Halsey Street (BMT Jamaica Line)

Halsey Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Halsey Street & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates	40°41′08″N 73°54′56″W / 40.685682°N 73.915458°W / 40.685682; -73.915458Coordinates: 40°41′08″N 73°54′56″W / 40.685682°N 73.915458°W / 40.685682; -73.915458
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B7, B26, Q24
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1885; 131 years ago (1885-08-19)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,083,683  5.8%
Rank	240 out of 422
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Kosciuszko Street toward Broad Street BMT Jamaica Line (express & skip-stop) J  (Skip-stop service) Broadway Junction toward Parsons/Archer Gates Avenue toward Broad Street BMT Jamaica Line (local) J  Chauncey Street toward Parsons/Archer
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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Halsey Street is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Halsey Street and Broadway at the border of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served at all times by the J train while the Z bypasses this station when it operates.

This elevated station, opened on August 19, 1885, has two side platforms and three tracks; the center express track is not used in regular service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and green canopies and support columns with red roofs along the entire length except for a small section at either ends, where they have high mesh fences instead. The station signs are in the black name plates in white Helvetica lettering.

The 2008 artwork here is called SOL'SCRYPT by SOL'SAX. It consists of glass mosaic panels on the platform windscreens and station house depicting various images of African-American heritage.

This station has one active, elevated station house below the platforms and tracks at the southeast end. A staircase from each platform goes down to a balcony that leads inside to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to the northern and western corners of Broadway and Halsey Street. Both balconies have an exit-only turnstile that allows passengers to exit without having to go through the station house.

There is another now-closed station house at the northwest end of the station with its staircases intact. They go down to the southern and western corners of Broadway at Jefferson Avenue. This entrance was closed in the 1980s due to high crime.