Norwood Avenue station
The Norwood Avenue station is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Norwood Avenue and Fulton Street in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn,[4] it is served by the Z train during rush hours in peak direction and the J at all other times.[5]
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Manhattan-bound J train at Norwood Avenue station in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Address | Norwood Avenue & Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11208 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Cypress Hills | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′54″N 73°52′45″W / 40.681582°N 73.879151°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Jamaica Line BMT Lexington Avenue Line (formerly) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Services | J (all except rush hours, peak direction) Z (rush hours, peak direction) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Transit | NYCT Bus: Q24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 30, 1893[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | 948,571[3] 1.9% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 370 out of 424[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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History Edit
This station was opened on May 30, 1893 as part of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad's four stop extension of the Lexington Avenue Line to Cypress Hills.[2]
From July 18, 2005 to March 13, 2006 this station was closed for rehabilitation. As part of the rehabilitation project, the stairs were rehabilitated, the floors were renewed, major structural repairs were made, new canopies were installed, the area around the station booth was reconfigured, the platform edge strips were replaced, walls were replaced, and a high-quality public address system was installed.[6][7] The renovation cost $8.40 million.[8]
In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[9]
Station layout Edit
| Platform level | Westbound | ← toward Broad Street (Cleveland Street) ← AM rush toward Broad Street (Van Siclen Avenue) ← AM rush does not stop here |
| Island platform | ||
| Eastbound | toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Crescent Street) → PM rush toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Crescent Street) → PM rush does not stop here → | |
| Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines | |
| Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
This elevated station has two tracks and one island platform.[10] The platform has a short red canopy with green frames and support columns at the east (railroad north) end and silver lampposts and black station sign structures for the rest of the length.
The 2007 artwork here is called "Culture Swirl" by Margaret Lazetta, It consists of stained glass artwork of various images on the platform sign structures, as of March 2022, The artwork has been covered up with green pained wood for reasons unknown.[11][12]
Joint service with the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch existed between Norwood Avenue and Crescent Street stations with a connection built at Chestnut Street in Brooklyn. This allowed BRT trains to access the Rockaways and Manhattan Beach while affording the LIRR a connection into Manhattan to the BRT terminal located at Park Row over the Brooklyn Bridge (this service predated the opening of the East River Tunnels to Penn Station). This service ended in 1917 when the United States Railroad Administration took over the LIRR, and classified different operating standards between rapid transit trains and regular heavy rail railroads such as the LIRR.[13]: 59
Exit Edit
The station's only entrance/exit is a station house connected to the platform at the extreme east end. It has a bank of three turnstiles, token booth, and one staircase going down to an elevated passageway beneath the tracks, where two staircases go down to either eastern corners of Norwood Avenue and Fulton Street.[4]
References Edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Trains Running This Morning The Elevated Road to Cypress Hills Still in Operation". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 30, 1893. p. 10. Retrieved October 2, 2016 – via Brooklyn Newspapers.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ a b "Neighborhood Map East New York Cypress Hills Woodhaven New Lots" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ "J/Z Subway Timetable, Effective July 2, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ (PDF). mta,info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2005. Archived from the original on December 20, 2005. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 2006. Archived from the original on February 10, 2006. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ^ "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". MTA. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
- ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- ^ "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: Culture Swirl (Margaret Lanzetta)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ "MTA - Arts & Design | NYCT Permanent Art". web.mta.info. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ ERA Headlights. Electric Railroaders Association. 1956.
External links Edit
- nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Norwood Avenue
- Station Reporter —
- The Subway Nut — Norwood Avenue Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit —
- Norwood Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platform from Google Maps Street View