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Chambers St in New York
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New York, New York County, New York, US
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
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Getting here
24-hour public transport available
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Comments (100)
The new elevator and Walkway Viaduct is very nice to view from underground. It is a well done improvement of the Mezzanine.
Probably one of the scariest looking stations ever. It smells and there’s usually weirdos hanging around at different parts of the day. I hesitate to transfer here especially at night. If you can avoid it, you’re better off getting out of Canal St and just walk from here.
Im usually not a fan of Manhattan Subway stations but I personally love this one. Chambers St. station on the (J) and (Z) line has to be one of the most immersive Subway stations in NYC. The aroma in the station while waiting for your train to arrive is wonderful. It really catches the experience youre having in NYC. I recommend tourists to visit this station because its an experience no one will ever forget.UPDATE: I forgot to mention about the middle platform in this station. Lots of people think its abandoned but its not! If you come at the perfect time; and when I mean perfect time, I mean it. Come when the stars all align while experiencing the solar eclipse. The middle platform becomes a stage and a Bluegrass festival appears. Lots of people show up to this event and food is served on the house! Definitely an event to show up to!
Its a one of a kind station. it is so unbelievably filthy and dirty that i actually adore the station. the station itself is HUGE, but only a couple of tracks are actually used.from here, you can transfer to the 6 and the JMZ lines are SOMEWHAT reliable so thats a plus. but i does suck late at night when youre waiting 20 mins for a train. but it is what it is.
This station is in a good place where some important government office around it. DCAS , US court house, administration of justice and two sculpture. There are five trains train J Z 4 5 6 touches this station. Easy to locate and easy to communicate place with lot of shop food court and other officers. This place is also a tourist place.
The (J)(Z) station is the worst station in terms of condition. It is in dire need of a renovation... fast. The service is alright. Transfer to the (4)(5)(6) at Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall which looks much better.
Blech! This Station is so disgusting and smelly. this station looks like someone trashed this station and it looks very bad! ew! yuck! and gross!I do not really like a station that looks like people had like bulleted the walls,trashed the station,littered and made tiles peel off. So MTA renovate this station ASAP. But at the same time this thing goes down in history
A station that is better than any other station!! Right under the municipal building this station wouldve housed as a terminal for a number of lines. Today it serves one line which is the Nassau avenue line (i.e. J/Z). The columns of the station are some of the supports to the municipal building in other words a part of the heart that resonates its energy to the the historic site above. While its mosaics and tiles wear and tear to this day I hope that one day the mta places funds to restore this historic landmark. Definite recommendation for any historian who feeds for knowledge.
Today by accident I dropped my phone on the Brooklyn bound tracks. about 3 20 PM. I went upstairs and used the inter phone to request help. I was told some will be there. I asked how long? I was told 30 minutes. 4 o clock I called again. I was told help usually gets there between 45 minutes to an hour. A nice young man finally decided to jump in the tracks and get my phone. We got on the train after 5 10 and mtas help never got there.
Cozy Apocalyptic with a touch of history, is how I´d describe chambers. It needs to be redone like many other stations, but it is located in a gorgeous part of the downtown.
There was no public access to the building unless you had an emergency which they ask for stringent guidelines proving the same before they would let you in the building the person was however very friendly and well versed in what whats going on in the building
You can get the 4, 5,6 & J train there
Probably one of the worst looking Manhattan stations, but its a huge station. The trackbeds are really dirty. Transfer is available to the 6 upstairs. This station NEEDS a renovation, but its technically the basement/foundation of the building above it.
This stop is actually pretty cool. Its a mix of half abandonment and half working station has a unique charm to it. There are also high ceilings, fairly unique for a station this old.
Residue drips down from the peeling paint of the ceiling. In all directions abandoned platforms and staircases are seen crumbling from years of deterioration and neglect. Rats swarm in a frenzied feast amongst the rotting garbage strewn about the tracks. Dangling down from some tangled wires on the ceiling, a deflated happy birthday balloon mocks the crushed dreams of the commuter drones who pass though this testament to urban dysfunction and societal decay, day in and day out.
Remodeling this station finally !!!
I would give the station zero stars but I can’t the station is very old and disgusting it’s falling apart it’s was forBMT Trains or now the (J) and (Z) is the worst line and this the worst subway stop in NYC
Chambers Street has looked like it does since I was in high school. Im 54 yrs old now and it still still looks disgusting. Why wont MTA renovate it. They renovate other stations over and over again, what about Chambers Street?
I am a huge fan of the NYC Subway, but this is my least favorite station because the (J) platform is deteriorated, the reason I give two stars is because the (4)(5)(6) platform is not bad.
Its great to have seats in a square for free.
It was the train
Why maintenance so poor on that station?
Interesting and captivating, because one can see remnants of the city’s original IRT subway system, but depressing because the station itself is decrepit.
Station looked really run down although it was supposed to be a large grand station at one point. It never became one, and the MTA lets it rot.
Very crowded over there but nice area
Its a bridge. It gets people across water. 5 stars
Chambers station has a handicap elevator blackened gum on the floor. Leaks in the rain
If you love old Movies, parts of the films Somebody Up There Likes Me and Fame were filmed there.
Its a subway station... Use it to access Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan. Dont know what more can be said about it
J trains usually terminates here on weekends until 2015 when it was extended back to Broad St.
Its a subway station..... Its all crap
Its pretty old and i dont really like the station and tunnel
Quick ride from 59th and Lex on the 4/5 express. Last stop before Brooklyn.
They really need to renovate this station. It is really dirty and water leaks from the roof when it rains.
Id give the MTA a zero rating if I could.
Its beautiful, only seeing it from the outside
Great view very historic
It is very combining for most people.
Its certainly historic. But at the same time, its decrepit. Could use some restoration for sure.
MTA... Just speechless..How come 24 hours delays on 365 days.
This station needs Renevations. I maybe a fan of the MTA but seriously though.
All turnstile broken 01-22-20 ..not accepting metrocards
One of the most dilapidated stations in the system. Smells like a neglected restroom.
Amazing old building
Cool and safe place
Ancient and crumbling station... a glimpse of the old New York City not presented to tourists.
This place looks horrible and smells just as bad. Who knows how many things have peed or died here.
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Its ok not the best
Its not very clean but its a thing of history
Beautiful sceneries
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This station and Bowery are in desperate need of a makeover
Very not well maintained place.
Pretty disgusting.
Maps are excellent
J and Z trains to/from Brooklyn stop here
Nice subway station.
Real nice pictures.
This station needs repairs
Metro station
The dungeon of New York City
Historic station
Cool
No help
Yucky
Good and easy.
Very dirty
Elevators
Dirty
Cool
Amazing place
Real undeground
Run down station
Rotten !!We see the wharf it is in horrible condition and not renovated !!!It is dirty, the bricks are degraded and the abandoned platform is worse! There are speckles and dirt on the walls and floors of the platform!Avoid this station! Rather make a transfer to Brooklyn bridge with 4 5 6 these docks are more beautiful and more welcoming
If I was yesterday and I tried to cross it on foot but when I was walking for about 20 minutes I came back, I do not dare but its exciting
It is an excellent place, one can go with the family in the park or on the Brooklyn Bridge and there are different trains such as 4,5,6, j. and more
From this station, on the terminus side, get on the metro (you will normally be alone or not so many). The subway will advance to make a loop and meet on the other side of the platform to take passengers. You will then go to a century-old metro station closed for decades, which you can admire from inside the metro! It is poorly lit so get close to the windows! Free and very nice to do!
Nice clean place and polite people.
It is a super interesting place, with imposing buildings
City hall of manathan ... for this marry ...
Just normal
Very nice
Is never on time
Very Good and Beautiful
Pretty
Lindo
Excellent
Horrible subway
Total reviews rating 3.8
100 Reviews for Chambers St 2023:
Review №1
2018-06-17Chambers Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line is located at the intersection of Centre and Chambers Streets beneath the Manhattan Municipal Building. The station has four tracks, three island platforms, and one side platform (originally two).The southbound platform is slightly higher at the southern end of the station because the next stop south, Fulton Street, is bi-level with the southbound platform being above the northern one. The two express tracks, currently unused in regular revenue service, merge into a single tail track south of the station. The tail track is 620 feet (190 m) long from the switch points to the bumper block, where an emergency exit is available. The tail track south of the station was the site of an M train crash on November 6, 2007.North of this station, there are two stub tracks, which end behind the now-closed Queens-bound side platform. These tracks were formerly connected to the Manhattan Bridge, until they were disconnected in 1967 as part of the Chrystie Street Connection, with the BMT Broadway Line being connected to the bridge instead. Also north of this station, the former southbound express track (now the northbound track) splits into two tracks just south of Canal Street: the former northbound local track, and the former southbound express track (the current northbound track).The tile work on this station includes a depiction of the nearby Brooklyn Bridge that has a subtle mistake: it features the parallel up-down cables between the main cable and the roadway (as seen alone on most suspension bridges) but misses the second set of diagonal cables that radiate from the bridge to the roadway (as seen on cable-stayed bridges).
Review №2
2022-07-03Truly one of NYCs subway stations.
Review №3
2020-08-08Love the fact that there repairing the old historical train station. I graduated from Murry Bertramgram High Shool back in 1984. Its the best train station in NYC plus you get to see the great Brooklyn Bridge !!
Review №4
2022-05-17This station is gross as hell. The MTA needs to fix this ASAP. I dread ever being in that train station.
Review №5
2022-05-30Typical Subway station ... Nothing special... Too many bums...
Review №6
2022-04-21Need a mask to walk here. Corona or not
Review №7
2021-10-26Probably one of the most nastiest station in the entire city of New York. I only been there once but that first expression said a lot about the station. The 4 5 6 Station looks 20 times better than this station.
Review №8
2022-02-28This has to be the scariest ny train station ever. Surreal expierience.
Review №9
2021-01-13On the J line, its the new elevators installed
Review №10
2018-08-19My favorite subway station. Because of the high population of NYC, the subway system is amazing, and amazingly hard to maintain. This station is a great example. There are abandoned platforms from whenever the R train stopped here, which would be fine if they were covered or cleaned or something. However, they’re not, so you can take a look at these dust covered platforms and imagine you’re in the 1940s when these stations are crowded, or in the 1970s when the trains are about as decrepit and people are robbing others on the subway with sawnoff shotguns. The platforms in use are also stained, and at times, it reeks of piss, and you can watch the rats scurry about.