Bowery (BMT Nassau Street Line)

 Bowery
 "J" train ​"Z" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Bowery & Delancey Street
New York, NY 10002
Borough Manhattan
Locale Lower East Side, Bowery
Coordinates 40°43′13″N 73°59′39″W / 40.720299°N 73.994079°W / 40.720299; -73.994079Coordinates: 40°43′13″N 73°59′39″W / 40.720299°N 73.994079°W / 40.720299; -73.994079
Division B (BMT)
Line       BMT Nassau Street Line
Services       J  (all times)
​      Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M103
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 island platforms (1 in regular service)
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service; 1 not in regular service; 1 removed)
Other information
Opened August 4, 1913 (1913-08-04)[1]
Station code 102[2]
Wireless service [3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 1,327,970[4] Increase 8.5%
Rank 321 out of 425
Station succession
Next east Essex Street: J  ​Z 
Next west Canal Street: J  ​Z 

Bowery is a station on the BMT Nassau Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Bowery and Delancey Street in the Lower East Side and Bowery neighborhoods, it is served by the J train at all times and the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction.

History

Track layout
to Essex St
to Canal St

Construction of this underground station began in August 1907 and was almost completed by the end of 1910. However, the BMT Nassau Street Line to the south did not open until August 4, 1913 when Chambers Street was ready for service.

This station was originally configured like a typical express station with two island platforms and four tracks; express service ran on the inner tracks and local service on the outer tracks. When it was built, the station was an important connection point for elevated and streetcar lines. With those lines long gone, a four-track station was no longer considered necessary.

A renovation of part of the Nassau Street Line, completed in October 2004, resulted in the former northbound platform being closed, and service in both directions was now provided on the former southbound platform, so that northbound trains now use the former southbound express track. On the abandoned side, only the outer track remains.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← "J" train ("Z" train AM rush hours) toward Broad Street (Canal Street)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound (former westbound) → "J" train ("Z" train PM rush hours) toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (Essex Street) →
Former eastbound → Trackbed
Island platform, not in service
Former eastbound ← No regular service
Entrance on Bowery and Delancey Street

The station has three tracks and two island platforms. The fourth track, the former northbound express on the abandoned side, was removed in the aforementioned 2004 renovations.

Mosaics include the name tablet, "B," "newsstand," "Women," and "Men" in raised letters. A unique feature of the station is the arched wall niches at the north end, rather than the standard rectangular niches. The station featured a news-stand and restrooms, all of which have long been closed.

The station has two mezzanine areas on each side of Bowery. Only the eastern mezzanine is open today; the western mezzanine has long been closed, and stairways to it are blocked. The eastern mezzanine is reached via three flights of stairs or a single escalator from the open platform.

Provisions

The east end of the station has a high ceiling; this was to allow for a proposed subway to pass through it. This section had an opening in the wall separating both platforms to bracket the subway, but has been covered with plywood. At the curve between Bowery and Canal Street, there is a small provision for a line into Spring Street, for which no definite plan was ever provided. Due to the depth, there were escalators that were provided in the original construction, one on each platform running to the east mezzanine. The escalator on the south platform was either not installed or removed long ago.

Exits

Two exits go from the east mezzanine to either eastern corner of Delancey Street and Bowery. These are the only open entrances to the station.[5] The original exit from the east mezzanine lead to the median of Delancey Street just east of Bowery; it has since been demolished and sealed.

In addition to the open exits, there are two exits from the closed west mezzanine that go to either western corner of Kenmare Street and Bowery. These exits are built inside buildings and have been repurposed for the most part; only the southwestern exit remains under MTA property, but at a smaller size as an emergency exit.

The Punks, a gang from the 1979 film The Warriors, have turf in the Bowery subway station.[6]

References

  1. ↑ The New York Times, Passenger Killed on Loop's First Day, August 5, 1913, page 2
  2. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Lower East Side" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Warriors Gangs", The Warriors Movie Site. "The Punks hang out in a subway station in Bowery, Manhattan..."
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