New Lots Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)

New Lots Avenue is an elevated station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of New Lots and Van Sinderen Avenues at the border of Brownsville and East New York, Brooklyn,[3] it is served by the L train at all times.[4]

 New Lots Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressNew Lots Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11207
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBrownsville, East New York
Coordinates40.659025°N 73.899364°W / 40.659025; -73.899364
DivisionB (BMT)
Line      BMT Canarsie Line
Services      L  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B15 to JFK Airport
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJuly 28, 1906 (July 28, 1906)
Station code136[1]
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)1,254,351[2]  16.3%
Rank328 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next northLivonia Avenue: L 
Next southEast 105th Street: L 

History

This station opened on July 28, 1906.

The Canarsie-bound platform was closed for renovation from December 2, 1963 to April 2, 1964, and the Manhattan-bound platform was closed for renovation from April 2 to July 23, 1964.[5] The entire project cost $214,700. As part of the project the wooden platforms were replaced with concrete platforms, and canopies and fluorescent lights were installed.[6][7]

The station was renovated again in 2006-2007 at a cost of $10.58 million.[8] The station renovation included the installation of new platform edges with yellow tactile warning strips, beige windscreens and red canopies (both with green frames), and the installation of artwork.

Station layout
Track layout
to Livonia Av
to E 105 St
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Westbound ← toward Eighth Avenue (Livonia Avenue)
Eastbound → toward Rockaway Parkway (East 105th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance, station house
The station entrance beneath the bridge for the tracks.

This elevated station has two tracks and two offset side platforms.[9] The platforms have windscreens and canopies at their centers and woven-wire fences with dark gray steel frames at either ends.

This station's 2007 artwork is called 16 Windows by Eugene Tung.[10] It features eight stained glass windows on each platform windscreen. The ones on the Manhattan-bound platform depict people doing morning activities like eating breakfast and tooth brushing while those on the Canarsie-bound platform depict people doing evening activities like eating dinner and getting ready for bed. This coincides with normal peak direction rush hour service in the subway as most people board trains on the northbound platform going to Manhattan in the morning and disembark from trains on the southbound platform coming from Manhattan in the evening.

To the south, the Canarsie Line lowers to run at-grade to East 105th Street and Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway. To the north, it becomes an elevated structure to Livonia Avenue until just west of Broadway Junction.

Exit

The station's only entrance is via a ground-level station house beneath the tracks on the southwest corner of Van Sinderen and New Lots Avenues.[11][3] Inside is a token booth, turnstile bank, and two staircases to the Canarsie-bound platform and one to the Manhattan-bound one, all at their centers.

References
  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. "Neighborhood Map Brownsville Ocean Hill East New York Remsen Village" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  4. "L Subway Timetable, Effective June 24, 2018" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  5. New York Division Bulletin. Electric Railroaders' Association. 6 (122). December 1963. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "New Look for BMT Platform". New York Daily News. April 1, 1964. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  7. "Job Finished, Station Open". New York Daily News. July 21, 1964. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  8. MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3 (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  9. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  10. "MTA - Arts & Design | NYCT Permanent Art". web.mta.info. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  11. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Brownsville" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
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