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Third Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)

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For other places with the same name, see Third Avenue (New York City Subway).
 Third Avenue
 "L" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Third Avenue station with an L train receding down the line
Station statistics
AddressThird Avenue & East 14th Street
New York, NY 10003
BoroughManhattan
LocaleEast Village, Gramercy
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
Line   BMT Canarsie Line
Services   L all times (all times)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: M14A, M14D, M101, M102, M103
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedSeptember 21, 1924; 99 years ago (September 21, 1924)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		No
Traffic
20231,564,084[2] Increase 8%
Rank209 out of 423[2]
Station succession
Next northTemplate:NYCS next
Next southTemplate:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

Third Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Third Avenue and East 14th Street in Gramercy and East Village, Manhattan, it is served by the L train at all times.

Station layout

Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Platform level Side platform
Westbound ← "L" train toward Eighth Avenue (Union Square)
Eastbound → "L" train toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (First Avenue) →
Side platform
Entrance to the station

This station has two side platforms and two tracks. The platforms are column-less and have the standard BMT style trim-line and name tablets. The former contains "3" tablets in standard intervals while the latter consists of "THIRD AVE" in Times New Roman font.

There are also directions signs to the station's only entrances/exits saying "TO STREET" in the same style as the name tablets. Each platform has its own same-level fare control at the extreme west (railroad north) end. As a result, there is no free transfer between directions. Each fare control area has a bank of turnstiles, token booth, and two street stairs apiece—one to the east side of Third Avenue and East 14th Street, the other to East 14th Street just east of Third Avenue. The one on the Eighth Avenue-bound side leads to the northeast corner while the one on the Brooklyn-bound side leads to the southeast corner.

This station is identical to the next one east (railroad south), First Avenue except that the fare control areas there are at a small mezzanine above the platforms.

A transfer station is planned to the 14th Street station of the Second Avenue Subway, as part of Phase 3 of construction from 55th Street to Houston Street.

References

  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. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

External links

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