Junius Street station

Coordinates: 40°39′49″N 73°54′05″W / 40.663615°N 73.90151°W / 40.663615; -73.90151
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 Junius Street
 
B14
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (1 not for passenger service)
Other information
OpenedNovember 22, 1920; 103 years ago (1920-11-22)
RebuiltOctober 5, 2016; 7 years ago (October 5, 2016) to June 19, 2017; 6 years ago (June 19, 2017)
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2023487,780[2] Increase 9.2%
Rank392 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Rockaway Avenue
2 limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction ​3 all except late nights ​4 late nights, and limited rush hour service in the peak direction ​5 limited a.m. rush hour service in the northbound direction only
toward Harlem–148th Street
 Pennsylvania Avenue
2 limited rush hour service in the peak direction ​3 all except late nights ​4 late nights and limited rush hour service in the peak direction
toward New Lots Avenue
Location
Junius Street station is located in New York City Subway
Junius Street station
Junius Street station is located in New York City
Junius Street station
Junius Street station is located in New York
Junius Street station
Track layout

Legend
to Rockaway Avenue
Unpowered service track
to
Linden Shops
to Pennsylvania Avenue
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

The Junius Street station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Junius Street and Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn,[3] it is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. During rush hours, occasional 2, 4 and 5 trains also stop here.[4]

History

The New Lots Line was built as a part of Contract 3 of the

Pennsylvania Avenue on December 24, 1920,[8] using its southbound platform.[9]: 129  The line was completed to New Lots Avenue on October 16, 1922,[8] with a two-car train running on the northbound track.[10] On October 31, 1924, through service to New Lots Avenue was begun.[10]

From October 5, 2016, to June 19, 2017, this station and Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road were closed for renovations.[11][12][13]

Transfer with Canarsie Line

Livonia Avenue
after leaving Junius Street.

The New Lots Line passes over the

MetroCard or OMNY. Passengers originally transferred between the two stations for an additional fare by using an overpass running parallel to the New Lots Line which allows pedestrians on Livonia Avenue to cross over the Long Island Rail Road's open-cut Bay Ridge Branch
.

In 2015, there were proposals to convert the overpass into a free-transfer passage between the two stations, due to increasing ridership and plans for additional housing in the area.

MetroCard-only transfer between the two stations was also provided during weekends and late nights as part of the reconstruction of the 14th Street Tunnel starting in April 2019[17][18] and introduced permanently in February 2020.[19] The 2020–2024 Capital Program added back funding for the project, with an allocation of $38.4 million;[20] by January 2020, only $400,000 of that amount had been spent on "pre-design" activities.[21] In February 2020, the MTA awarded a design–build contract to construct the free transfer and associated elevator upgrades.[22] In November 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $965 million contract for the installation of 21 elevators across eight stations,[23] including Junius Street.[24][25]: 81  A joint venture of ASTM and Halmar International would construct the elevators under a public-private partnership.[24][25]
: 80 

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Northbound ← "3" train toward Harlem–148th Street (Rockaway Avenue)
← "4" train toward Woodlawn late nights (Rockaway Avenue)
← "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (select rush hour trips) (Rockaway Avenue)
← "5" train toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (select rush hour trips) (Rockaway Avenue)
Center track → No passenger service
Southbound → "3" train ("4" train late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Pennsylvania Avenue) →
→ "2" train"4" train toward New Lots Avenue (select rush hour trips) (Pennsylvania Avenue) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Exit/entrance, MetroCard/OMNY connection to "L" train at Livonia Avenue
Entrance

There are two

Linden Shops.[26] Both platforms have beige windscreens and green canopies that run for the entire length.[27]

This station is the highest point on the New Lots Line, which rises here to pass over the BMT Canarsie Line. At Junius Street, a block from the station entrance, an overpass running parallel to the New Lots Line allows pedestrians on Livonia Avenue to cross over the Long Island Rail Road's open-cut Bay Ridge Branch. This overpass leads to the main entrance of the Livonia Avenue station on the BMT Canarsie Line.

Exits

Despite the station name, there are no actual entrances to this station on Junius Street; they were removed many years ago. The two street stairs to the station's only

mezzanine are a block away on the south side of Livonia Avenue between Powell and Sackman Streets.[3] The small, elevated mezzanine/station house beneath the tracks has a token booth, turnstile
bank, and two staircases to the center of each of the two side platforms.

In popular culture

A scene in the 2010 movie Brooklyn's Finest shows Ethan Hawke's character chasing a man up to the stairs of the Junius Street station.

In a scene from the 1992 movie

Just Another Girl on the IRT
, the main character is seen walking up the stairs, then is later seen on the elevated platform of this station.

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. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Neighborhood Map Brownsville" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  4. ^ *"2 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  5. ^ "Nearly 70 Track Miles to Be Added To Rapid Transit Facilities in 1920". Brooklyn Standard Union. December 28, 1919. Retrieved August 14, 2016 – via Fulton History.
  6. ^ "Differ Over Assessment Plans in Transit Projects: Eastern Parkway Subway and Livonia Avenue Extension the Cause of Bitter Dissension Among Property Owners Uptown". The Daily Standard Union. March 13, 1910. Retrieved August 14, 2016 – via Fulton History.
  7. ^ "Annual report. 1920-1921". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 53.
  9. ^ Annual Report. J.B. Lyon Company. 1922.
  10. ^ a b "IRT Brooklyn Line Opened 90 Years Ago". New York Division Bulletin. 53 (9). New York Division, Electric Railroaders' Association. September 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2016 – via Issu.
  11. ^ "ServiceAlert: As of 5 AM, the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd and Junius St stations have reopened for 3 and 4 subway service". @NYCTSubway. June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  12. ^ "Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, Junius St Stations on 3 Line Reopen". www.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  13. ^ "The Stations Were Closed for Renewal Work Since April". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 16, 2016. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  14. Daily News (New York)
    . Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  15. ^ "MTA Capital Program 2015-2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  16. ^ Martinez, Jose (May 2, 2019). "Free Subway Transfers Prove One 'L' of an Idea in Brooklyn". The City. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  19. ^ "Service information for L, M, G, 7, M14 SBS and free transfers". April 26, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  20. ^ "MTA Capital Program 2020-2024" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 20, 2019. p. 187. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  21. ^ Guse, Clayton (19 January 2020). "MTA to finally connect two Brooklyn subway stations where riders were double-charged for a century". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  22. ^ "New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting February 2020". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 24, 2020. pp. 179–181. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  23. ^ Nessen, Stephen (November 28, 2022). "MTA to spend more than $1B on accessibility upgrades". Gothamist. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  24. ^ a b Brachfeld, Ben (November 29, 2022). "MTA to spend $1 billion on subway, commuter rail accessibility upgrades". amNewYork. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  25. ^ a b "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting November 2022". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 29, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  26. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books
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  27. ^ Cox, Jeremiah. "Junius Street (3) - The SubwayNut". www.subwaynut.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.

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