Kosciuszko Street station

Kosciuszko Street
View of northbound platform from across tracks
Station statistics
Address	Kosciuszko Street and Broadway Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford–Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates	40°41′36″N73°55′43″W / 40.6933°N 73.9287°W / 40.6933; -73.9287
Division	B (BMT) [1]
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J   (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B38, B46, B46 SBS, B47, Q24
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888;137 years ago (1888-06-25) [2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,214,488 [3]   14.9%
Rank	252 out of 423 [3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Myrtle Avenue J   toward Broad Street Halsey Street J   skip-stop Gates Avenue J   toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer does not stop here
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Gates Avenue to Myrtle Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops all times Stops all times except late nights

The Kosciuszko Street station is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the J train at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound local	← toward Broad Street (Myrtle Avenue) ← does not stop here
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Eastbound local	→ toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Halsey Street PM rush, Gates Avenue other times) → → does not stop here →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits

Street stair

This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks; the center express track is not used in regular service.

The artwork here is called Euphorbias by Ronald Calloway and has a floral theme. ^[4]

Exits

The station has exits on both the west (railroad north) end and the east (railroad south) end of its platforms.

On the east end, each platform has a single staircase leading to an elevated station house beneath the tracks. It has a turnstile bank and token booth. Outside fare control, two staircases lead to both western corners of Kossuth Place, Patchen Avenue, Lafayette Avenue, and Broadway, just east of Kosciuszko Street. ^[5]

The western exits are now emergency exits leading to both eastern corners of DeKalb Avenue and Broadway. These exits were closed in the 1980s due to high crime. ^{[6] [7]} The closed entrance is about a block from the northern terminus of the B46 Select Bus Service at DeKalb Avenue. There is a closed station house around the intermediate level of the staircases.

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. "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, New York. June 25, 1888. p. 6.
3. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
4. "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: Euphorbias (Ronald Calloway)" . Retrieved May 20, 2016.
5. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bushwick" (PDF). mta.info . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
6. Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York . Retrieved July 4, 2016.
7. "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

External links

• Media related to Kosciuszko Street (BMT Jamaica Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Kosciuszko Street
• Station Reporter — J train
• The Subway Nut — Kosciuszko Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Kosciuszko Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
• Kosciuszko Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View