Brooklyn Bridge (4, 5 6) has two open island platforms
and four tracks. There is also a closed wall platform to the west of
the southbound local track which is now used for a tower. The
platform extends to the North with a new lower level mezzanine area
and crossunder, with exits to Lafayette and Reade Streets. Because
of this extension Worth Street Station to the North was
abandoned.
Chambers Street (J, M). Has four tracks and a maze of
island platforms plus a closed wall platform to the east of the
Queens bound track and a sealed off closed wall platform to the west
of the Broad Street bound track. A big faux pass is the mosaic of
the Brooklyn Bridge showing straight suspender cables rather than
the radial cables actually found. Trains arriving on any track could
open doors on two platforms but it is not done. Only the westernmost
and second from the east island platforms are used. This complex has
numerous crossovers and crossunders. The complex has full ADA to the
IRT section only.
Artwork: Cable Crossing by mark Giban (1996) is located at the
IRT main entrance in the form of a section of bridge suspender
cables and is correct in depiction of the radial pattern.
The extra platforms were used while the Nassau Street Loop was in
use. Behind the f/t mezzanine area is a passageway to an exit to the
Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian/bicycle ramp. This area saw very heavy
foot traffic when the BRT Park Row Terminal was in active use
nearby.
For more information see
www.nycsubway.org and