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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = East 105 Street
| image = East 105th Street Station.jpg
| image_caption = Platform view; the station house at East 105th Street is in the background
| address = East 105th Street &amp; Farragut Road<br>Brooklyn, New York
| borough = [[Brooklyn]]
| locale = [[Canarsie, Brooklyn|Canarsie]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40.651308|N|73.899021|W|display=inline,title}}
| division = BMT
| line = [[BMT Canarsie Line]]
| service = Canarsie
| connection = 
| platforms = 1 [[island platform]]
| tracks = 3 (1 not for passenger service)
| structure = At-grade
| open_date = {{start date and age|1906|July|28|mf=yes}}
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line=Canarsie|left=New Lots Avenue|right=Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}
| layout = {{Routemap|inline=y
|legend=track
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The '''East 105th Street station''' is a grade-level [[metro station|station]] on the [[BMT Canarsie Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Located near East 105th Street between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road in [[Canarsie, Brooklyn]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B7_Brownsville_2015.pdf|title=Neighborhood Map Brownsville Ocean Hill East New York Remsen Village|date=2015|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=October 2, 2016}}</ref> it is served by the [[L (New York City Subway service)|L]] train at all times.<ref>{{NYCS const|timetable|l}}</ref>

==History==
This opened on July 28, 1906 as a replacement for a former station along a [[steam dummy]] line known as the [[Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The station was rebuilt twice: in the 1970s and in 2005. The latter renovation cost $9.66 million.<ref>{{Cite report|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/budget/pdf/adopted06/MTA%202006%20Adopted%20Budget%20-%20February%20Financial%20Plan%20-%20Part%203.pdf|title=MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3|date=2006|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|page=46|access-date=March 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524004440/http://web.mta.info/mta/budget/pdf/adopted06/MTA%202006%20Adopted%20Budget%20-%20February%20Financial%20Plan%20-%20Part%203.pdf|archive-date=May 24, 2019}}</ref>

==Station layout==
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2|'''Mezzanine'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400|Fare control, station agent
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=6 width=50 valign=top|'''Ground'''<br>Platform level
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|<span style=color:#{{rcr|NYCS}}>'''''Yard lead'''''</span>
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|No passenger service
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|<span style=color:#{{rcr|NYCS|gray}}>'''Westbound'''</span>
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rint|newyork|L}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Eighth Avenue|Canarsie}} <small>({{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Canarsie/previous}})</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-top:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Island platform]]}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<span style=color:#{{rcr|NYCS|gray}}>'''Eastbound'''</span>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|L}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway}} <small>({{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Canarsie/next}})</small> →
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Street level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Exit/entrance
|}
[[File:East 105th Street former grade crossing with Canarsie Line.JPG|thumb|left|220px|Site of former grade crossing at the station]]

This grade-level station has three tracks and a narrow [[island platform]]. The platform, which only has one single-sided bench, serves the middle track (Manhattan-bound) and northern one (Rockaway Parkway-bound). The southernmost track is a stub-end track that leads to the [[Canarsie Yard]].<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref>

The only [[grade crossing]] of the subway system was located at where East 105th Street crossed the Canarsie Line.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/07/24/archives/yes-city-transit-system-has-a-grade-crossing-city-lets-canarsie.html|title=Yes, City Transit System Has a Grade Crossing; City Lets Canarsie Retain Gates At Sole Transit System Crossing|last=Bennett|first=Charles G.|date=July 24, 1959|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 29, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It was located at the site of the current station house. The crossing was eliminated on August 5, 1973.<ref>{{cite news |title=Last Grade Crossing on Subway System Is Closed |pages=28 |work=The New York Times |date=August 6, 1973 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/06/archives/last-grade-crossing-on-subway-system-is-closed-canarsie-towerman.html?emc=eta1 |access-date=January 2, 2007}}</ref><ref name="NYCTA-Facts-1979">{{cite web|title=New York City Transit Facts & Figures: 1979|url=http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/FILES_DOC/WAGNER_FILES/06.021.0058.060284.11.PDF#page=18|website=[[La Guardia and Wagner Archives]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], [[New York City Transit Authority]]|access-date=October 24, 2016|date=1979}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=New York City Transit's Facts & Figures Celebrating 90 Years of Subway Service 1904–1994|publisher=New York City Transit|year=1994|pages=4}}</ref> The grade crossing elimination was part of the construction of the [[Flatlands Industrial Park]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/06/archives/flatlands-industrial-park-year-old-making-strides-flatlands-park.html|title=Flatlands Industrial Park, Year Old, Making Strides|last=Fowler|first=Glenn|date=September 6, 1970|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 29, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The MTA still lists the station being at Turnbull Avenue, a dirt road which once ran along the tracks but no longer exists.<ref>[http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/tlcur.pdf L Train timetable]</ref> A part of Turnbull Avenue, directly northeast of the station, is still extant as a driveway that runs to the southeast of the line from Stanley Avenue/East 108th Street to just short of the East 105th Street station's station house.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2008/07/canarsie-brooklyn-part-1/|title=CANARSIE, Brooklyn Part 1 - Forgotten New York|website=forgotten-ny.com|date=July 28, 2008 |access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>

The artwork here is called ''Crescendo'' by Michael Ingui. Installed during a 2007 renovation, it consists of stained glass windows near the staircases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Artwork:_Crescendo_(Michael_Ingui)|title=www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: Crescendo (Michael Ingui)|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-arts-transit-and-artist-michael-ingui-receive-brooklyn-chamber|title=MTA {{!}} Press Release {{!}} MTA Headquarters {{!}} MTA Arts for Transit and Artist Michael Ingui Receive Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Award|website=www.mta.info|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> The renovation also resulted in a short canopy being installed above the platform. There is a substation just south of the station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://subwaynut.com/bmt/e_105l/index.php|title=East 105 Street (L) - The SubwayNut|last=Cox|first=Jeremiah|website=subwaynut.com|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>

===Exits===
The station's only exit and entrance is via a [[station building|station house]] directly above the platform and tracks at their extreme east ([[railroad directions|railroad north]]) end. A staircase from the platform goes up to a waiting area, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases, each going down to both dead-ends of East 105th Street.<ref name=maps>{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Brownsville|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B7_Brownsville_2015.pdf|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=July 19, 2015|date=2015}}</ref>

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== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|East 105th Street (BMT Canarsie Line)}}
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?203:1194|BMT Canarsie Line|East 105th Street}}
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630222246/http://www.stationreporter.net/ltrain.htm L Train]
* The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/e_105l/index.php East 105th Street Pictures]
* MTA's Arts For Transit — [https://web.archive.org/web/20101106173104/http://www.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=L&station=1 East 105th Street (BMT Canarsie Line)]
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=40.651195,-73.898828&spn=0.000033,0.019248&sll=40.710605,-73.837867&sspn=0.009906,0.019248&hnear=New+Lots+Ave,+Brooklyn,+Kings,+New+York&layer=c&cbll=40.651198,-73.898832&cbp=12,335.52,,0,-2.41&t=m&z=16&panoid=E3AlYeAk7YhuSmE2LWTbwA Entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6502914,-73.8996048,3a,75y,349.59h,90.15t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-eU6dhNK8FaA%2FWFyxmcEqQ8I%2FAAAAAAAAWCQ%2FQcNSg_ygAi4RRrvyPRiREN3zGivMZfGRACLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-eU6dhNK8FaA%2FWFyxmcEqQ8I%2FAAAAAAAAWCQ%2FQcNSg_ygAi4RRrvyPRiREN3zGivMZfGRACLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i8000!8i4000!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1 Platform from Google Maps Street View]

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[[Category:BMT Canarsie Line stations|105th Street]]
[[Category:New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1906]]
[[Category:1906 establishments in New York City]]
[[Category:Canarsie, Brooklyn|105]]