Lafayette Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
Lafayette Avenue  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
South Portland Avenue & Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11217 (main station entrance) | ||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | Fort Greene | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°41′11″N 73°58′28″W / 40.686268°N 73.974466°WCoordinates: 40°41′11″N 73°58′28″W / 40.686268°N 73.974466°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||
| Line | IND Fulton Street Line | ||||||||
| Services |
A  (late nights) C  (all except late nights) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B25, B26, B52 | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | April 9, 1936[1] | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,631,737[2]  0.9% | ||||||||
| Rank | 293 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets: A C | ||||||||
| Next south |
Clinton–Washington Avenues: A C | ||||||||
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Lafayette Avenue 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.[1] The Lafayette Avenue El station, which was formerly above the current subway station, closed on May 31, 1940.[3]
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets) | |
| Northbound express | ← does not stop here | |
| Southbound express | → does not stop here → | |
| Southbound local | → toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (Clinton–Washington Avenues) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
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. Exits from the mezzanine are on Greene Avenue, South Portland Avenue, South Oxford Street, and Hanson Place. The name tiles at this station is composed of dull green tiles that read "Lafayette Ave." in sans serif.
South 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.[4]
The station is located very close to the Fulton Street station on the IND Crosstown Line. Passengers on northbound local trains can see the station on the right just after leaving Lafayette Avenue. There is an employee-only connection between the two stations via the subway tunnels.
Nearby points of interest
- Barclays Center
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
- Brooklyn Technical High School
- Fort Greene Park
- Irondale Center
- Mark Morris Dance Center
- MoCADA
References
- 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. 1936-04-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ New York Times, Last Train is Run on Fulton St. 'El', June 1, 1940
- ↑ Marrero, Robert (2015-09-13). "469 Stations, 846 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lafayette Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IND Fulton: Lafayette Avenue
- Station Reporter — C Train
- The Subway Nut — Lafayette Avenue Pictures
- Portland Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Oxford Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Hanson Place entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Greene Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View