Greenpoint Avenue station

Greenpoint Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Greenpoint Avenue & Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Greenpoint
Coordinates	40°43′49″N73°57′15″W / 40.730153°N 73.954296°W / 40.730153; -73.954296
Division	B (IND) [1]
Line	IND Crosstown Line
Services	G   (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B24, B32, B43, B62 NYC Ferry: East River (at Greenpoint Landing)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933;91 years ago (1933-08-19) [2]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	2,457,616 [3]   17.4%
Rank	140 out of 423 [3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 21st Street toward Court Square Nassau Avenue toward Church Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to 21st Street to Nassau Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

The Greenpoint Avenue station is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenues in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, it is served by the G train at all times.

History

Mosaic name tablet

Greenpoint Avenue opened as part of the first phase of the IND Crosstown Line, with service south to Nassau Avenue in Brooklyn. This station opened on August 19, 1933. ^[2]

As part of the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program, elevators were added to the platforms and street, which makes the station fully compliant with accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. ^{[4] [5] [6]} Construction started in September 2018 and was expected to be completed by December 2020, but opened a few days earlier in late November 2020. ^[7] There are three elevators: one from the mezzanine to street level on the eastern side of Manhattan Avenue north of Greenpoint Avenue, and one to each platform. The project was expected to cost $23.4 million. ^[8] The MTA announced in April 2024 that it would make esthetic improvements to the station during mid-2024 as part of its Re-New-Vation program. This station received minor improvements such as repainting of pillars to a black colour, deep cleaning of the station, repainting of benches, incorporating brighter lighting, and other improvements ^[9] while the line was temporarily closed for construction. ^[10]

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits
Mezzanine		Station agent, fare control, MetroCard and OMNY machines Elevator at northeast corner of Greenpoint Avenue and Manhattan Avenue
Basement 2	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Court Square (21st Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Church Avenue (Nassau Avenue) →
	Side platform

Station stairs

This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms. ^[11] The G stops at the station at all times. ^[12] The station is between 21st Street to the north and Nassau Avenue to the south. ^[13]

Both platforms have a green trim line with a black border and mosaic name tablets reading "GREENPOINT AVE." in white sans-serif font on a black background and green border. Directly below the trim line are tile name captions reading "GREENPT" in white lettering on a black background. Directional tile signs are below some of the name tablets. ^[2] The tiles were part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND. ^[14] The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from Lower Manhattan. Because the Crosstown Line does not merge into a line that enters Manhattan at either end, all stations on the line had green tiles. ^{[15] [16]} Green I-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals, alternating ones having the standard black name plate in white lettering. ^[2]

This is the northernmost station on the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. To the north, the line goes under Newtown Creek into Long Island City, Queens.

Exits

The station's full-time entrance/exit is at the south end, which is the more heavily used of the station's two entry-exit points. The large mezzanine above the platforms and tracks has three staircases to each side with directional mosaics reading "Brooklyn" and "L. I. City and Jamaica" and green columns. Outside the turnstile bank, there is a token booth and three staircases going up to all corners of Manhattan and Greenpoint Avenues except the northeast one. ^{[11] [17]} G trains, which are about half the length of the 600-foot (180 m) platform, stop near the south end of the station. ^{[11] [18]}

Both platforms have an unstaffed, same-level fare control area at their north ends. Each side has one exit-only turnstile, two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles, and one staircase going up to the south side of India Street and Manhattan Avenue. The one on the Queens-bound side goes up to the southeast corner while the one on the Church Avenue-bound side goes up to the southwest corner. ^{[11] [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. "Two Subway Units Open At Midnight; Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations" (PDF). The New York Times . August 18, 1933. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
3. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
4. "MTA Capital Program 2015-2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 28, 2015. p. 61. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
5. "Funding For Subway Station ADA-Accessibility Approved". www.mta.info. April 26, 2018. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
6. "MTA 2017 Preliminary Budget July Financial Plan 2017 –2020 Volume 2" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
7. "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 25, 2020. p. 16. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
8. "ADA Accessibility Coming to Greenpoint Av Subway Station". MTA (Press release). July 23, 2018. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
9. Pozarycki, Robert (April 23, 2024). "These 13 NYC subway stations will receive 'Re-NEW-vation' upgrades and cleaning this spring and summer". amNewYork. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
10. Westbrook, Elijah (February 1, 2024). "G subway line set for major upgrade this summer, but requires 6-week shutdown, MTA says". CBS New York. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
11. "Review of the G Line: Appendices" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
12. "GSubway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Retrieved June 28, 2024.
13. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
14. "Tile Colors a Guide in the New Subway; Decoration Scheme Changes at Each Express Stop to Tell Riders Where They Are". The New York Times. August 22, 1932. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
15. Carlson, Jen (February 18, 2016). "Map: These Color Tiles In The Subway System Used To Mean Something". Gothamist. Archived from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
16. Gleason, Will (February 18, 2016). "The hidden meaning behind the New York subway's colored tiles". Time Out New York. Archived from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
17. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Greenpoint" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
18. "Review of the G Line" (PDF). mta.info . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2015.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Crosstown: Greentpoint Avenue
• Station Reporter — G Train
• The Subway Nut — Greenpoint Avenue Pictures
• Greenpoint Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• India Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View