Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)

Rockaway Avenue
"3" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Rockaway Avenue & Livonia Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11212
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Brownsville
Coordinates 40°39′45″N 73°54′32″W / 40.662541°N 73.908892°W / 40.662541; -73.908892Coordinates: 40°39′45″N 73°54′32″W / 40.662541°N 73.908892°W / 40.662541; -73.908892
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT New Lots Line
Services       2  (special rush hour trips)
      3  (weekdays only)
      4  (weekends, late nights, and special rush hour trips)
      5  (special rush hour trips)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B60
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened November 22, 1920 (November 22, 1920)
Rebuilt April 20, 2015 (April 20, 2015) to March 28, 2016 (March 28, 2016)
Station code 348[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 1,534,978[2] Increase 191.5%
Rank 302 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Saratoga Avenue: 2  3  4  5 
Next south Junius Street: 2  3  4  5 

Rockaway Avenue is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway, located at Rockaway Avenue and Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. It is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights and weekends, when the 4 train takes over service.[3] Occasional rush hour 2, 4 and 5 trains also stop here.

History

Track layout
to Saratoga Av
to Junius St

This station opened on November 22, 1920, as part of an extension of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line from Utica Avenue to Junius Street.[4]

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← "3" train weekdays toward Harlem–148th Street ("4" train toward Woodlawn late nights, weekends, and rush hours) (Saratoga Avenue)[5]
Center trackway → No track or roadbed
Southbound → "3" train weekdays ("4" train late nights, weekends, and rush hours) toward New Lots Avenue (Junius Street)[6] →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance

This station has two side platforms and two tracks. Between the two tracks, there is space for an additional third track that was never installed.

From April 20, 2015 to March 28, 2016, Rockaway Avenue was closed for renovations.[7]

Exits

This station's only exit is via a wooden mezzanine under the tracks. The mezzanine has a crossunder and metal canopies. Outside fare control, stairs go to the northwest and southeast corners of Livonia and Rockaway Avenues.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2011–2016". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Clark St Tunnel Reconstruction Weekend Service Changes". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Annual report. 1920-1921.". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  5. ↑ Occasional PM rush hour 2 trains to Wakefield–241st Street, one AM rush hour 4 train to Woodlawn, and one AM rush hour 5 trains to both East 180th Street and Dyre Avenue also serve the station during rush hours.
  6. ↑ Occasional AM rush hour 2 and PM rush hour 4 trains also serve this station.
  7. ↑ "Rockaway Av and Van Siclen Av 3 Line Stations To Close for Five Months for Renewal", mta.info, April 17, 2015
  8. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Brownsville" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

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