Flushing Avenue station (IND Crosstown Line)
Flushing Avenue B57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1937[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 729,349[3] 16.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 346 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Flushing Avenue station is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Flushing and Union/Marcy Avenues in the boundary of Bedford–Stuyvesant and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it is served at all times by the G train.
History
This station opened on July 1, 1937, when the entire Crosstown Line was completed between
In 1984, after a series of robberies in the station, Pfizer, which has a plant located one block away from the station, installed four closed circuit TVs and talk-back boxes on the platforms, monitoring them from the Pfizer plant security area, reporting crimes to the local precinct and TA police. The installation was completed as part of the TA's Adopt-A-Station Program and cost $50,000. The TA added additional lighting in a stairwell and added an additional Off-Hours-Waiting Area. Shortly after the installation, several crimes were prevented.[4] As of 1990, the emergency system resulted in 14 arrests and 5 convictions. Pfizer also helped the MTA refurbish the Brooklyn-bound platform with high-entry turnstiles, security gates and new railings. New artwork was also added to the station.[5]
Under the 2015–2019
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
Mezzanine | Station agent, fare control, MetroCard machines | |
Basement 2 | Side platform | |
Northbound | ← toward Court Square (Broadway) | |
Southbound | toward Church Avenue (Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues) → | |
Side platform |
This underground station has two tracks and two
Both platforms have a light green trim line on a dark green border and mosaic name tablets reading "FLUSHING AVE." in white
Exits
The platforms each have one same-level
The station formerly had another exit at the north end as proven by one gated staircase on each platform going up. Directional signs indicate that this mezzanine and crossover, which are now used for storage and employee space, led to both southern corners of Walton Street and Union Avenue. Both staircases were eventually sealed, and the one to the southwestern corner was partly demolished during the construction of new buildings.
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.
- ^ Lalli, Alexia (September 21, 1984). "Memorandum Re: Briefing Memo - Flushing Avenue Adopt-A-Station Ceremony" (PDF). www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Farrell, Bill (February 16, 1990). "G, doesn't the station look great!". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ Whitford, Emma (January 8, 2016). "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- OCLC 1056711733.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Review of the G Line: Appendices" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Crosstown: Flushing Avenue
- Station Reporter — G Train
- The Subway Nut — Flushing Avenue Pictures
- Flushing Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platform from Google Maps Street View