East 105th Street station

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Platform view; the station house at East 105th Street is in the background
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AddressEast 105th Street & Farragut Road
Brooklyn, New York
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Canarsie
Coordinates 40°39′05″N73°53′56″W / 40.651308°N 73.899021°W / 40.651308; -73.899021
Division B (BMT) [1]
Line BMT Canarsie Line
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StructureAt-grade
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks3 (1 not for passenger service)
Other information
OpenedJuly 28, 1906;119 years ago (1906-07-28)
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Traffic
2024559,693 [2] Decrease2.svg 7.1%
Rank361 out of 423 [2]
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New Lots Avenue NYCS-bull-trans-L-Std.svg Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
Terminus
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East 105th Street station

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The East 105th Street station is a grade-level station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located near East 105th Street between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road in Canarsie, Brooklyn, [3] it is served by the L train at all times. [4]

History

This opened on July 28, 1906 as a replacement for a former station along a steam dummy line known as the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad.[ citation needed ]

The station was rebuilt twice: in the 1970s and in 2005. The latter renovation cost $9.66 million. [5]

Station layout

MezzanineFare control, station agent
Ground
Platform level
Yard leadNo passenger service
Westbound NYCS-bull-trans-L-Std.svg toward Eighth Avenue (New Lots Avenue)
Island platform
Eastbound NYCS-bull-trans-L-Std.svg toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (Terminus)
Street levelExit/entrance
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Site of former grade crossing at the station

This grade-level station has three tracks and a narrow island platform. The platform, which only has one single-sided bench, serves the middle track (Manhattan-bound) and northern one (Rockaway Parkway-bound). The southernmost track is a stub-end track that leads to the Canarsie Yard. [6]

The only grade crossing of the subway system was located at where East 105th Street crossed the Canarsie Line. [7] It was located at the site of the current station house. The crossing was eliminated on August 5, 1973. [8] [9] [10] The grade crossing elimination was part of the construction of the Flatlands Industrial Park. [11]

The MTA still lists the station being at Turnbull Avenue, a dirt road which once ran along the tracks but no longer exists. [12] A part of Turnbull Avenue, directly northeast of the station, is still extant as a driveway that runs to the southeast of the line from Stanley Avenue/East 108th Street to just short of the East 105th Street station's station house. [13]

The artwork here is called Crescendo by Michael Ingui. Installed during a 2007 renovation, it consists of stained glass windows near the staircases. [14] [15] The renovation also resulted in a short canopy being installed above the platform. There is a substation just south of the station. [16]

Exits

The station's only exit and entrance is via a station house directly above the platform and tracks at their extreme east (railroad north) end. A staircase from the platform goes up to a waiting area, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases, each going down to both dead-ends of East 105th Street. [17]

References

  1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. "Neighborhood Map Brownsville Ocean Hill East New York Remsen Village" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  4. "LSubway Timetable, Effective December 4, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  5. MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3 (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  6. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC   49777633 via Google Books.
  7. Bennett, Charles G. (July 24, 1959). "Yes, City Transit System Has a Grade Crossing; City Lets Canarsie Retain Gates At Sole Transit System Crossing". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  8. "Last Grade Crossing on Subway System Is Closed". The New York Times. August 6, 1973. p. 28. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
  9. "New York City Transit Facts & Figures: 1979" (PDF). La Guardia and Wagner Archives . Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit Authority. 1979. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  10. New York City Transit's Facts & Figures Celebrating 90 Years of Subway Service 1904–1994. New York City Transit. 1994. p. 4.
  11. Fowler, Glenn (September 6, 1970). "Flatlands Industrial Park, Year Old, Making Strides". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  12. "L Train timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  13. "CANARSIE, Brooklyn Part 1 - Forgotten New York". forgotten-ny.com. July 28, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  14. "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: Crescendo (Michael Ingui)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  15. "MTA | Press Release | MTA Headquarters | MTA Arts for Transit and Artist Michael Ingui Receive Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Award". www.mta.info. Retrieved August 10, 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  16. Cox, Jeremiah. "East 105 Street (L) - The SubwayNut". subwaynut.com. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  17. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Brownsville" (PDF). mta.info . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2015.