories above street level and opened on June 25, 1888,[2] has two side platforms and three tracks. The center track is used by J and Z trains weekdays in peak direction. Each platform has beige windscreens, green canopies, and red roofs that run from end to end.
The exit to Hewes Street at the east (railroad south) end of the station is now an emergency exit and its station house has been removed. From each platform, a single staircase goes down to Broadway, the northbound platform to the south side of Broadway, and the southbound one to the northeast corner of Hewes Street, Broadway, and New Montrose Avenue;[6] Hewes Street is split at separate intersections with Broadway.[7] The Hewes Street exits were closed in the 1980s due to high crime.[6][8][9]
The station's only active entrance is at the west (railroad north) end of the station. Each platform has a single staircase leading to the elevated station house beneath the tracks. It has a turnstile bank and token booth. Outside of fare control, two staircases lead to the western corners of Broadway and Hooper Street.[7] Each staircase landing has an exit-only turnstile to allow passengers to exit without having to go through the station house.
The artwork here is called El in 16 Notes by Mara Held. It features sixteen panels of art glass, each containing random geometric shapes and is based on shapes found in dress patterns.
Gallery
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Hooper Street stationhouse
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Exit-Only Turnstile
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Hooper Street entrances
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Platform stairs
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b Template:Cite BDE
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ a b This is a wrong-way concurrency in railroad direction.
- ^ a b Muessig, Ben; Foretek, Jared; Geis, Shannon (August 24, 2009). "MTA still has no 'Hewes' for station entrances". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
External links
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- nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Hewes Street
- Station Reporter — J Train
- Station Reporter — M Train
- The Subway Nut — Hewes Street Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — Hewes Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
- Hooper Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Publicity image for the band "Broken Social Scene" (AllMusic.com)