Station: Borough Hall (East Side Branch) (IRT Brooklyn Line)
From nycsubway.org
| IRT Brooklyn Line |
Overview
Opened: 5/1/1908
Transfer here to: BMT Broadway Line
After passing through the Joralemon Street Tunnel, the first station in Brooklyn is in fact Brooklyn's first subway station: Borough Hall (East Side Branch). This station is physically separate from the Borough Hall station serving the West Side IRT branch described above. In the southeast corner of the mezzanine, a plaque commemorating the subway's arrival in Brooklyn is found. The platform and mezzanine walls feature an intricate intertwined "BH" mosaic. Also in the mezzanine is a remnant of New York's Past: a bank teller window which used to be served by a local bank.
Some relatives depths of stations in the Borough Hall complex are as follows (measurements unscientific, +/- 10 feet).
- IRT (4 & 5 Station, 2 & 3 Manhattan-bound), 15 feet below street
- IRT (2 & 3 Brooklyn-bound), 30 feet below street
- BMT (M/N/R) Station, Brooklyn-bound end, 40 feet below street
Artwork
Borough Hall Station, First Subway In Brooklyn, Susan Morrison (2007)
Photo Gallery
 Image 437 (93k, 742x501) Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch) |
 Image 438 (127k, 1044x788) Photo by: David Pirmann Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch) |
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 Image 47437 (276k, 1024x685) Photo by: Stephen DeLuca Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch) |
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 Image 53373 (192k, 788x1044) Photo by: Roy Freeman Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch) |
 Image 58743 (281k, 1024x810) Collection of: George Conrad Collection Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch) |
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 Image 137372 (340k, 1024x680) Photo by: John Dooley Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch) |
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 Image 137375 (301k, 1024x680) Photo by: John Dooley Location: Borough Hall (East Side Branch) |