Downtown Brooklyn - Transportation

Transportation

Downtown Brooklyn is connected with Manhattan by the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.

The neighborhood has extensive public transportation accessibility; it is served by the New York City Subway and many bus lines. All but one Manhattan trunk line in Lower Manhattan has a direct connection to Downtown Brooklyn. From south to north, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 5 trains) via the Joralemon Street Tunnel, the BMT Broadway and BMT Nassau Street Lines (N R trains) via the Montague Street Tunnel, the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line (2 3 trains) via the Clark Street Tunnel and the IND Eighth Avenue Line (A C trains) via the Cranberry Street Tunnel provide that service. Slightly farther north, the Manhattan Bridge (B D N Q trains) and Rutgers Street Tunnel (F train) also feed subway trains from the Lower East Side into Downtown Brooklyn.

Major stations in the neighborhood are:

• Jay Street – MetroTech (A C F N R trains)
• Court Street – Borough Hall (2 3 4 5 N R trains)
• DeKalb Avenue (B D N Q R trains)
• Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (A C G trains)
• Nevins Street (2 3 4 5 trains)
• Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (2 3 4 5 B D N Q R trains)

A $130 million capital project to connect Lawrence Street – MetroTech (N R trains) and Jay Street – Borough Hall (A C F trains), which also included renovation of both stations, was completed on December 10, 2010. It features an underground corridor on Willoughby Street connecting both stations, which includes new escalator and elevator access to Lawrence Street.

The Long Island Rail Road stops at the Atlantic Terminal, located at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues.