DeKalb Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)

This article is about the New York City Subway station at DeKalb and Wyckoff Avenues. For the transfer station at DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues, see DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line). For the street itself, see DeKalb Avenue.
DeKalb Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Street stair
Station statistics
Address DeKalb Avenue & Wyckoff Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Bushwick
Coordinates 40°42′15″N 73°55′09″W / 40.704294°N 73.919277°W / 40.704294; -73.919277Coordinates: 40°42′15″N 73°55′09″W / 40.704294°N 73.919277°W / 40.704294; -73.919277
Division B (BMT)
Line       BMT Canarsie Line
Services       L  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B13, B38
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened July 14, 1928 (1928-07-14)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 3,938,538[1] Increase 0.3%
Rank 127 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Jefferson Street: L 
Next south Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues: L 

DeKalb Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Wyckoff and DeKalb Avenues in Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.[2]

History

DeKalb Avenue opened on July 14, 1928,[3] as part of an extension of the Canarsie Line. This extension connected Montrose Avenue, which had opened four years earlier, to Broadway Junction, which was the western end of the already-operating elevated line to Canarsie.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← toward Eighth Avenue (Jefferson Street)
Southbound → toward Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway (Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform level

This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms.[4] Each platform has blue columns are regular intervals with every other column having a standard black and white station name plate.

The mosaic tile bands are predominantly green and blue, with yellow and tan accents.[4] Those installed on the stairway from the mezzanine to the Manhattan-bound platform in Summer 2000 feature a seven-inch entrance motif design with a dull green and blue background.[4] The trim line has "D" tablets on it at regular intervals to represent "DeKalb."

This station has three entrances/exits. The main one is a mezzanine above the platforms and tracks at the west (railroad north) end. It has a single staircase from each platform, waiting area that allows free transfer between directions, turnstile bank, token booth, and four staircases to all corners of DeKalb and Wyckoff Avenues.

The other two entrances/exits are on platform level and unstaffed at the east (railroad south) end. Each fare control area has HEET turnstiles and two street stairs. The ones on the Manhattan-bound platform lead to either northern corners of Wyckoff and Stanhope Street while those on the Canarsie-bound one lead to either southern corners.

References

  1. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  2. ↑ "L Train". stationreporter.net. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Last Link of New 14th St-E.D. Subway To Be Opened Today: First Train This Afternoon Will Carry Officials – Citizens to Celebrate". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 14, 1928. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/BMT_Canarsie_Line#DeKalb_Avenue

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