Hewes Street station

Services
	does not stop here

Hewes Street
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°42′24″N 73°57′11″W / 40.706669°N 73.953009°W
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)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B46
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888; 135 years ago
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	612,920 8.6%
Rank	373 out of 423
Services
Services
	does not stop here
Location
Track layout
	Legend
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
	Stops all times except late nights

The Hewes Street station 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.

History[edit]

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.^[2]

Station layout[edit]

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound local^[4]	← toward Broad Street (Marcy Avenue) ← toward Forest Hills–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–Parsons/Archer (Lorimer Street) → → toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (Lorimer Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b This is a wrong-way concurrency in railroad direction.
^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Muessig, Ben; Foretek, Jared; Geis, Shannon (August 24, 2009). "MTA still has no 'Hewes' for station entrances". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^ Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
^ "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
^ "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.
^ "Service information for L, M, G, 7, M14 SBS and free transfers". Metropolitan Transit Authority. April 26, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
^ Guse, Clayton (June 1, 2020). "MTA ends free transfer between overlapping Brooklyn subway stations". New York Daily News. Retrieved June 2, 2020.

External links[edit]

nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Hewes Street
Station Reporter — J Train
Station Reporter — M Train
The Subway Nut — Hewes Street Pictures Archived January 28, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
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

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-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.

[Driggs-2] "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6.

[riderref-3] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[direction-4] This is a wrong-way concurrency in railroad direction.

[tracks2-5] Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.

[MTANeighborhood-Williamsburg-2015-6] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

[BklynPaper-BMTHewesExits-Aug2009-7] Muessig, Ben; Foretek, Jared; Geis, Shannon (August 24, 2009). "MTA still has no 'Hewes' for station entrances". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved July 15, 2016.

[AMny-BMTJamaicaentrances-Oct2015-8] Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

[WNYC-ClosedSubwayEntrances-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.

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v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Nassau Street Local	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport 121st Street 111th Street 104th Street Woodhaven Boulevard 85th Street–Forest Parkway 75th Street–Elderts Lane Cypress Hills Crescent Street Norwood Avenue Cleveland Street Van Siclen Avenue Alabama Avenue Broadway Junction Chauncey Street Halsey Street Gates Avenue Kosciuszko Street Myrtle Avenue Flushing Avenue Lorimer Street Hewes Street Marcy Avenue Essex Street Bowery Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street Broad Street
Queens Boulevard/ Sixth Avenue Local	Forest Hills–71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street Queens Plaza Court Square–23rd Street Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Fifth Avenue/53rd Street 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Essex Street Marcy Avenue Hewes Street Lorimer Street Flushing Avenue Myrtle Avenue Central Avenue Knickerbocker Avenue Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Seneca Avenue Forest Avenue Fresh Pond Road Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.