: 3 The Rapid Transit Construction Company, organized by John B. : 139–161 The subway plans were drawn up by a team of engineers led by William Barclay Parsons, chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission. : 21 However, development of what would become the city's first subway line did not start until 1894, when the New York State Legislature authorized the Rapid Transit Act. Planning for a subway line in New York City dates to 1864.
The Borough Hall station of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line opened on April 15, 1919, as part of the Dual Contracts.
The station opened on January 9, 1908, as part of an extension of the original IRT into Brooklyn. The Borough Hall station of the Eastern Parkway Line was built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as part of the city's first subway line. Located at the intersection of Court, Joralemon and Montague Streets at the border of Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights, it is served by the 2, 4 and R trains at all times the 3 train all times except late nights the 5 train on weekdays the N train during late nights and limited rush hour W trains.
The complex comprises three stations: Borough Hall on the IRT lines and Court Street on the BMT line. The Borough Hall/Court Street station is an underground New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and the IRT Eastern Parkway Line. Stops rush hours in the peak direction only