New_Lots_Avenue_(BMT_Canarsie_Line)

New Lots Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)

New Lots Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)

New York City Subway station in Brooklyn

For the station actually at New Lots Avenue and Livonia Avenue, see New Lots Avenue (IRT New Lots Line).

The New Lots Avenue station 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]

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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

Platform level Side platform
Westbound ← "L" train toward Eighth Avenue (Livonia Avenue)
Eastbound → "L" train toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (East 105th Street) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground 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

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    "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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    "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Neighborhood Map Brownsville Ocean Hill East New York Remsen Village" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "L Subway Timetable, Effective December 4, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  5. [5]
    New York Division Bulletin. 6 (122). Electric Railroaders' Association. December 1963. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. [6]
    "New Look for BMT Platform". New York Daily News. April 1, 1964. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Job Finished, Station Open". New York Daily News. July 21, 1964. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  8. [8]
    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.
  9. [9]
    Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  10. [10]
    "MTA - Arts & Design | NYCT Permanent Art". web.mta.info. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  11. [11]
    "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Brownsville" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
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