DeKalb Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)
DeKalb Avenue![]() | |||||||
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New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
Street stair | |||||||
Station statistics | |||||||
Address |
DeKalb Avenue & Wyckoff Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237 | ||||||
Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
Locale | Bushwick | ||||||
Coordinates | 40°42′15″N 73°55′09″W / 40.704294°N 73.919277°WCoordinates: 40°42′15″N 73°55′09″W / 40.704294°N 73.919277°W | ||||||
Division | B (BMT) | ||||||
Line | BMT Canarsie Line | ||||||
Services |
L ![]() | ||||||
Transit connections |
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Structure | Underground | ||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||
Other information | |||||||
Opened | July 14, 1928 | ||||||
Traffic | |||||||
Passengers (2015) |
3,938,538[1] ![]() | ||||||
Rank | 127 out of 422 | ||||||
Station succession | |||||||
Next north |
Jefferson Street: L ![]() | ||||||
Next south |
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues: L ![]() | ||||||
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DeKalb Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Wyckoff and DeKalb Avenues in Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.[2]
History
DeKalb Avenue opened on July 14, 1928,[3] as part of an extension of the Canarsie Line. This extension connected Montrose Avenue, which had opened four years earlier, to Broadway Junction, which was the western end of the already-operating elevated line to Canarsie.
Station layout
G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← ![]() | |
Southbound | → ![]() | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms.[4] Each platform has blue columns are regular intervals with every other column having a standard black and white station name plate.
The mosaic tile bands are predominantly green and blue, with yellow and tan accents.[4] Those installed on the stairway from the mezzanine to the Manhattan-bound platform in Summer 2000 feature a seven-inch entrance motif design with a dull green and blue background.[4] The trim line has "D" tablets on it at regular intervals to represent "DeKalb."
This station has three entrances/exits. The main one is a mezzanine above the platforms and tracks at the west (railroad north) end. It has a single staircase from each platform, waiting area that allows free transfer between directions, turnstile bank, token booth, and four staircases to all corners of DeKalb and Wyckoff Avenues.
The other two entrances/exits are on platform level and unstaffed at the east (railroad south) end. Each fare control area has HEET turnstiles and two street stairs. The ones on the Manhattan-bound platform lead to either northern corners of Wyckoff and Stanhope Street while those on the Canarsie-bound one lead to either southern corners.
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "L Train". stationreporter.net. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
- ↑ "Last Link of New 14th St-E.D. Subway To Be Opened Today: First Train This Afternoon Will Carry Officials – Citizens to Celebrate". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 14, 1928. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/BMT_Canarsie_Line#DeKalb_Avenue
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to DeKalb Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line). |
- nycsubway.org – BMT Canarsie: DeKalb Avenue
- The Subway Nut — DeKalb Avenue Pictures
- DeKalb Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Stanhope Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View