Division B (BMT) Structure Underground Opened 15 September 2002 Tracks 2 | Line BMT Broadway Line Platforms 2 side platforms Borough Manhattan | |
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Services N (late nights)
R (all except late nights)
W (weekdays only) Transit connections New York City Bus: M55, X27, X28
MTA Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4
PATH: NWK–WTC and HOB–WTC (at World Trade Center) Address New York, NY 10006, United States Locale Financial District, World Trade Center site Similar Rector Street, South Ferry–Whitehall Street, World Trade Center site, City Hall, Fulton Street | ||
Queens bound r160b siemens w train leaving cortlandt street bmt broadway line
Cortlandt Street is a local station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway, located under Church Street, between Fulton and Cortlandt Streets in Lower Manhattan. It is served by the R train at all times except late nights, when the N train takes over service. The W train also serves this station on weekdays.
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- Queens bound r160b siemens w train leaving cortlandt street bmt broadway line
- Whitehall street bound r68 w train leaving cortlandt street bmt broadway line
- Station layout
- Exits
- Renovations
- Closures
- References
Whitehall street bound r68 w train leaving cortlandt street bmt broadway line
Station layout
This underground station, opened on January 5, 1918, has two tracks and two side platforms. It is the closest station on the BMT Broadway Line to the World Trade Center, and an exit at the north end once led to the original World Trade Center's lower concourse.
Exits
There are three street stair exits, all on the east side of Church Street:
Both platforms are connected to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub via an underpass and to the Fulton Center via the Dey Street Passageway. This station is ADA-accessible via the latter connection. An underground passageway also leads to One Liberty Plaza.
Renovations
The station was overhauled in the late 1970s, with repairs made to the structural and cosmetic appearance. The original BMT wall tiles were covered over with the MTA's then-standard large rectangular wall tiles, with bolted-on signs replacing the "Cortlandt Street" mosaics in the wall. Lighting was converted from incandescent to fluorescent and staircases and platform edges were repaired. Much of the cosmetic change that came with this renovation was undone in a subsequent 1998–1999 renovation. In addition to "state-of-repair" work and upgrades for ADA accessibility, the station's original 1918 tilework was restored. Other improvements were made to the public address system, directional signage, and concrete trackbeds.
The Dey Street Passageway, outside of the fare control, connects the Fulton Street station complex to the Cortlandt Street station and to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. It opened on November 10, 2014, while the World Trade Center was still under construction.
Closures
The station sustained significant damage during the collapse of the adjacent World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. It was closed for repairs, which included removal of debris, fixing structural damage, and restoring the track beds, which had suffered flood damage in the aftermath of the collapse. The station reopened on September 15, 2002.
On August 20, 2005, the station was closed again for installation of the Dey Street Passageway below Dey Street as part of the Fulton Center project. At the same time, the station is to be made ADA-accessible in both directions. Previously, the station was accessible on the southbound side only via the temporary PATH World Trade Center station's elevator. MTA posters and flyers at that time indicated the station would reopen in the spring of 2006, and later by spring of 2007, but neither reopening schedules occurred. The northbound side of the station finally reopened on November 25, 2009. The southbound platform reopened on September 6, 2011, while continuing excavation along the Church Street side of the World Trade Center site was being performed.