The Jamaica Line – then known as the Broadway Elevated – was one of the original elevated lines in Brooklyn, completed in 1893 from Cypress Hills west to Broadway Ferry in Williamsburg. History Before the Chrystie Street Connection
The current skip-stop pattern was implemented in 1988. The current J/Z descends from several routes, including the JJ/15 between Lower Manhattan and 168th Street in Queens the KK between 57th Street/Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan and 168th Street in Queens the QJ between 168th Street in Queens and Brighton Beach in Brooklyn and the 14 between Lower Manhattan and Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn. At all other times, only the J operates, serving every station on its entire route. 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. When the Z operates, the two services form a skip-stop pair between Sutphin Boulevard–JFK and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway. 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.
The J operates at all times while the Z, operating as its rush-hour variant, runs with six trips in each peak direction on weekdays.
Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored brown since they use the BMT Nassau Street Line in Lower Manhattan. For example, the Astor Place stop-named after Jacob Astor-features beaver ornamentations because its namesake made his fortune in the fur business.The J Nassau Street Local and Z Nassau Street Express are two rapid transit services in the B Division of the New York City Subway. “Some of them include terra-cota tiles that have symbols on them that represent the local area,” Wyetzner explains. It’s for this reason that many of the mosaic signs within the subway platforms are often so ornate. “All parts of the structure where exposed to public sight shall be designed, constructed, and maintained within a view through the beauty of their appearances as well their efficiency,” reads the original IRT contract. One of the most notable uses of tile in the original subway stations isn’t the white walls, but rather the signs designating the station’s name. Still, perhaps the most iconic element of the New York City subway line is its infamous subway tile-after all, these rectangular blocks have even made their way into people’s kitchens and bathrooms. Beaver ornamentation on display at the Astor Place stop Photo: demerzel21/Getty Images
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