Hewes St (J,M) - The SubwayNut

Hewes St is a typical Broadway (Brooklyn) elevated renovated local station, it has two side platforms for the three track line with the middle express track bypassing it. The Middle Track is used by all peak direction weekday J and Z trains, To Manhattan 7:00am to 1:00pm and from Manhattan from 1:30pm to 8:00pm. The J train stops at the station in the non-peak direction during these times and in both directions evenings, late nights and on weekends.

There is one station exit towards the western end of the station. Here a staircase leads down from each platform to a small renovated station house with a free crossunder, with two street stairs down to Broadway just west of Hooper Street. High Exit Turnstiles allow exiting passengers to bypass entering the station with the platform staircase leading directly to the street stair.

The remains of the station's namesake exit to Hewes Street were an emergency exit staircase down from each platform until this exit was reopened in November 2018. The reopened exits each consists of a staircase down from each platform to a High Entrance/Exit Turnstiles, before leading down to a streetstair. The streetstair from the Manhattan-bound platform leads down to the northside of Broadway on the very short block between Hewes Street and New Montrose Avenue. The Queens-bound platform streestair requires turning 180 degrees in the mezzanine area before leading down to the southside of Broadway across the street from this intersection, just east of this side of the street's intersection with Hewes Street, that isn't a normal 4-way intersection, with Hewes Street jogging slightly while crossing Broadway, and not being continuous.
1-8: July 24, 2008; 9-15: November 3, 2012; 16-20: March 8, 2013

A station sign at Hewes Street along the windscreen.

Looking down the Manhattan-bound platform at Hewes Street as a R160 M train is about to leave into the sunset.

R160 #8384 and an M train leave Hewes Street for Broad Street and runs into the sunset.

R160 #8384 continues to leave Hewes Street.

Looking down the three track and two side platform Hewes Street station at sunset.

Another view down the platforms at Hewes Street.

A view of one of the landings outside of fare control up from the street. There are doors into the station house as well as a High Exit gate for faster exiting.

A passenger walks up onto the elevated structure at Hewes Street.

A train switches from the siding in the middle of Marcy Avenue to begin another run at Hewes Street for Jamaica Center, J trains are cut back here out of Manhattan because of Superstorm Sandy

A terminating J train prepares to close its doors at Hewes Street where it will change direction on the center track beyond the station

A crowd of passengers board the next J train to leave for Jamaica Center most are transferring from shuttle buses from Manhattan

Looking beyond a terminating J train to an originating J train as a crowd of passengers prepare to board

One man remains on a terminating J train although all the signs say Marcy Avenue

At street level Shuttle buses from Manhattan to the station

Preparing to board a bus for Manhattan (all the signs are saying Not In Service)

A R42 J train leaves Hewes Street

A R42 J train continues leaving Hewes Street, passing a R160 M train entering

A R160 J train leaves Hewes Street on a snowy day, switches with the express track/siding start just after the station

The back of a R160 M train stopped at Hewes Street, just a little after the only open exit staircase

A R160 M train leaves Hewes Street while another one enters