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Borough Hall (East Side Branch) (Brooklyn IRT)

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Borough Hall (East Side Branch) Station · Opened 5/1/1908

After passing through the Joralemon Street Tunnel, the first station in Brooklyn is in fact Brooklyn's first subway station: Borough Hall (East Side Branch). This station is physically separate from the Borough Hall station serving the West Side IRT branch described above. In the southeast corner of the mezzanine, a plaque commemorating the subway's arrival in Brooklyn is found. The platform and mezzanine walls feature an intricate intertwined "BH" mosaic. Also in the mezzanine is a remnant of New York's Past: a bank teller window which used to be served by a local bank.

Some relatives depths of stations in the Borough Hall 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

Artwork: Borough Hall Station, First Subway In Brooklyn, Susan Morrison (2007)


(image 67011) (189k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 6/9/2007
Notes: View of 4/5 Borough Hall station, northbound platform facing south.
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 2196


(image 63919) (176k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/11/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1672


(image 56926) (210k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 12/3/2006
Notes: Commemorative plaque.
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 1227


(image 56924) (186k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 12/3/2006
Notes: Passage over tracks.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2166


(image 56923) (161k, 788x1044)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 12/3/2006
Notes: Entrance sign.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1558


(image 56925) (216k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/28/2006
Notes: Commemorative plaque.
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1226


(image 53376) (202k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Roy Freeman
Date: 9/9/2006
Notes: Station entrance on Joralemon bet. Adams and Court.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2013


(image 53373) (192k, 788x1044)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Roy Freeman
Date: 9/9/2006
Notes: Station entrance on Court at corner of Remsen facing north.
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 2574


(image 53375) (259k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Roy Freeman
Date: 9/9/2006
Notes: Station entrance on Joralemon bet. Adams and Court.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1456


(image 53374) (192k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Roy Freeman
Date: 9/9/2006
Notes: Station entrance on Joralemon bet. Adams and Court.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1698


(image 11490) (69k, 562x750)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 3/7/2005
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1550


(image 27544) (58k, 477x538)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: IRTSubwaypix
Date: 2/17/2003
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 3322


(image 27545) (65k, 606x444)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: IRTSubwaypix
Date: 2/17/2003
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 6183


(image 27543) (70k, 467x607)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: IRTSubwaypix
Date: 2/17/2003
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 3397


(image 40098) (60k, 640x480)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Salaam Allah
Date: 9/28/2002
Notes: Station entrance
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 4439


(image 436) (134k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 3/12/2000
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2572


(image 438) (127k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 3/12/2000
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2109


(image 439) (132k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 3/12/2000
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 2101


(image 30489) (160k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 3/12/2000
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 2396


(image 437) (93k, 742x501)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch)
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 4/5/1998
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2101


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