The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. Construction on the segment of the line that includes the City Hall station started on September 12 of the same year. It was under City Hall Park next to New York City Hall in Civic Center, Manhattan.īuilt for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the City Hall station was constructed as the southern terminal of the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. National Register of Historic PlacesĬity Hall, also known as City Hall Loop, was a terminal station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.

Several modifications have been made to both stations over the years, and they were connected within a single fare control area in 1948.U.S. The Nassau Street Line station opened on August 4, 1913. The Chambers Street station was built for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company as part of the Dual Contracts.

The Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station was built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, and was an express station on the city's first subway line. The complex comprises two stations, Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall and Chambers Street. The station is served by the 4, 6, and J trains at all times the 5 train at all times except late nights the train on weekdays in the peak direction and the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction. The complex is served by trains of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the BMT Nassau Street Line. Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street is a New York City Subway station complex in Lower Manhattan.

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