Livonia Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)

Livonia Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Livonia Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Brownsville
Coordinates 40°39′49″N 73°54′02″W / 40.663745°N 73.90048°W / 40.663745; -73.90048Coordinates: 40°39′49″N 73°54′02″W / 40.663745°N 73.90048°W / 40.663745; -73.90048
Division B (BMT)
Line       BMT Canarsie Line
Services       L  (all times)
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened December 28, 1906 (1906-12-28)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 1,001,522[1] Increase 1.4%
Rank 366 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Sutter Avenue: L 
Next south New Lots Avenue: L 

Livonia Avenue is an elevated station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Livonia and Van Sinderen Avenues in Brownsville, Brooklyn,[2] it is served by the L train at all times.[3]

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Sutter Av
Unpowered service track
into Linden Shops
to New Lots Av
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← toward Eighth Avenue (Sutter Avenue)
Southbound → toward Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway (New Lots Avenue) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Exit/Entrance Pedestrian bridge over LIRR from southbound platform
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
Station house Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
A New Lots Avenue-bound 3 train of R62s passing above Livonia Avenue after leaving Junius Street.
Unstaffed entrance on the Canarsie-bound platform

This elevated station, opened on December 28, 1906 and renovated in 2005-2006, has two side platforms and two tracks.[4] Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies in their centers and barb wired fences at either ends. They are all supported by green frames.

The station's only entrance/exit is a ground-level station house directly underneath the platforms on the north side of the T-intersection of Van Sinderen and Livonia Avenues. It has a turnstile bank, token booth, and one staircase to each platform at the center. The Canarsie-bound platform has a secondary exit leading directly to the pedestrian bridge that contains two HEET turnstiles, an emergency gate, and a small staircase.

Right next to the station house is a pedestrian bridge that spans west above the adjacent and parallel Bay Ridge Branch of the Long Island Rail Road and leads to Junius Street, where the entrance to a station on the IRT New Lots Line is less than a block away. There is currently no free transfer between that station and Livonia Avenue. There are 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.[5] Money is allocated in the 2015–2019 Capital Program to build this transfer. Both stations will also be upgraded to become compliant with mobility accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[6] From January 2019 to at least July 2020, a free MetroCard-only transfer between the two stations will be provided due to a rehabilitation of the 14th Street Tunnel.[7][8]

The 2007 artwork here is called Seasons by Philemona Williamson. It consists of stained glass windows on the platform windscreens depicted events related to the four seasons of meteorology.[9][10]

Just south of this station is a spur branching off towards the Linden Shops & Yard. Another spur branches off of the IRT New Lots Line, which crosses over Livonia Avenue, and connects with track from the Canarsie Line before entering the yard. These spurs and the yard have no third rail and are used by New York City Transit diesel locomotives going to and from the facility.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  2. ↑ "Neighborhood Map Brownsville Ocean Hill East New York Remsen Village" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "L Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Marrero, Robert (2015-09-13). "469 Stations, 846 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  5. ↑ Eisinger, Dale W.; Rivoli, Dan (July 6, 2015). "Brooklyn official wants transfer at 2 nearby subway stations in East New York". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "MTA Capital Program 2016-2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand." (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 28, 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "The L Train Shutdown: Here's How to Commute Between Brooklyn and Manhattan". DNAinfo New York. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  8. ↑ Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (2016-07-25). "L Train Will Shut Down From Manhattan to Brooklyn in '19 for 18 Months". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  9. ↑ "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: Seasons (Philemona Williamson)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  10. ↑ "MTA - Arts & Design | NYCT Permanent Art". web.mta.info. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
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