![]() ![]() Nassau Street Local Nassau Street Express | |
![]() A J train of R179s at Flushing Avenue | |
![]() A Z train of R160s at Chambers Street | |
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Western end | Broad Street |
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Eastern end | Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer |
Stations | 30 (J service) 21 (Z service) 20 (J skip-stop service) |
Rolling stock | R160 R179[1][2] (Rolling stock assignments subject to change) |
Depot | East New York Yard |
Started service | 1893 November 1967 (present-day J service) December 11, 1988 (present-day Z service) | (predecessor)
The J Nassau Street Local and Z Nassau Street Express[3] 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.[4]
The J operates at all times while the Z, operating as its rush-hour variant,[5] 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: