Flushing Avenue station (IND Crosstown Line)

For the station at Flushing Avenue & Broadway, see Flushing Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line).

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.

Flushing Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Mosaic and curve of northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Flushing Avenue & Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11206
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford–Stuyvesant, Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°41′59″N 73°57′01″W / 40.699739°N 73.950176°W / 40.699739; -73.950176
Division	B (IND)^[1]
Line	IND Crosstown Line
Services	G  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B57
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1937; 86 years ago (1937-07-01)^[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2022	624,004^[4]  11.7%
Rank	353 out of 423^[4]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Broadway toward Court Square Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues toward Church Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Broadway to Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

This station opened on July 1, 1937, when the entire Crosstown Line was completed between Nassau Avenue and its connection to the IND Culver Line. On this date, the GG was extended in both directions to Smith–Ninth Streets and Forest Hills–71st Avenue.^[2]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Under the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program, this station, along with 32 others, would have undergone a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative. Updates would have included cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories and maps, and improved signage and station lighting.^[7][8] However, most of these renovations are being deferred until the 2020–2024 Capital Program due to a lack of funding.^[9]

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 side platforms.^[10] The G stops at the station at all times.^[11] The station is between Broadway to the north and Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues to the south.^[12]

Both platforms have a light green trim line on a dark green border and mosaic name tablets reading "FLUSHING AVE." in white sans serif lettering on a dark green background and light green border. Underneath the trim line and name tablets are tile captions and direction signs in white lettering on a black background. The tiles were part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND.^[13] The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from Lower Manhattan. Because the Crosstown Line does not merge into a line that enters Manhattan at either end, all stations on the line had green tiles.^[14][15] Yellow I-beams run along both platforms are regular intervals, alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

Exits

 

Northbound stair

The platforms each have one same-level fare control area at their south ends and there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow a free transfer between directions. Each area has a turnstile bank, two full height turnstiles (one exit-only and the other high entry/exit), token booth, and one staircase to the street.^[16] The one on the southbound side goes up to the southwest corner of Flushing and Marcy Avenues while the one on the Queens-bound side goes up to the northeast corner of Union Avenue (which becomes Marcy Avenue at the intersection of Flushing Avenue) and Gerry Street (which begins diagonally at the aforementioned intersection).^[16][17] The turnstile bank and token booth on the southbound platform is only open on weekdays and the two full height turnstiles provide entrance to and exit from the station at other times.

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

1. "Glossary". (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. "New Crosstown Subway Line Is Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1937. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
3. "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
4. "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
5. 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.
6. Farrell, Bill (February 16, 1990). "G, doesn't the station look great!". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
7. Whitford, Emma (January 8, 2016). . Gothamist. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
8. "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
9. Berger, Paul (April 3, 2018). "New York Subway Cuts Back Plans to Renovate Stations". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
10. Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
11. "G Subway Timetable, Effective July 2, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
12. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
13. "Tile Colors a Guide in the New Subway; Decoration Scheme Changes at Each Express Stop to Tell Riders Where They Are". The New York Times. August 22, 1932. ISSN 0362-4331. from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
14. Carlson, Jen (February 18, 2016). "Map: These Color Tiles In The Subway System Used To Mean Something". Gothamist. from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
15. Gleason, Will (February 18, 2016). "The hidden meaning behind the New York subway's colored tiles". Time Out New York. from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
16. "Review of the G Line: Appendices" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
17. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flushing Avenue (IND Crosstown Line).

• nycsubway.org – IND Crosstown: Flushing Avenue
• Station Reporter —
• The Subway Nut — Flushing Avenue Pictures
• Flushing Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View