Borough Hall/Court Street station
The Borough Hall/Court Street station is an underground New York City Subway station complex in Brooklyn shared by the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and the IRT Eastern Parkway Line. The complex comprises three stations: Borough Hall on the IRT lines and Court Street on the BMT line. The stations are located under Court, Joralemon, and Montague Streets, next to Brooklyn Borough Hall, in the Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights neighborhoods of Brooklyn. It is served by the 2, 4, and R trains at all times; the 3 train all times except late nights; the 5 train on weekdays; the N train during late nights; and limited rush-hour W trains.
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| Address | Court Street between Joralemon Street & Montague Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 | ||||||||||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°41′37″N 73°59′25″W | ||||||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT), B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Fourth Avenue Line IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line IRT Eastern Parkway Line | ||||||||||||||||
| Services | 2 (all times) 3 (all except late nights) 4 (all times) 5 (weekdays only) N (late nights) R (all times) W (limited rush hour service only) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Levels | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 1, 1948 (transfer) | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Partially ADA-accessible (IRT local platforms and northbound IRT express platform only) | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 5,334,384 43.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 32 out of 423 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Borough Hall station of the Eastern Parkway Line was built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as part of the city's first subway line. The station opened on January 9, 1908, when the original IRT was extended into Brooklyn. The Borough Hall station of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line opened on April 15, 1919, as part of the Dual Contracts. The Court Street station of the Fourth Avenue Line was built for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; later the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT) as part of the Dual Contracts, and opened on August 1, 1920. Several modifications have been made to the IRT and BMT stations over the years, and they were connected within a single fare control area in 1948.
The Eastern Parkway Line station under Joralemon Street has two side platforms and two tracks on the same level. The Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line station under Brooklyn Borough Hall also has two side platforms and two tracks on different levels. The Fourth Avenue Line station has one island platform and two tracks. Part of the complex is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The original portion of the interior of the Eastern Parkway Line's Borough Hall station is a New York City designated landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.