Named after Jay Street, honouring John Jay, and the MetroTech business and education complex.
Jay Street is named after John Jay, the first chief justice of the US Supreme Court. MetroTech Center grew from Polytechnic professor George Bugliarello’s idea of a technology-centred development to revive Downtown Brooklyn; it was formed in 1992, and in 2022 its owner announced it would be renamed Brooklyn Commons. This station was called Jay Street–Borough Hall until it was linked with the neighbouring Lawrence Street–MetroTech station into one complex.