Flushing Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line)

Flushing Avenue is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Flushing Avenue and Broadway in Bedford-Stuyvesant , Brooklyn, it is served by the J train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction and the M train at all times except late nights. The Z train skips this station when it operates.

 Flushing Avenue
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New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressFlushing Avenue & Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11206
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleWilliamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates40.700683°N 73.941979°W / 40.700683; -73.941979
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT Jamaica Line
Services      J  (all times except weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., peak direction)
​      M  (all times except late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B15, B43, B46, B47, B57
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJune 25, 1888 (1888-06-25)[1]
Station code098[2]
Accessible ADA-accessible
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)2,773,154[3]  9.3%
Rank176 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next eastMyrtle Avenue: J  ​M 
Park Avenue: no service; demolished
Next eastSutphin Boulevard: J 
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues: M 
Next westLorimer Street: J  ​M 
Next westMarcy Avenue: J  ​M 

History

The Union Elevated Railroad, leased to the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad, opened an elevated line above Broadway from Gates Avenue northwest to Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg on June 25, 1888. As part of the new line, the Flushing Avenue station was opened.[4] This was a branch of the existing Lexington Avenue Elevated, which then ended at Van Siclen Avenue; Broadway trains ran between Driggs and Van Siclen Avenues.[5]

Station layout
Track layout
to Myrtle Av
to Lorimer St
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Westbound local[6] ← toward Broad Street (Lorimer Street)
← toward 71st Avenue weekdays, Essex Street weekends (Lorimer Street)
Peak-direction express ← do not stop here weekday mornings
← do not stop here weekday afternoons →
Eastbound local[6] → toward Jamaica Center (Myrtle Avenue) →
→ toward Metropolitan Avenue (Myrtle Avenue) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Elevator at southwest corner of Flushing Avenue and Broadway
G Street level Entrances/exits
Elevator and stairs from street

This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks. The center track is used by the J and Z trains in the peak direction weekday midday and rush hours. Both platforms have beige windscreens with red canopies supported by green frames and support columns along the entire length. The station signs are in the standard black plate with white lettering.

The 2006 artwork here is called Migration by Robin Holder. It features stained glass windows on the platform windscreens and station house.

Exits

There are two sets of entrance/exits at the station. One is located at an elevated station house beneath the tracks, which has two staircases from either southern corners of Flushing Avenue and Broadway, token booth, turnstile bank, a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, and a single staircase to each platform at their extreme north end. Each staircase landing has an exit-only turnstile to allow passengers to exit the station without having to go through the station house.[7] Three elevators were installed in Fall 2003 to make this station ADA accessible due to its proximity to Woodhull Hospital. One of them is at the southwest corner of Broadway and Flushing Avenue and goes up to the adjacent staircase balcony. The other two go up to the platforms from the staircase landing.[8]

The other set of entrance/exit are stairs located at the south ends of each platform. These stairs lead to Fayette Street. There was formerly another station house at this end, but it was removed. These stairs were closed in the 1980s due to high crime,[9][10][11] but were reopened in July 2017 to address potential capacity constraints from shuttle bus transfers due to reconstruction on the Myrtle Avenue Line and the 14th Street Tunnel.[12][13]

References
  1. "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6.
  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. "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  5. "Trains Running This Morning". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 30, 1893. p. 10. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  6. This is a wrong-way concurrency in railroad direction.
  7. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  8. "Accessible Stations in the MTA Network". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  9. Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  10. Hinds, Kate; Palazzolo, Alan (November 10, 2015). "No Exit: What Closed Subway Entrances Have to Do with Delays and Crowding". WNYC (AM). Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  11. "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. "First Look: DOT, MTA present initial plans for L train shutdown". December 13, 2017.
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