Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line)

Cortlandt Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Uptown (northbound) platform
Station statistics
Address	Cortlandt Street & Church Street New York, NY 10280
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Financial District, World Trade Center
Coordinates	40°42′39″N 74°00′40″W / 40.710735°N 74.011245°W / 40.710735; -74.011245Coordinates: 40°42′39″N 74°00′40″W / 40.710735°N 74.011245°W / 40.710735; -74.011245
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Broadway Line
Services	N  (late nights)       R  (all except late nights)       W  (weekdays only)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: M55, X27, X28 MTA Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4 PATH: NWK–WTC and HOB–WTC (at World Trade Center)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	January 5, 1918; 99 years ago (1918-01-05) (original) September 15, 2002; 14 years ago (2002-09-15) (first reopening)
Closed	September 11, 2001; 15 years ago (2001-09-11) (first closing) August 20, 2005; 11 years ago (2005-08-20) (second closing)
Rebuilt	November 25, 2009; 7 years ago (2009-11-25) (northbound platform) September 6, 2011; 5 years ago (2011-09-06) (southbound platform)
Accessible
Wireless service
Former/other names	Cortlandt Street–World Trade Center
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,713,532  80.9%
Rank	185 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	City Hall: N  R  W
Next south	Rector Street: N  R  W
Next north	14th Street–Union Square: N  R  W
Next south	Jay Street–MetroTech: N  R  none: W
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops weekdays only Stops late nights only
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External video

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

Cortlandt Street is a local station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Originally opened in 1918, the station is located under Church Street, between Fulton and Cortlandt Streets in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. It is served by the R train at all times except late nights, when the N train takes over service. The W train also serves this station on weekdays.

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 World Trade Center, and an exit at the north end once led to the original World Trade Center's lower concourse.

There are three street stair exits, all on the east side of Church Street:

Both platforms are connected to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub via an underpass and to the Fulton Center via the Dey Street Passageway. This station is ADA-accessible via the latter connection. An underground passageway also leads to One Liberty Plaza.

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.