Lorimer Street/Metropolitan Avenue (New York City Subway)

Lorimer Street/Metropolitan Avenue
"G" train "L" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station complex

Lorimer Street stair
Station statistics
Address Metropolitan Avenue between Lorimer Street & Union Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Williamsburg
Coordinates 40°42′46″N 73°57′05″W / 40.712752°N 73.951464°W / 40.712752; -73.951464Coordinates: 40°42′46″N 73°57′05″W / 40.712752°N 73.951464°W / 40.712752; -73.951464
Division BMT/IND.[1]
Line       BMT Canarsie Line
      IND Crosstown Line
Services       G  (all times)
      L  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B24, B48, Q54, Q59
Levels 2
Other information
Opened July 1, 1948 (1948-07-01)
Station code 629[2]
Wireless service [3]
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 5,156,893 (station complex)[4] Decrease 1.6%
Rank 90 out of 422

Lorimer Street/Metropolitan Avenue is an underground New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Canarsie Line and the IND Crosstown Line. Located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, the complex is served by the G and L trains at all times.

The BMT Canarsie Line platforms, which are named Lorimer Street, are located above the IND Crosstown Line platforms, which are named Metropolitan Avenue.

Station layout

G Street Level Entrances/Exits
B1 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← "L" train toward Eighth Avenue (Bedford Avenue)
Southbound → "L" train toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (Graham Avenue) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
B2 Mezzanine to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
B3 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← "G" train toward Court Square (Nassau Avenue)
Southbound → "G" train toward Church Avenue (Broadway) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

The L-shaped passageway, located above the Crosstown Line at its northern end and below the Canarsie Line at its western end, also serves as the mezzanine for the Crosstown Line lower level. When viewed from the Crosstown Line mezzanine, the passageway splits up as the right half leads to a ramp for Canarsie-bound trains while the left half leads to a crossunder to Eighth Avenue-bound trains.

Originally, passengers who wished to transfer between the Canarsie and Crosstown lines had to pay a separate fare, because the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (operator of the Canarsie Line) and the Independent Subway System (the Crosstown Line's operator) were competing companies. On July 1, 1948, eight years after the three operators of New York's subways were unified into a single entity, the transfer passageway was reconfigured to be inside fare control, thus permitting free transfers between lines.[1][5]

The 2000 artwork in the transfer passageway and the Crosstown Line mezzanine is called Signs of Life by Jackie Chang. A precinct of the New York City Transit Police is also located on the Crosstown Line mezzanine.

Exits

The main entrances at the corner of Metropolitan and Union Avenues lead to the transfer passageway between the lines. (A second set of entrances at Metropolitan Avenue and Lorimer Street to the east leads directly to the Canarsie Line platforms.)[6]

The station has a total of six closed entrances according to the MTA.[7][8] Two are at the intersection of Union Avenue and Hope/Powers Streets, and two more are at the intersection of Union Avenue and Grand Street.[7]

BMT Canarsie Line platforms

Lorimer Street
"L" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Division B (BMT)
Line       BMT Canarsie Line
Services       L  (all times)
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened June 30, 1924 (1924-06-30)
Station code 121[2]
Wireless service [3]
Station succession
Next north Bedford Avenue: L 
Next south Graham Avenue: L 
Track layout
to Bedford Av
to Graham Av

Lorimer Street on the BMT Canarsie Line has two tracks and two side platforms. It opened on June 30, 1924, as part of the initial segment of the underground Canarsie Line, a product of the Dual Contracts, stretching from Sixth Avenue in Manhattan to Montrose Avenue.[9][10]

The Lorimer Street entry point has a mezzanine above the station. There is also another entrance at Union Avenue that leads directly to the Manhattan-bound platform. The transfer to the Crosstown Line is toward the Union Avenue (western; railroad northern) end of the station, where passageways descend from each platform to the Union Avenue mezzanine.

IND Crosstown Line platforms

Metropolitan Avenue
"G" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Street stair at southeast corner of Metropolitan & Union Avenues
Station statistics
Division B (IND)
Line       IND Crosstown Line
Services       G  (all times)
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened July 1, 1937 (1937-07-01)[11]
Station code 285[2]
Wireless service [3]
Former/other names Metropolitan Avenue–Grand Street
Station succession
Next north Nassau Avenue: G 
Next south Broadway: G 
Track layout
to Nassau Av
to Flushing Av

Metropolitan Avenue on the IND Crosstown Line opened on July 1, 1937 as part of the extension of the Crosstown Line from Nassau Avenue to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets.[11] The station also has two tracks and two side platforms.[12] Station tile signage retains the original name of the station: Metropolitan Avenue–Grand Street. IND icon tiles indicate "To Street and Transfer."[13] Two staircases from the north end of either platform lead to the mezzanine and transfer passageway to the BMT Canarsie Line.[12][14] The mezzanine is full-length, but the central and south portions are closed to the public, used as a police facility and as employee space and offices.[13] Exits from the closed mezzanine lead to both northern corners of Union, Hope, and Powers Street, and to at least one corner of Grand Street and Union Avenue. These exits are sealed with metal street grates.[13][7][15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Transfer Points Under Higher Fare: Board of Transportation Lists Stations and Intersections for Combined Rides". New York Times. June 30, 1948. p. 19. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  4. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2011–2016". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ Sparberg, Andrew J. (October 1, 2014). From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA. Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823261901.
  6. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford Stuyvesant" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 Hogan, Gwynne (February 29, 2016). "Open Shuttered Subway Entrances Before L Train Shutdown, Advocates Urge". DNAinfo.com. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Subway Tunnel Through". The New York Times. August 8, 1919. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Celebrate Opening of Subway Link". The New York Times. July 1, 1924. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  11. 1 2 "New Crosstown Subway Line Is Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1937. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Review of the G Line: Appendices" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 Kabak, Benjamin (January 24, 2013). "Inside Metropolitan Avenue’s shuttered G passageway". Second Avenue Sagas. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Review of the G Line" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  15. ↑ Harshbarger, Rebecca (November 1, 2015). "NYC subway station entrances closed despite ridership spike: over one in four". AM New York. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
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