Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road (IRT New Lots Line)

Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road
NYCS 2 NYCS 3 NYCS 4 NYCS 5
New York City Subway rapid transit station

An R62 NYCS 3 train leaving Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road
Station statistics
Address Sutter Avenue / Rutland Road & East 98th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11212
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Brownsville
Coordinates 40°39′54″N 73°55′22″W / 40.664884°N 73.922882°WCoordinates: 40°39′54″N 73°55′22″W / 40.664884°N 73.922882°W
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT New Lots Line
Services       2  (special rush hour trips)
      3  (all except late nights)
      4  (late nights and special rush hour trips)
      5  (special rush hour trips)
Connection NYCT Bus: B15 to JFK, B47
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened December 24, 1920
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 2,467,381[1]Increase 2%
Rank 199 out of 421
Station succession
Next north Crown Heights – Utica Avenue: 2  3  4  5 
Next south Saratoga Avenue: 2  3  4  5 

Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Sutter Avenue, Rutland Road, and East 98th Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn. It is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. Limited 2, 4 and 5 services are available during rush hours.

This elevated station, opened on December 24, 1920, has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track that was never added. The middle third of both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies supported by green frames and support columns. The remaining two-thirds have red, waist-high steel fences with lampposts at regular intervals. The station signs are in the standard black name plates in white lettering.

This station has one elevated station house beneath the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from the center of each platform go down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to/from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases facing in opposite directions going down to the east side of East 98th Street at the T-intersection of Rutland Road. The north staircase is near the southern corner of the T-intersection of Sutter Avenue and East 98th Street. A third staircase goes down to the northwest corner of East 98th Street and Rutland Road.

This is the northernmost station on the IRT New Lots Line. To the north, the line curves west under Eastern Parkway and goes underground to become the IRT Eastern Parkway Line. The Manhattan-bound track goes underneath the New Lots Avenue-bound track on the south side of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line. A center track begins at a bumper block near the tunnel portal and merges with the two express tracks of the Eastern Parkway line south of Utica Avenue.

Station layout

P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound NYCS 3 toward Harlem – 148th Street (NYCS 4 toward Woodlawn late nights) (Crown Heights – Utica Avenue)[2]
Center trackway No track or roadbed
Southbound NYCS 3 (NYCS 4 late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Saratoga Avenue)[3]
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance

References

  1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  2. Occasional NYCS 2 trains to Wakefield – 241st Street and NYCS 5 trains to Nereid Avenue and Dyre Avenue also serve the station during rush hours.
  3. Occasional NYCS 2 NYCS 5 trains also serve this station during rush hours.

External links

Media related to Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road (IRT New Lots Line) at Wikimedia Commons

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