J/Z (New York City Subway service)

The J Nassau Street Local and Z Nassau Street Express are two rapid transit services in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored brown since they use the BMT Nassau Street Line in Lower Manhattan.

Nassau Street Local
Nassau Street Express
A J train of R179s at Flushing Avenue
A Z train of R160s at Chambers Street
Western endBroad Street
Eastern endJamaica Center–Parsons/Archer
Stations30 (J service)
21 (Z service)
20 (J skip-stop service)
Rolling stockR160
R179
(Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
DepotEast New York Yard
Started service1893 (1893) (predecessor)
November 1967 (1967-11) (present-day J service)
December 11, 1988 (1988-12-11) (present-day Z service)
Route map

Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer
 J   Z   E 
Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport
Manhattan via Queens Boulevard
rush hour skip-stop service
J serves all stations other times
Z
121st Street
J
111th Street
Z
104th Street
J
Z
Woodhaven Boulevard
J
85th Street–Forest Parkway
Z
75th Street–Elderts Lane
Queens
Brooklyn
J
Cypress Hills
J
Z
Crescent Street
Z
Norwood Avenue
J
Cleveland Street
Z
Van Siclen Avenue
J
Z
Alabama Avenue
no regular service via Canarsie
J
Z
Broadway Junction
Z
Chauncey Street
J
Halsey Street
Z
Gates Avenue
J
Kosciuszko Street
rush hour skip-stop service
J serves all stations other times
Middle Village via Myrtle Avenue
rush hour peak direction express
Myrtle Avenue
Flushing Avenue
Lorimer Street
Hewes Street
rush hour peak direction express
Marcy Avenue
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Essex Street
 M  (weekends)
Uptown & Queens via 6th Avenue
Bowery
Canal Street
Chambers Street
Fulton Street
Broad Street
 J   Z 
no regular service via Montague Tunnel
Legend

Lines used by the and
Other services sharing tracks with the and
Unused lines, connections, or service patterns
 J 
Termini of services

Cross-platform interchange

Platforms on different levels

The J operates at all times while the Z, operating as its rush-hour variant, runs with six trips in each peak direction on weekdays. Both services run through the entirety of the BMT Archer Avenue and Jamaica lines, via the Williamsburg Bridge, and the Nassau Street Line between Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer in Jamaica, Queens, and Broad Street in Lower Manhattan. When the Z operates, the two services form a skip-stop pair between Sutphin Boulevard–JFK and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway. In addition during rush hours and middays in the peak direction, they run express in Brooklyn between Myrtle Avenue-Broadway and Marcy Avenue, bypassing three stations. At all other times, only the J operates, serving every station on its entire route.

The J/Z's current skip-stop pattern was implemented in 1988. The J/Z is derived from four routes:

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