Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

Coordinates: 40°40′36″N 73°51′56″W / 40.676635°N 73.86559°W / 40.676635; -73.86559
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For the demolished station actually at Grant Avenue and Liberty Avenue, see
Grant Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)
.

 Grant Avenue
 
Q8
StructureUnderground
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedApril 29, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-04-29)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20231,169,287[2] Increase 13.6%
Rank267 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Euclid Avenue
toward Inwood–207th Street
Local 		80th Street
toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue or Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Location
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York City Subway
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York City
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)
Track layout

Legend
to Euclid Avenue
to 80th Street
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The Grant Avenue station is a

City Line, Brooklyn, near the border between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens,[3][4] it is served by the A train at all times. The station is the line's easternmost stop in Brooklyn; the Fulton Street Line continues east into Queens via the Fulton Street Elevated.[4]

The funds to construct the Fulton Street Line east of

Euclid Avenue
opened in 1948. Funding to construct the Grant Avenue station was allocated in 1950, and the station opened in 1956.

History

Original plan

Southbound track

Grant Avenue was built as part of the extension of the

Pitkin Yard, but did not include a station at Grant Avenue.[7][8] By this time, the Board acquired private property on the east side of Grant Avenue for subway construction.[9] By 1941, the intersection of Pitkin and Grant Avenues was excavated for subway construction.[10] The opening of the East New York station, and completion of all stations east to Euclid Avenue that were then-under construction,[7][11] was halted in 1942 due to supply shortages from World War II.[7][12][13]

The extension of the line to Euclid Avenue opened in November 1948, six years late.

future subway extension via Pitkin Avenue.[16]: 143 [17][18][19]

Modified plans

By 1947, the plans were modified so the IND line would instead use the nearby

New York City Planning Commission approved funding for an extension of the IND Fulton Line east from Euclid Avenue to Grant Avenue.[29][30]

In late 1952, the Board of Transportation began construction on a connection between the IND and both the Fulton Elevated and the Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, which included a new underground Grant Avenue station.[31][32][33][34] The station opened on April 29, 1956, along with the connection to the Fulton Elevated east to Lefferts Boulevard. One month later, service to the Rockaways commenced via the old Rockaway Beach Branch, which had been converted to the IND Rockaway Line.[3][7][35][36][37] The station also replaced the former Grant Avenue station on the Fulton Elevated, which was closed and demolished.[3]

Station layout

Ground Street level Exit/entrance, station house, fare control, station agent
Platform level Westbound ← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Euclid Avenue)
← "A" Shuttle train late night shuttle toward Euclid Avenue (Terminus)
Island platform
Eastbound → "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue, Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard or Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (80th Street) →
→ "A" Shuttle train late night shuttle toward Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard (80th Street) →
Yard Tracks Yard track → No passenger service
Yard track → No passenger service
Street view of the only entrance to Grant Avenue station

This station has two tracks and one

Euclid Avenue to the west (railroad north).[39]

The column and wall tiles are textured light green, with "GRANT" in dark green letters going down vertically on columns and horizontally along the wall underneath the tile band; the tile band is set in a soldier course of dark green bordered by the same light green as the rest of the wall, albeit minus the textured surface.[3][40] When it opened, the Grant Avenue station featured fluorescent lighting, instead of the incandescent lights that were standard throughout the New York City Subway at the time.[3]

East of the station (or south, in terms of

80th Street station on Liberty Avenue. The two yard tracks are located under the station.[18]

Exit

The station's only entrance is a 1950s-style brick station-house at street level, located on the east side of Grant Avenue north of Pitkin Avenue.[4] Inside, there is a token booth, turnstile bank, fluorescent lights, newsstand, and three staircases to the platform.[3][41] The entrance is located next to a NYCDOT park and ride facility, signed as "Municipal Parking: Grant Avenue," that encompasses both sides of Grant Avenue.[42] Additional parking was formerly present on then-NYCT property across North Conduit Avenue, which has since been developed.[43]

References

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  31. ^ "Cashmore Hails Slum Clearance in Downtown Section". Brooklyn Eagle. Fultonhistory.com. October 16, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  32. ^ Noonan, Dan (August 13, 1954). "Asks Funds for New Boro Criminal Courts Building: Plan To Construct It at Smith and Atlantic". Brooklyn Eagle. Fultonhistory.com. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
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  41. ^ "Architectural Rendering of Grant Avenue Control Building: IND Fulton Line". New York City Transit Authority. August 11, 1954. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  42. ^ "Municipal Parking Facilities". nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
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