Sixth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)


Sixth Avenue
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L (all times)
Transfers	1 2 3 at 14th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
	F V at 14th Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Passengers (2006)	14.134 million (station complex) ▲ 2%
Other
Borough	Manhattan
Opened	September 21, 1924
Next north	Eighth Avenue: L
Next south	Union Square–14th Street: L

Sixth Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea, it is served by the L train at all times.

This station was the Canarsie Line's original northern terminal from 1924 until 1931, when Eighth Avenue opened.