Marcy Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)

Marcy Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Manhattan-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Marcy Avenue & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°42′30″N 73°57′29″W / 40.708361°N 73.957944°W / 40.708361; -73.957944Coordinates: 40°42′30″N 73°57′29″W / 40.708361°N 73.957944°W / 40.708361; -73.957944
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all times)       M  (all times except late nights)       Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B24, B32, B39, B44, B44 SBS, B46, B60, B62, Q54, Q59 (at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (1 not for passenger service)
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888; 128 years ago (1888-06-25)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	4,204,877  6.4%
Rank	117 out of 422
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Driggs Avenue toward Broadway Ferry BMT Jamaica Line (demolished) Hewes Street toward Parsons/Archer or Metropolitan Avenue Essex Street toward Broad Street BMT Jamaica Line (local) J  M  BMT Jamaica Line (express) J  Z  Myrtle Avenue toward Parsons/Archer Broadway – Lafayette Street toward Broad Street ( local) Flushing Avenue toward Parsons/Archer or Metropolitan Avenue Fulton Street toward Broad Street ( local)
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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Marcy Avenue is a station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Marcy Avenue and Broadway in Brooklyn, it is served by the J train at all times, the M train at all times except late nights, and the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction.

Marcy Avenue opened on June 25, 1888 as a part of the Broadway Elevated, one of the first elevated lines in New York City. Trains traveled westbound to the Broadway Ferry terminal on the East River in Brooklyn and eastbound services ran to Canarsie (this routing is no longer used due to the later building of the Canarsie Line) and a connection over the Williamsburg Bridge to Delancey Street/Essex Street in Manhattan opened in 1908. In 1913, trains were extended further down the newly opened Nassau Street Line to Chambers Street. A year later, a connection was built to allow Myrtle Avenue trains to run on the Broadway Elevated.

The Dual Contracts expansion projects radically changed operations at Marcy Avenue. A third track was added, allowing trains to run express, although the track remains as a stub-end at Marcy Avenue for storage and turn-arounds. The Contracts also provided for the merger of the Jamaica Line from Broadway Junction to 168th Street with the Broadway Elevated, in turn making the Broadway Elevated part of the Jamaica Line and giving trains three eastern terminals.

On April 13, 1954, the enlarged station platform at Marcy Avenue was opened, as well as the expanded stairway facilities.