User:Kew Gardens 613/List of New York City Subway closed mezzanines and platform staircases

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Station Division Line Borough Mezzanine location Exits Ridership (2017)[1] Ridership rank out of 425 (2017)[1] Separate mezzanine? ADA Accessible?
Tremont Avenue B (IND) Concourse Line The Bronx Middle portion of full-length mezzanine None No No
Atlantic Avenue B (BMT) Canarsie Line Brooklyn Exit to southeastern corner of East New York Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue[2] (1) 557,103 403 No
Broadway B (IND) Crosstown Line Brooklyn
  • Northern portion of full-length mezzanine
  • Upper level mezzanine (above unfinished station)

Northern portion of full-length mezzanine:

  • Northwestern corner of Johnson Avenue and Union Avenue.
  • All corners of South 5th Street/Montrose Avenue and Union Avenue except southwestern corner.

Upper level mezzanine:

  • Both northern corners of South 4th Street/Meserole Street and Union Avenue.
1,385,797 312 No No
Broadway Junction B (BMT/IND) Jamaica Line Brooklyn Western mezzanine. Exits to Eastern Parkway and Broadway. 2,911,532 179 Yes No; planned
Chauncey Street B (BMT) Jamaica Line Brooklyn Eastern mezzanine. 1,095,638 340 Yes No
DeKalb Avenue B (BMT) Fourth Avenue Line
Brighton Line
Brooklyn Northern portion of southern mezzanine. Exit to 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension
  • Likely closed in 1991[3]
  • Temporarily reopened in 2003 during the station's renovation
  • Now DeKalb Tower.
No Yes
Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum A (IRT) Eastern Parkway Line Brooklyn Western mezzanine. Emergency exit. 1,530,635 301 Yes In progress
Flushing Avenue B (IND) Crosstown Line Brooklyn Mezzanine at northern end of station. Exits to southern corners of Walton Street and Union Avenue.
  • May have been closed in 1984 as Pfizer provided funding for improvements as part of the Adopt-A-Station Program
849,840 378 Yes No
Gates Avenue B (BMT) Jamaica Line Brooklyn Eastern mezzanine. 2,262,915 219 Yes No
Halsey Street Western mezzanine. 2,131,177 233 Yes No
Jay Street–MetroTech B (IND/BMT) Fulton Street Line
Culver Line
Brooklyn Southern mezzanine. Exits to both southern corners of Fulton Street and Smith Street[4][5] 13,007,176 22 Yes Yes
Junius Street A (IRT) New Lots Line Brooklyn Eastern mezzanine. Exits to both western corners of Junius Street and Livonia Avenue 298,119 417 Yes No; planned
Kosciuszko Street B (BMT) Jamaica Line Brooklyn Western mezzanine. 1,979,192 248 Yes No
Nostrand Avenue B (IND) Fulton Street Line Brooklyn Mezzanine at western end of station. Exits to both eastern corners of Bedford Avenue and Fulton Street (2)[6][7][8]
  • Did not open until 1950 (14 years after the station opened). The entrances were boarded up, and were only opened after a fight by the Bedford-Stuyvesant Neighborhood Council. After the decision to open it was announced, turnstiles and a change booth were installed in the entrance.[9]
  • Possibly closed in 1991.[3]
  • Reopening of mezzanine or closed exits at at Arlington Place recommended, but would require elevators and funding
5,823,419 76 Yes No
Ralph Avenue B (IND) Fulton Street Line Brooklyn Eastern portion of full-length mezzanine. Exits to both western corners of Howard Avenue and Fulton Street
  • Closed in 1991[10]
  • Staircase on the southwestern corner removed between 2014 and 2016.[11][12][13]
1,894,817 258 No No
Seventh Avenue B (BMT) Brighton Line Brooklyn Southern mezzanine. Exits to both northern corners of Sterling Place and Flatbush Avenue (2)[14][15][16]: 627 [17] 5,105,535 90 No
Sutter Avenue B (BMT) Canarsie Line Brooklyn Northern mezzanine. Exits to Belmont Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue (3)[18] 1,394,283 311 Yes No
York Street B (IND) Sixth Avenue Line Brooklyn Eastern mezzanine. Exits to Sands Street or east of Sands Street.
  • Visible in ceiling near the conductor's position, or from two sets of steel doors around open entrance
  • Closed sometime after World War II.
3,172,717 164 Yes No
59th Street–Columbus Circle A (IRT)/

B (IND)

Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line

Eighth Avenue Line

Manhattan Northern mezzanine. Exit to northwestern corner of 61st Street and Central Park West; stair S6 (1)
  • Had four staircases to the two IND platforms.
  • Was operated part-time, closing at nights, consisted of a high exit turnstile, and was used by 2400 daily passengers
  • Closed in the 1990s along with the reopening of S2 at 60th Street for an expansion of the Transit Police District Command; proposed at a public hearing in October 1992. It was located in a remote unmonitored portion of the station, making safety an added consideration for its closure.[19]
22,929,203 8 Yes Yes
125th Street B (IND) Eighth Avenue Line Manhattan Southern fourth of full-length mezzanine. Exits to southeastern and northwestern corners of 124th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue
Second-to-northernmost fourth of full-lenfth mezzanine. Exits to southeastern and northwestern corners of 126th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue[20]
9,335,382 32 No Yes
145th Street B (IND) Concourse Line

Eighth Avenue Line

Manhattan Central portion of full-length mezzanine. Exit to northwestern corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and 146th Street (1)[21][22] 7,714,122 48 No No
155th Street B (IND) Eighth Avenue Line Manhattan Southern portion of full-length mezzanine. Exits to both southern corners of 153rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. 887,427 373 No No
163rd Street Manhattan Northern portion of full-length mezzanine. Exits to both southern corners of 163rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. 1,437,340 310 No No
168th Street A (IRT)

B (IND)

Eighth Avenue Line Manhattan Southern portion of full-length mezzanine. Exits to:
  • Southeastern corner of 167th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue
  • West side of St. Nicholas Avenue at 167th Street
  • To be reopened pending funding[20]
  • May have been closed in 1991[10]
7,945,871 45 No Partially (IND only)
155th Street B (IND) Concourse Line Manhattan Western mezzanine. No No
Bowery B (BMT) Nassau Street Line Manhattan Western mezzanine. Exits to both western corners of Kenmare Street and Bowery[24] 1,327,970 321 Yes No
Broadway/Lafayette Street/

Bleecker Street

B (IND)

A (IRT)

Sixth Avenue Line Manhattan Western mezzanine. Exits to:
  • Both western corners of Broadway and Houston Street
  • Northeastern corner of Houston Street and Mercer Street
11,956,465 24 Yes Yes
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  6. ^ "1241-43 Bedford Avenue".
  7. ^ "1245-51 Bedford Avenue".
  8. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  9. ^ "Free Transfers, New Subway Exit Won for Bedford". New York Daily News. June 16, 1950. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
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  11. ^ "SW corner of Howard and Fulton 2014". Google Maps. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  12. ^ "SW FULTON HOWARD 2016". Google Maps. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  13. ^ "Howard exit".
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  15. ^ Muessig, Ben (April 16, 2009). "Park Slope to MTA: Unseal our long-lost subway entrances". The Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  16. ^ Documents of the Senate of the State of New York Legislature One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Session 1915 Volume 36 Number 69 Part 1. Vol. 36. New York State Senate. 1915.
  17. ^ https://twitter.com/west_4th/status/967065325958246400
  18. ^ https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6696407,-73.9019796,3a,75y,329.02h,99.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8t48O_7GyOSqOwany_xi2w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
  19. ^ * NYC Transit Committee Agenda September 1994. New York City Transit. September 16, 1994. pp. D.70.
  20. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference MTA-ReviewAC-2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  21. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  22. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
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  24. ^ Anastasio, Joseph (September 4, 2013). "Abandoned Station Entrance: Bowery". LTV Squad. Retrieved February 21, 2019.