Jefferson Street station

Jefferson Street is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Bushwick, Brooklyn at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Wyckoff Avenue, it is served by the L train at all times.

Jefferson Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Starr Street stair
Station statistics
Address	Jefferson Street & Wyckoff Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bushwick
Coordinates	40.706994°N 73.923569°W / 40.706994; -73.923569
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B57
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 14, 1928 (1928-07-14)
Station code	126[1]
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Wireless service	[2]
Opposite-direction transfer available	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	2,237,997[3]  11%
Rank	211 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next north	Morgan Avenue: L
Next south	DeKalb Avenue: L
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

Track layout
to Morgan Av to DeKalb Av

Jefferson Street opened on July 14, 1928,[4] as part of an extension of the Canarsie Line. This extension connected Montrose Avenue, which had opened four years earlier, to Broadway Junction, which was the western end of the already-operating elevated line to Canarsie.

In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[5]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
P Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← toward Eighth Avenue (Morgan Avenue)
	Eastbound	→ toward Rockaway Parkway (DeKalb Avenue) →
	Side platform

Mezzanine

Entrance at Starr Street and Wyckoff Avenue

This underground station has two side platforms and two tracks. The northbound platform is 535 feet (163 m) long, while the southbound platform is 537 feet (164 m) long, and both platforms are 12 feet (3.7 m) wide.[6]

The mosaic tile bands on both platforms are predominantly blue and brown with yellow and tan accents.[7] There is a full frieze of icons with correct details. The colors, however, shift from the earth tones found in the original design to more pastel shades of rose, slate blue, yellow and peach.[7] Some of the background tile is mottled.[7] This is handmade work with all of the proper elements, including randomly cut and set tiles in the center.[7] "J" tablets on a blue background run along the trim line at regular intervals.[7]

The station's name tablets read "JEFFERSON ST." in gold serif lettering on a blue/dark red background, yellow inner border, and green outer border.[7] There are also directional signs in gold serif lettering on blue/dark red background and yellow/green border.[7] Blue i-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.[7] New tile was installed at the Canarsie-bound platform in the summer of 2000.[7]

Exits

This station's full-time fare control area is at the extreme east (railroad south) end. A double-width staircase from each platform goes up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile provides entrance/exit from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and four staircases going up to all corners of Starr Street and Wyckoff Avenue.[8]

Both platforms have a same-level, unstaffed fare control area at the opposite end. One exit-only turnstile and one High Entry/Exit Turnstile lead to an enclosed staircase going up to a small brick building on either western corners of Jefferson Street and Wyckoff Avenue. The Manhattan-bound building is on the northwest corner while the Canarsie-bound building is on the southwest one.[8]

References

1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
2. "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
4. "Last Link of New 14th St-E.D. Subway To Be Opened Today: First Train This Afternoon Will Carry Officials – Citizens to Celebrate". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 14, 1928. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
5. "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". MTA. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
6. "Stantec Station ADA Accessibility Analysis 2017 Jefferson Street". New York City Transit. December 31, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
7. "www.nycsubway.org". www.nycsubway.org.
8. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bushwick" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

External links

• Station Reporter — "L Train". stationreporter.net. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
• The Subway Nut — Jefferson Street Pictures
• Jefferson Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Starr Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View