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Court Street Station · Opened 3/11/1920

Island platform with rounded trackside walls. There are small mosaics of Brooklyn Borough Hall in addition to the mosaic name tablet. This station is the deepest of the three Borough Hall stations and is served by escalators at the south end and elevators at the north end to the fare control and street. The elevator has front and rear doors for crowd control. There is a unique mosaic for a local church outside the fare control. The south mezzanine has connections to the IRT Boro Hall stations.

Some relatives depths of stations in the Borough Hall/Court Street complex are as follows (measurements unscientific, +/- 10 feet).

  • IRT (4 & 5 Station, 2 & 3 Manhattan-bound), 15 feet below street
  • IRT (2 & 3 Brooklyn-bound), 30 feet below street
  • BMT (M/N/R) Station, Brooklyn-bound end, 40 feet below street


(image 101795)
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 6/15/2009
Notes: Tile name tablet.
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 131


(image 92428)
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Route: J Shuttle
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4811
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 10/5/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 847


(image 92429)
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Route: R
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 6110
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 10/5/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 895


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
Notes: View of platform facing south.
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1763


(image 1234)
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Route: N
Car: R40 (St. Louis Car, 1968)
Photo by: Richard Brome
Date: 3/18/1999
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 6206


(image 1235)
(135k, 640x480)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75)
Photo by: Richard Brome
Date: 3/18/1999
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 6848


(image 1236)
(123k, 640x480)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Photo by: Richard Brome
Date: 3/18/1999
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 2793


(image 1237)
(121k, 640x480)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Photo by: Richard Brome
Date: 3/18/1999
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 4170


(image 4580)
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Route: QJ
Car: R30 8274
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/11/1972
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 3795


(image 4577)
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Car: R30 8274
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/11/1972
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 3514


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Route: Fan Trip
Car: BMT D-Type Triplex
Collection of: David Pirmann
Date: 10/17/1965
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 4027


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Photo by: Brian J. Cudahy
Notes: BMT Lines sign at Court St. Mid-1960s.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 878


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: Court Street
Photo by: Brian J. Cudahy
Notes: Sign that survived into the 1960s at far end of BMT Court Street station.
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 1304

     
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