Broadway station (IND Crosstown Line)
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Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1937[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 1,112,371[3] 11.7% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 285 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Broadway station is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Broadway and Union Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it is served at all times by the G train.
History
This opened on July 1, 1937, as part of the extension of the Crosstown Line from
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
Mezzanine | Station agent, fare control, MetroCard machines (unfinished South Fourth Street station) | |
Basement 2 | Side platform | |
Northbound | ← toward Court Square (Metropolitan Avenue) | |
Southbound | toward Church Avenue (Flushing Avenue) → | |
Side platform |
This underground station has two tracks and two
The platforms have a light green trim line with a black border and mosaic name tablets reading "BROADWAY" in white sans-serif lettering on a black background and light green border. The tiles were part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND.[7] 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.[8][9] The I-beam columns in the entire station are dark grey-blue, with alternating ones on the platforms having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.
Small station signs underneath the trim line read "BROADWAY" in white lettering on a black background. One of the icon tiles on the northbound platform was incorrectly spelled as "BRODAWAY"; this mistake may have been part of the station's original tilework.
Exits
The station has a small
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The station previously had a full-length mezzanine. However, the northern half was closed to the public, and parts of it currently hold offices while the rest of the mezzanine is used for storage space.[15] The mezzanine had a street stair to the northwestern corner of Johnson Avenue and Union Avenue, and a small upper landing with street stair to all corners of South 5th Street, Montrose Avenue, and Union Avenue except for the southwestern corner.
Free transfer
The
Despite the lack of a free transfer, temporary free transfers have been offered during construction or service disruptions.[16] A transfer was provided from July 25, 2014, to September 2, 2014, between Lorimer Street and this station, due to the closure of the IND Crosstown Line under the Newtown Creek for tunnel repairs.[16][19][20] A free transfer using a MetroCard between Broadway and Lorimer Street stations was provided during the 14th Street Tunnel shutdown from April 2019 until May 31, 2020, during weekends and late nights.[21] A temporary free MetroCard transfer to and from the Hewes Street station was also made available.[22] These two transfers were honored through the end of May 2020, even though L train tunnel work was completed on April 26.[23][24]
Unfinished station
The north end of the Broadway station has been blocked by false walls. This northern third of the platform level area consists of passages that would have served as transfers to an unfinished station on a level directly above the Crosstown Line tracks (provisionally called South Fourth Street or Union Avenue). The unfinished station was built as part of
The station is a semi-complete shell with four
The closed mezzanine area of the Broadway station has stairs at its north end to an upper level mezzanine directly above the unfinished station. This mezzanine has stairs leading to the northern corners of the intersection of South 4th Street, Meserole Street, and Union Avenue.[15] However, it has no stairs leading to the unfinished station itself. Like the closed mezzanine area of the Broadway station, the upper level mezzanine is used for storage.
In 2010, dozens of street artists created murals on the walls of the unfinished station over the course of 18 months, collectively called "the Underbelly Project", without clearance from the MTA. Afterwards, the MTA removed access to the transfer passage on the northbound platform at Broadway and replaced dilapidated fencing blocking closed areas with cinderblock walls.[29][30]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1937. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ a b "Review of the G Line: Appendices" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ "G Subway Timetable, Effective July 2, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Daily News. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- ^ a b "Subway Tile Sign Has Old Misspelling". NY1. February 10, 2009. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- ^ a b c Dunlap, David W. (December 29, 2011). "They Say the Noen Lights Are Bright on Brodaway". The New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ a b Macleod, Dan (January 6, 2012). "It's 'Brodaway' — get used to it!". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-82325-369-2.
- ^ a b c "Review of the G Line" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- DNAinfo.com. Archived from the originalon August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
- ^ Miller, Shane (July 1, 2004). "Let Us Take a Free Swipe". Greenpoint Star. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005. Retrieved January 17, 2007.
- ^ "Free transfer set to expire between G train and J/M lines in Brooklyn". New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV. August 28, 2014.
- ^ Donohue, Pete (May 14, 2014). "MTA will allow free transfers for G train riders to J or M trains at Lorimer St. stop during work on Greenpoint Tube this summer". NY Daily News. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- ^ Hogan, Gwynne; Tcholakian, Danielle (July 25, 2016). "The L Train Shutdown: Here's How to Commute Between Brooklyn and Manhattan". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ New York City Transit Authority (July 2018). "MTA New York City Transit Canarsie Tunnel Project Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Section 4(f) Review: Final Report" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. p. 16. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ "Service information for L, M, G, 7, M14 SBS and free transfers". Metropolitan Transit Authority. April 26, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ Guse, Clayton (June 1, 2020). "MTA ends free transfer between overlapping Brooklyn subway stations". New York Daily News. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-642-30484-2.
- ^ Brennan, Joseph. "IND Second System unfinished stations". Abandoned Stations. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ^ "Archived copy". ltvsquad.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Project for Expanded Rapid Transit Facilities, New York City Transit System, dated July 5, 1939
- ^ Rees, Jasper (October 31, 2010). "'Underbelly Project' Hidden Art Show in Abandoned Subway Station". The New York Times.
- ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. (November 11, 2010). "Underbelly Project Visitors at Ghost Subway Station Risk Arrest". The New York Times.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Crosstown: Broadway
- Station Reporter — G Train
- Hopetunnel.org — South 4th Street station shell
- Abandoned Stations — IND Second System unfinished stations
- The Subway Nut — Broadway Pictures Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View