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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Hewes Street
| image = Hewes Street - Jamaica & Metropolitan Bound Platform 2.jpg
| image_caption = Northbound platform
| address = Hewes Street &amp; Broadway<br />Brooklyn, New York
| borough = [[Brooklyn]]
| locale = [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40.706669|N|73.953009|W|display=inline,title}}
| division = BMT
| line = [[BMT Jamaica Line]]
| service = Jamaica west local
| connection = {{bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|B46}}
| platforms = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks = 3
| structure = Elevated
| open_date = {{start date and age|1888|June|25|mf=yes}}<ref name=Driggs>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]] |title=The Broadway Line Opened|date = June 25, 1888|page=6}}</ref>
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line1=Jamaica west|left1=Marcy Avenue|right1=Lorimer Street|note-left1={{NYCS Jamaica west local|time=1}}|note-right1={{NYCS Jamaica west local|time=1}}
|note-row2={{Rail-interchange|nycs|Z}} does not stop here}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptweekdays}}{{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptnights}}
| layout = {{NYCS 3-tracked local station|inline=y
|1=Lorimer Street
|2=Marcy Avenue
|code=BMT Jamaica Line
|code2=
|deg=240
}}
}}

The '''Hewes Street station''' is a local [[metro station|station]] on the [[BMT Jamaica Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Located at the intersection of Hewes Street and Broadway in [[Brooklyn]], it is served by the [[J (New York City Subway service)|J]] train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction and the [[M (New York City Subway service)|M]] train at all times except late nights. The [[Z (New York City Subway service)|Z]] train skips this station when it operates.

== History ==
This station opened on June 25, 1888, when the Union Elevated Railroad (leased to the [[Brooklyn Elevated Railroad]]) extended its [[BMT Jamaica Line|elevated line above Broadway]] from [[Gates Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)|Gates Avenue]] northwest to [[Driggs Avenue station|Driggs Avenue]] in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]].<ref name="Driggs"/> This was a branch of the existing [[Lexington Avenue Elevated]], which then ended at [[Van Siclen Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)|Van Siclen Avenue]]; Broadway trains ran between Driggs and Van Siclen Avenues.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/50387599/|title=Trains Running This Morning|date=May 30, 1893|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|access-date=February 18, 2018|location=[[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]]|page=10}}</ref> The Broadway Elevated was extended to [[Broadway Ferry (BMT Jamaica Line)|Broadway Ferry]] on July 14, 1888.<ref name="Ferry">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/60726753/|title=When the Union Road will be Finished|date=July 13, 1888|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|access-date=February 18, 2018|location=[[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]]|page=1}}</ref> Upon the opening of the [[Williamsburg Bridge]] tracks in 1908, trains were rerouted across the bridge west of [[Marcy Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)|Marcy Avenue]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 17, 1908|title=Mayor Runs a Train Over New Bridge|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/09/17/archives/mayor-runs-a-train-over-new-bridge-brooklyn-celebrates-opening-of.html|access-date=January 26, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Station layout==

{{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Jamaica Line}}
[[File:Sthbnd J train skipping Hewes St.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Manhattan-bound [[R32 (New York City Subway car)|R32]] J train bypassing the station]]
This elevated station, built four stories above street level, has two [[side platform]]s and three tracks. The center track is used by the J and [[Z (New York City Subway service)|Z]] trains in the peak direction weekday midday and rush hours.<ref name="tracks2">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref> Each platform has beige windscreens, green canopies, and red roofs that run from end to end.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The artwork here is called ''El in 16 Notes'' by Mara Held. It features sixteen panels of art glass, each containing random geometric shapes and is based on shapes found in dress patterns.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

===Exits===
The station has exits on both the west (railroad north) end and the east (railroad south) end of its platforms.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

On the west end, each platform has a single staircase leading to an elevated station house beneath the tracks. It has a [[turnstile]] bank and token booth. Outside of [[fare control]], two staircases lead to the western corners of Broadway and Hooper Street.<ref name=MTANeighborhood-Williamsburg-2015>{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B17_williamsburg_2015.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=July 3, 2015|date=2015}}</ref> Each staircase landing has an exit-only turnstile to allow passengers to exit without having to go through the station house.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

On the east end, each platform has a single staircase leading to a [[turnstile]] bank. Outside of [[fare control]], a single staircase from each side leads to the eastern corners of Broadway and Hewes Street. The station house has been removed.<ref name="BklynPaper-BMTHewesExits-Aug2009">{{cite news|last1=Muessig|first1=Ben|last2=Foretek|first2=Jared|last3=Geis|first3=Shannon|title=MTA still has no 'Hewes' for station entrances|url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/34/32_34_bm_hewes_street_exits.html|access-date=July 15, 2016|work=Brooklyn Paper|date=August 24, 2009}}</ref><ref name=MTANeighborhood-Williamsburg-2015/> These exits were closed in the 1980s due to high crime and served as emergency exits until 2018.<ref name="BklynPaper-BMTHewesExits-Aug2009"/><ref name="AMny-BMTJamaicaentrances-Oct2015">{{cite news|last1=Harshbarger|first1=Rebecca|last2=De La Hoz|first2=Felipe|title=Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike|url=http://www.amny.com/transit/williamsburg-bushwick-subway-entrances-sealed-despite-ridership-spike-1.10949347|access-date=July 4, 2016|work=[[AM New York]]|date=October 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name="WNYC-ClosedSubwayEntrances">{{cite web|title=Closed subway entrances|url=http://project.wnyc.org/subway-exits/#16/40.6580/-73.9095|publisher=[[WNYC (AM)]]|access-date=July 4, 2016|date=October 31, 2015}}</ref> They were reopened on November 16, 2018 to accommodate [[L (New York City Subway service)|L]] train riders who would be displaced during the [[14th Street Tunnel shutdown]] in 2019–2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/181113_1030_Transit.pdf|title=New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting 11/13/2018|date=November 2018|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|page=94|access-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref> As part of the tunnel shutdown plans, these exits would also contain a temporary [[MetroCard]] transfer to the nearby [[Broadway (IND Crosstown Line)|Broadway]] station on the {{NYCS trains|Crosstown}}, during weekends and late nights. The transfer was honored through the end of May 2020, even though L train tunnel work was completed on April 26.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://new.mta.info/l-project/post-tunnel-work-service |title=Service information for L, M, G, 7, M14 SBS and free transfers |publisher=Metropolitan Transit Authority |date=April 26, 2020 |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Guse | first=Clayton | title=MTA ends free transfer between overlapping Brooklyn subway stations | website=New York Daily News | date=June 1, 2020 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-mta-subway-broadway-lorimer-transfer-l-train-20200601-7ggeh66h7ffl5idm77obukfmfu-story.html | access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Hooper Hewes BMT J sta jeh.jpg|Hooper Street stationhouse
File:Hewes Street's Exit-Only Turnstile.jpg|Exit-Only Turnstile
File:Hewes Street - Entrances.jpg|Hooper Street entrances
File:Hewes BMT J plat jeh.JPG|Platform stairs
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Hewes Street (BMT Jamaica Line)}}
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?192:1568|BMT Jamaica Line|Hewes Street}}
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108033658/http://www.stationreporter.net/jtrain.htm J Train]
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20100922060746/http://www.stationreporter.net/mxtrain.htm M Train]
* The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/hewesj/index.php Hewes Street Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128101005/http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/hewesj/index.php |date=January 28, 2020 }}
* MTA's Arts For Transit — [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606073334/http://mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=J&station=16&xdev=1689 Hewes Street (BMT Jamaica Line)]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.70723,-73.954457&spn=0,0.013314&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.707269,-73.954577&panoid=uFjC72DU_T8RyA7-X0mQ_Q&cbp=12,124.01,,0,8.81 Hooper Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7066577,-73.952461,3a,75y,173.74h,85.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAwHcEDVkUtTf_Wd3x7SvbQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 Hewes Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7070351,-73.9534302,3a,75y,36.03h,87.59t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-_W8AKnmPFG8%2FWHfQHihHNrI%2FAAAAAAAAajM%2FcJWmjZbs13Q_SbtHkzsWPB49eFwxuenWACLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-_W8AKnmPFG8%2FWHfQHihHNrI%2FAAAAAAAAajM%2FcJWmjZbs13Q_SbtHkzsWPB49eFwxuenWACLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i9728!8i4864!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]

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