Grand Street (BMT Canarsie Line)

Not to be confused with Grand Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line).
Grand Street
NYCS L
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address Grand Street & Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Williamsburg
Coordinates 40°42′43″N 73°56′27″W / 40.711906°N 73.940735°WCoordinates: 40°42′43″N 73°56′27″W / 40.711906°N 73.940735°W
Division B (BMT)
Line       BMT Canarsie Line
Services       L  (all times)
Connection
  • New York City Bus: Q54, Q59
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened September 21, 1924
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 2,414,872[1]Increase 6.9%
Rank 206 out of 421
Station succession
Next north Graham Avenue: L 
Next south Montrose Avenue: L 

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

This underground station opened on September 21, 1924 as part of the initial segment of the Canarsie Line, a product of the Dual Contracts, stretching from Sixth Avenue station in Manhattan to Montrose Avenue station.

The station has two side platforms with two tracks. The mosaic band on both platforms features greys along with aqua, orange, ochre, light blue and light green. Near the south end of the station, there are gratings near the ceiling, with the tile band cut out to fit around them. A historically correct section of replacement tile can also be seen in this area. The name tablets read "GRAND ST." in serif font on a brown background, yellow inner border, and green outer border. There are no columns on the platforms since they are on a curve except for some blue i-beam ones at the center where fare control is.

Because of its proximity to street level due to cut-and-cover construction, there is no free transfer between directions and fare control is at platform level. Both sides have a turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases to the streets. The ones on the Manhattan-bound side go up to either northern corners of Bushwick Avenue and Grand Street while the ones on the Canarsie-bound side go up to either southern corners.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound NYCS L toward Eighth Avenue (Graham Avenue)
Southbound NYCS L toward Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway (Montrose Avenue)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-04-28. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

External links

Station stair