Lafayette Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

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 Lafayette Avenue
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AddressSouth Portland Avenue & Fulton Street
Brooklyn, New York
(main station entrance)
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Fort Greene
Coordinates 40°41′11″N73°58′28″W / 40.686268°N 73.974466°W / 40.686268; -73.974466
Division B (IND) [1]
Line IND Fulton Street Line
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TransitAiga bus trans.svg NYCT Bus: B25, B26, B52
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedApril 9, 1936;88 years ago (1936-04-09) [2]
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Traffic
20231,252,720 [3] Increase2.svg 15.4%
Rank246 out of 423 [3]
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Clinton–Washington Avenues
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Lafayette Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

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SymbolDescription
NYCS-SSI-allexceptnights.svg Stops all times except late nights
NYCS-SSI-nightsonly.svg Stops late nights only

The Lafayette Avenue station is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located under Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.

Despite the station's name, there are no entrances on Lafayette Avenue; the nearest entrance is a block away.

History

This underground station opened on April 9, 1936, and replaced the BMT Fulton Street El. [2] The Lafayette Avenue El station, which was formerly above the current subway station, closed on May 31, 1940. [4]

Station layout

GroundStreet levelExit/entrance
MezzanineFare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Platform level Side platform
Westbound local NYCS-bull-trans-C-Std.svg toward 168th Street (Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets)
NYCS-bull-trans-A-Std.svg toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets)
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Eastbound local NYCS-bull-trans-C-Std.svg toward Euclid Avenue (Clinton–Washington Avenues)
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Hanson Place stair

This station has four tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have stairs that lead up to a long mezzanine and fare control. There is no free crossover or crossunder between the two platforms, due to the shape of the mezzanine's fare control area.

Both platform walls have a light green trim line with a dark green border and mosaic name tablets reading "LAFAYETTE AVE." in white sans-serif lettering on a dark green background with light green border. Small tile captions reading "LAFAYETTE" in white lettering on a black background run below the trim line. Emerald green I-beam columns run along the station mezzanine, but none are present at platform level.

East of this station there is a storage/lay up track between the two express tracks. The west end connects to the northbound express track, and the east end connects to the southbound express track, so trains must reverse in order to enter the layup track. At both ends, the storage/lay up track also ends at bumper blocks. There are also switches in both directions from the respective local to the respective express tracks; express trains cannot switch to the local tracks at these switches, however. [5]

The station is located very close to the Fulton Street station on the IND Crosstown Line. Passengers on northbound local trains can see the platforms of the station on the right just after leaving Lafayette Avenue, as well as Crosstown Line's northbound track through openings in the curtain walls. There is an employee-only connection between the two stations via the subway tunnels.

Exits

All exits serve both platforms. At the west end, there are stairs to all four corners of Fulton Street and South Portland Avenue. [6] At the east end, there are stairs to four out of the six corners of the intersection of Fulton Street, South Oxford Street, and Hanson Place. There are two stairs to the northern corner, one to the northeastern (via a passageway), one to the southeastern, and one to the southwestern. [6]

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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 "NEW SUBWAY LINK OPENED BY MAYOR; He Tells 15,000 in Brooklyn It Will Be Extended to Queens When Red Tape Is Cut". The New York Times. April 9, 1936. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. New York Times, Last Train is Run on Fulton St. 'El', June 1, 1940
  5. Marrero, Robert (January 1, 2017). "472 Stations, 850 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox . Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Downtown Brooklyn & Borough Hall" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.