Lorimer Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
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The Lorimer Street station is a local station on the
BMT Jamaica Line The BMT Jamaica Line, also known as the Broadway - Brooklyn Line is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeas ...
of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lorimer Street and Broadway in
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, 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. The Z train skips this station when it operates.


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
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tracks, trains were rerouted after Marcy Avenue to
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(later renamed Essex Street station).


Station layout

There are two
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s and three tracks. The center track is used by the J and Z trains in the peak direction weekday midday and rush hours. 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. 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.


Exits

This station has two entrances/exits. The full-time side is an elevated station house beneath the tracks on the northwest end. Inside
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, 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
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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. 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.
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on the
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is about two blocks to the west from the full-time entrance at Lorimer Street. 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
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-related shutdown of the IND Crosstown Line under the Newtown Creek. A free transfer using a
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between Broadway and Lorimer Street stations was provided during the
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from April 2019 until May 31, 2020 during weekends and late nights. The transfer was honored through the end of May 2020, even though L train tunnel work was completed on April 26.


References


External links

* * Station Reporter â€
J Train
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* The Subway Nut â€
Lorimer Street Pictures
* MTA's Arts For Transit â€

* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.704221,-73.94802&spn=0,0.013314&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.704383,-73.948331&panoid=XeqeUjvyw5D5tCKEFmqSQA&cbp=12,157.76,,0,5.51 Lorimer Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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