Hewes Street station

Hewes Street is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Hewes 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.

Hewes Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Hewes Street & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Williamsburg
Coordinates	40.706669°N 73.953009°W / 40.706669; -73.953009
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all times except weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., peak direction) ​      M  (all times except late nights)
System transfers	With MetroCard during nights and weekends only:       G  (all times) at Broadway
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B46
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888 (1888-06-25)[1]
Station code	100[2]
Opposite-direction transfer available	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	1,117,566[3]  25.1%
Rank	343 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next east	Lorimer Street: J  ​M
Next west	Marcy Avenue: J  ​M
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except late nights

History

The Union Elevated Railroad, leased to the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad, opened an elevated line above Broadway from Gates Avenue northwest to Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg on June 25, 1888, with a station at Hewes Street.[1]

Station layout

Track layout
to Lorimer St to Marcy Av

P Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound local[4]	← toward Broad Street (Marcy Avenue) ← toward 71st Avenue weekdays, Essex Street weekends (Marcy Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	← do not stop here weekday mornings ← do not stop here weekday afternoons →
	Eastbound local[4]	→ toward Jamaica Center (Lorimer Street) → → toward Metropolitan Avenue (Lorimer Street) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

Manhattan-bound R32 J train bypassing this station

This elevated station, built four stories above street level, has 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.[5] Each platform has beige windscreens, green canopies, and red roofs that run from end to end.

The artwork here is called El in 16 Notes by Mara Held. It features sixteen panels of art glass, each containing random geometric shapes and is based on shapes found in dress patterns.

Exits

The station has exits on both the west (railroad north) end and the east (railroad south) end of its platforms.

On the west end, each platform has a single staircase leading to an elevated station house beneath the tracks. It has a turnstile bank and token booth. Outside of fare control, two staircases lead to the western corners of Broadway and Hooper Street.[6] Each staircase landing has an exit-only turnstile to allow passengers to exit without having to go through the station house.

On the east end, each platform has a single staircase leading to a turnstile bank. Outside of fare control, a single staircase from each side leads to the eastern corners of Broadway and Hewes Street. The station house has been removed.[7][6] These exits were closed in the 1980s due to high crime and served as emergency exits until 2018.[7][8][9] They were reopened on November 16, 2018 to accommodate L train riders who would be displaced during the 14th Street Tunnel shutdown in 2019–2020.[10] As part of the tunnel shutdown plans, these exits would also contain a temporary MetroCard transfer to the nearby Broadway station on the G train, 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.[11][12]

Gallery

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  Hooper Street stationhouse
• 
  Exit-Only Turnstile
• 
  Hooper Street entrances
• 
  Platform stairs

References

1. "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6.
2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
4. This is a wrong-way concurrency in railroad direction.
5. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
6. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
7. Muessig, Ben; Foretek, Jared; Geis, Shannon (August 24, 2009). "MTA still has no 'Hewes' for station entrances". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
8. Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
9. "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
10. "New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting 11/13/2018" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 2018. p. 94. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
11. "Service information for L, M, G, 7, M14 SBS and free transfers". Metropolitan Transit Authority. April 26, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
12. Guse, Clayton (June 1, 2020). "MTA ends free transfer between overlapping Brooklyn subway stations". New York Daily News. Retrieved June 2, 2020.

External links

• nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Hewes Street
• Station Reporter — J Train
• Station Reporter — M Train
• The Subway Nut — Hewes Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Hewes Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
• Hooper Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Hewes Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View