Lorimer Street
 "J" train​"M" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressLorimer Street & Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11206
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleWilliamsburg
Coordinates40°42′15″N 73°56′52″W / 40.704099°N 73.947902°W / 40.704099; -73.947902
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Jamaica Line
Services   J all times except weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., peak direction (all times except weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., peak direction)
​   M all times except late nights (all times except late nights)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B46, B48
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJune 25, 1888 (1888-06-25)[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2022820,290[3] Increase 10.4%
Rank318 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Hewes Street
J all times except weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., peak direction ​M all times except late nights
via Essex Street
Local		 Flushing Avenue
J all times except weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., peak direction ​M all times except late nights
via Myrtle Avenue
"Z" train does not stop here
Location
Lorimer Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York City Subway
Lorimer Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
Lorimer Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York City
Lorimer Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
Lorimer Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York
Lorimer Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
Track layout

to Flushing Avenue
to Hewes Street
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights

The Lorimer Street station is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lorimer 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. 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 Williamsburg Bridge tracks, trains were rerouted after Marcy Avenue to Delancey Street (later renamed Essex Street station).

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Westbound local[4] ← "J" train toward Broad Street (Hewes Street)
← "M" train toward 57th Street weekdays, Essex Street weekends (Hewes Street)
Peak-direction express ← "J" train"Z" train do not stop here weekday mornings
← "J" train"Z" train do not stop here weekday afternoons →
Eastbound local[4] → "J" train toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Flushing Avenue) →
→ "M" train toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (Flushing Avenue) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Entrances/exits

There are two side platforms 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.[5] 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

Southwestern stair

This station has two entrances/exits. The full-time side is an elevated station house beneath the tracks on the northwest end. Inside fare control, 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 turnstile 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.[6]

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.[6]

Broadway on the IND Crosstown Line 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 Hurricane Sandy-related shutdown of the IND Crosstown Line under the Newtown Creek.[7] A free transfer using a MetroCard between Broadway and Lorimer Street stations was provided during the 14th Street Tunnel shutdown from April 2019 until May 31, 2020 during weekends and late nights.[8] The transfer was honored through the end of May 2020, even though L train tunnel work was completed on April 26.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. 1 2 This is a wrong-way concurrency in railroad direction.
  5. ↑ willethauser.com Archived June 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ Donohue, Pete (May 14, 2014). "MTA will allow free transfers for G train riders to J or M trains at Lorimer St. stop during work on Greenpoint Tube this summer". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ Hogan, Gwynne; Tcholakian, Danielle (July 25, 2016). "The L Train Shutdown: Here's How to Commute Between Brooklyn and Manhattan". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Service information for L, M, G, 7, M14 SBS and free transfers". Metropolitan Transit Authority. April 26, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  10. ↑ Guse, Clayton (June 1, 2020). "MTA ends free transfer between overlapping Brooklyn subway stations". New York Daily News. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
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