Greenpoint Avenue station
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||||||
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| Address | Greenpoint Avenue & Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222 | ||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
| Locale | Greenpoint | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′49″N 73°57′15″W / 40.730153°N 73.954296°W | ||||||
| Division | B (IND)[1] | ||||||
| Line | IND Crosstown Line | ||||||
| Services | G  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit |  NYCT Bus: B24, B43, B62 NYC Ferry: East River Route (at India Street west of West Street) | ||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
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| Opened | August 19, 1933[2] | ||||||
| Accessible | not ADA-accessible; currently undergoing renovations for ADA access | ||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| 2023 | 2,457,616[3]  17.4% | ||||||
| Rank | 140 out of 423[3] | ||||||
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| Next north | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
| Next south | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
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Greenpoint Avenue is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenues in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, it is served by the G train at all times.
History
Greenpoint Avenue opened as part of the first phase of the IND Crosstown Line, with service south to Nassau Avenue in Brooklyn. This station opened on August 19, 1933.[2]
As part of the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program, elevators will be added to the platforms and street, which would make the station fully compliant with accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[5][6][7] Construction would start in September 2018 and be completed by December 2020.[8] There would be three elevators: one from the mezzanine to street level, on the eastern side of Manhattan Avenue north of Greenpoint Avenue, and one to each platform. The project is expected to cost $23.4 million.[9]
Station layout
| Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
| Mezzanine | Station agent, fare control, MetroCard machines  Elevator at northeast corner of Greenpoint Avenue and Manhattan Avenue
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| Basement 2 | Side platform
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| Northbound | ← toward Court Square (21st Street)
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| Southbound | toward Church Avenue (Nassau Avenue) →
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This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms.[10] Both platforms have a green trim line on a black border and name tablets reading "GREENPOINT AVE." in white sans serif font on a black background and green border. Directly below the trim line are name captions reading "GREENPT" in white lettering on a black background, shortened due to the length of "GREENPOINT." Directional signs are below the name tablets and green columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate in white lettering.[2]
This is the northernmost station on the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. To the north, the line goes under Newtown Creek into Long Island City, Queens.
Exits
The station's full-time entrance/exit is at the south end, which is the more heavily used of the station's two entry-exit points. The large mezzanine above the platforms and tracks has three staircases to each side with directional mosaics reading "Brooklyn" and "L. I. City and Jamaica" and green columns. Outside the turnstile bank, there is a token booth and three staircases going up to all corners of Manhattan and Greenpoint Avenues except the northeast one.[10][11] G trains, which are about half the length of the 600-foot (180 m) platform, stop near the south end of the station.[10][12]
Both platforms have an unstaffed, same-level fare control area at their north ends. Each side has one exit-only turnstile, two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles, and one staircase going up to the south side of India Street and Manhattan Avenue. The one on the Queens-bound side goes up to the southeast corner while the one on the Church Avenue-bound side goes up to the southwest corner.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (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 c "Two Subway Units Open At Midnight; Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations" (PDF). The New York Times. August 18, 1933. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "MTA Capital Program 2015-2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 28, 2015. p. 61. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ "Funding For Subway Station ADA-Accessibility Approved". www.mta.info. April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "MTA 2017 Preliminary Budget July Financial Plan 2017 –2020 Volume 2" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ https://new.mta.info/document/15766 pdf page 16
- ^ "Press Release - NYC Transit - ADA Accessibility Coming to Greenpoint Av Subway Station". MTA. July 23, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Review of the G Line: Appendices" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Greenpoint" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ^ "Review of the G Line" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Crosstown: Greentpoint Avenue
- Station Reporter — G Train
- The Subway Nut — Greenpoint Avenue Pictures
- Greenpoint Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- India Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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