The J train: all 30 stations from Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer to Broad Street

The J starts at Jamaica Center in Queens and runs along the elevated BMT Jamaica Line through Woodhaven, Cypress Hills and Bushwick. It crosses the Williamsburg Bridge and runs down the BMT Nassau Street Line on the Lower East Side to Broad Street, which is why it is also called the Nassau Street Local. In rush hours it shares the line with the Z, and each skips a different set of stations.

The stations

From Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer, the J calls at Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport, 121st Street, 111th Street, 104th Street, Woodhaven Boulevard, 85th Street-Forest Parkway, 75th Street-Elderts Lane, Cypress Hills, Crescent Street, Norwood Avenue, Cleveland Street, Van Siclen Avenue, Alabama Avenue and Broadway Junction.

After that come Chauncey Street, Halsey Street, Gates Avenue, Kosciuszko Street, Myrtle Avenue, Flushing Avenue, Lorimer Street, Hewes Street, Marcy Avenue, Delancey Street-Essex Street, Bowery, Canal Street, Chambers Street, Fulton Street and Broad Street.

Transfers and typing

Of the 30 stations, 24 are shared with other lines in the game. The biggest are Fulton Street (2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, Z), Broadway Junction (A, L, C, Z), Delancey Street-Essex Street (F, M, Z), Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer (E, Z), Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport (E, Z) and Myrtle Avenue (M, Z). Typing every station once takes 492 keystrokes, about 16.4 per station. Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport is the longest at 43, then Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer at 29, and Bowery is the shortest at 6. Its rush-hour partner is covered in the Z train guide. Start the J.