Cleveland Street station

Cleveland Street (formerly Cleveland Avenue) is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn. It is served by the J train at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.

 Cleveland Street
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
The west end of the platform
Station statistics
AddressCleveland Street & Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11208
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleCypress Hills
Coordinates40.679629°N 73.885589°W / 40.679629; -73.885589
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT Jamaica Line
BMT Lexington Avenue Line (formerly)
Services      J  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Q24
StructureElevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedMay 30, 1893 (1893-05-30)[1]
Station code089[2]
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)880,879[3]  2.3%
Rank374 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next northNorwood Avenue: J 
(J  skips to Crescent Street)
Next southVan Siclen Avenue: J 
(J  skips to Alabama Avenue)

History

This elevated station was originally built by the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad as the first station to be built along the Cypress Hills extension of the Lexington Avenue Elevated line, which was also shared by the Broadway Elevated east of Gates Avenue. The station opened on May 30, 1893.[1] The station has been exclusively for the Jamaica Line since the closure of the Lexington Avenue Line in 1950.

The station was closed for renovations in the mid-2000s. As part of the station renovation project, the stairs were rehabilitated, the floors were renewed, major structural repairs were made, new canopies were installed, the area around the station booth was reconfigured, the platform edge strips were replaced, walls were replaced, and a high-quality public address system was installed.[4] The renovation cost $8.41 million.[5]

Station layout
Track layout
to Norwood Av
to Van Siclen Av
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← toward Broad Street (Alabama Avenue AM rush, Van Siclen Avenue other times)
← does not stop here
Island platform
Eastbound → toward Jamaica Center (Crescent Street PM rush, Norwood Avenue other times) →
→ does not stop here →
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Entrances/exits

The station has two tracks and one island platform.[6] The canopy is located at the west end of the platform and is short and has arched supports.[7]

Exit

The station's only entrance and exit is a station house at the west end of the platform. It has a bank of two turnstiles, token booth,[8] and one staircase going down to an elevated passageway beneath the tracks. Outside of fare control, there are two stairs, one to each western corner of Fulton and Cleveland Streets.[9]

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See also

References
  1. "Trains Running This Morning". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 30, 1893. p. 10. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. "MTA NYC Transit Subway Line Information". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 21, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2005. Retrieved October 2, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  5. MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3 (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  6. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  7. Cox, Jeremiah (June 25, 2008). "Looking towards the canopied area of the platform at Cleveland Street by the station house that is attached at one end. The canopy coves maybe two cars". subwaynut.com. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  8. Cox, Jeremiah (June 25, 2008). "The very small and narrow fare control area at Cleveland St sow just how small the station's platform is". subwaynut.com. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  9. "Neighborhood Map: Cleveland St (J)" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
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