Flushing Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)

Flushing Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Queens bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Flushing Avenue & Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11206
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°41′59″N 73°57′01″W / 40.699739°N 73.950176°WCoordinates: 40°41′59″N 73°57′01″W / 40.699739°N 73.950176°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Crosstown Line
Services	G  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B57
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1937
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	866,803 [1]  7.2%
Rank	376 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Broadway: G
Next south	Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues: G
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

Flushing Avenue is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Flushing and Union/Marcy Avenues in the boundary of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it is served at all times by the G train.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Court Square (Broadway)
	Southbound	→ toward Church Avenue (Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Northbound stair

This underground station, opened on July 1, 1937 as part of the extension of the Crosstown Line from Nassau Avenue to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets.^[2] This station has two tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have a lime green trim line on a darker green border and name tablets reading "FLUSHING AVE." in white sans serif font on a dark green background and lime green border. Underneath the trim line and name tablets are black name and direction tiles in white lettering.

The platforms each have one same-level fare control area at their south ends and there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow a free transfer between directions. Each area has a turnstile bank, two full height turnstiles (one exit-only and the other high entry/exit), token booth, and one staircase to the street. The one on the southbound side goes up to the southwest corner of Flushing and Marcy Avenues while the one on the Queens-bound side goes up to the northeast corner of Union Avenue (which becomes Marcy Avenue at the intersection of Flushing Avenue) and Gerry Street (which begins diagonally at the aforementioned intersection). The turnstile bank and token booth on the southbound platform is only open on weekdays and the two full height turnstiles provide entrance to and exit from the station at other times. The station formerly had another exit at the north end as proven by one gated staircase on each platform going up. Directional signs indicate that this mezzanine and crossover, which are now used for storage and employee space, led to Walton Street.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "New Crosstown Subway Line Is Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1937. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

External links

• nycsubway.org—IND Crosstown: Flushing Avenue
• Station Reporter — G Train
• The Subway Nut — Flushing Avenue Pictures
• Flushing Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View