Flushing Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line)

Flushing Avenue
Flushing Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	Flushing Avenue & Broadway; Brooklyn, NY 11206
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates	40°42′02″N 73°56′31″W / 40.700683°N 73.941979°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J (all times except weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., peak direction); M (all times except late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B15, B43, B46, B47, B57
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888; 135 years ago
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,614,503 9%
Rank	201 out of 423
Station succession
Next east	Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next
Next west	Template:NYCS next
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction

Flushing Avenue is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Flushing Avenue and Broadway in Brooklyn, it is served by the J train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction and the M train at all times except late nights. The Z train skips this station when it operates.

History

The Union Elevated Railroad, leased to the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad, opened an elevated line above Broadway from Gates Avenue northwest to Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg on June 25, 1888. As part of the new line, the Flushing Avenue station was opened.^[5] This was a branch of the existing Lexington Avenue Elevated, which then ended at Van Siclen Avenue; Broadway trains ran between Driggs and Van Siclen Avenues.^[6]

Station layout

Track layout

Legend

					to Myrtle Av






					to Lorimer St

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound local^[7]	← toward Broad Street (Lorimer Street) ← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays, Essex Street weekends (Lorimer Street)
	Peak-direction express	← do not stop here weekday mornings ← do not stop here weekday afternoons →
	Eastbound local^[7]	→ toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Myrtle Avenue) → → toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (Myrtle Avenue) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines Elevator at southwest corner of Flushing Avenue and Broadway
Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits

This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks. The center track is used by the J and Z trains in the peak direction weekday midday and rush hours. Both platforms have beige windscreens with red canopies supported by green frames and support columns along the entire length. The station signs are in the standard black plate with white lettering.

The 2006 artwork here is called Migration by Robin Holder. It features stained glass windows on the platform windscreens and station house.

Exits

There are two sets of entrance/exits at the station. One is located at an elevated station house beneath the tracks, which has two staircases from either southern corners of Flushing Avenue and Broadway, token booth, turnstile bank, a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, and a single staircase to each platform at their extreme north end. Each staircase landing has an exit-only turnstile to allow passengers to exit the station without having to go through the station house.^[8] Three elevators were installed in Fall 2003 to make this station ADA accessible due to its proximity to Woodhull Hospital. One of them is at the southwest corner of Broadway and Flushing Avenue and goes up to the adjacent staircase balcony. The other two go up to the platforms from the staircase landing.^[9]

The other set of entrance/exit are stairs located at the south ends of each platform. These stairs lead to Fayette Street. There was formerly another station house at this end, but it was removed. These stairs were closed in the 1980s due to high crime,^[10]^[11]^[12] but were reopened in July 2017 to address potential capacity constraints from shuttle bus transfers due to reconstruction on the Myrtle Avenue Line and the 14th Street Tunnel.^[13]^[14]

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.
^ "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6.
^ ^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.
^ "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
^ "Trains Running This Morning". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 30, 1893. p. 10. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
^ ^a ^b This is a wrong-way concurrency in railroad direction.
^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
^ "Accessible Stations in the MTA Network". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
^ Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
^ Hinds, Kate; Palazzolo, Alan (November 10, 2015). "No Exit: What Closed Subway Entrances Have to Do with Delays and Crowding". WNYC (AM). Retrieved July 4, 2016.
^ "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "First Look: DOT, MTA present initial plans for L train shutdown". December 13, 2017.

External links

nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Flushing Avenue
Station Reporter — J Train
Station Reporter — M Train
The Subway Nut — Flushing Avenue Pictures
MTA's Arts For Transit — Flushing Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)
Flushing Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-1] "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.

[2] "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6.

[riderref-3] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[4] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[Driggs-5] "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved February 18, 2018.

[:0-6] "Trains Running This Morning". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 30, 1893. p. 10. Retrieved February 18, 2018.

[direction-7] This is a wrong-way concurrency in railroad direction.

[MTANeighborhood-Williamsburg-2015-8] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsburg & Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

[9] "Accessible Stations in the MTA Network". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

[AMny-BMTJamaicaentrances-Oct2015-10] Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

[AMNY-NYCS-NoExit-Nov2015-11] Hinds, Kate; Palazzolo, Alan (November 10, 2015). "No Exit: What Closed Subway Entrances Have to Do with Delays and Crowding". WNYC (AM). Retrieved July 4, 2016.

[WNYC-ClosedSubwayEntrances-12] "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

[13] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[14] "First Look: DOT, MTA present initial plans for L train shutdown". December 13, 2017.

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v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Nassau Street Local	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport 121st Street 111th Street 104th Street Woodhaven Boulevard 85th Street–Forest Parkway 75th Street–Elderts Lane Cypress Hills Crescent Street Norwood Avenue Cleveland Street Van Siclen Avenue Alabama Avenue Broadway Junction Chauncey Street Halsey Street Gates Avenue Kosciuszko Street Myrtle Avenue Flushing Avenue Lorimer Street Hewes Street Marcy Avenue Essex Street Bowery Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street Broad Street
Queens Boulevard/ Sixth Avenue Local	Forest Hills–71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street Queens Plaza Court Square–23rd Street Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Fifth Avenue/53rd Street 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Essex Street Marcy Avenue Hewes Street Lorimer Street Flushing Avenue Myrtle Avenue Central Avenue Knickerbocker Avenue Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Seneca Avenue Forest Avenue Fresh Pond Road Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.