Greenpoint Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)

Greenpoint Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Queens bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Greenpoint Avenue & Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11222
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Greenpoint
Coordinates	40°43′49″N 73°57′15″W / 40.730153°N 73.954296°WCoordinates: 40°43′49″N 73°57′15″W / 40.730153°N 73.954296°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Crosstown Line
Services	G  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B24, B43, B62
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,902,723[1]  19.6%
Rank	178 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	21st Street: G
Next south	Nassau Avenue: G
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

Greenpoint Avenue is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenues in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, it is served by the G train at all times.

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
	Southbound	← toward Church Avenue (Nassau Avenue)
	Northbound	→ toward Court Square (21st Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Station stairs

This underground station, opened on August 19, 1933,^[2] has two tracks and two side platforms.^[3] Both platforms have a green trim line on a black border and name tablets reading "GREENPOINT AVE." in white sans serif font on a black background and green border. Directly below the trim line are name captions reading "GREENPT" in white lettering on a black background, shortened due to the length of "GREENPOINT." Directional signs are below the name tablets and green columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate in white lettering.^[2]

The station's full-time entrance/exit is at the south end, which is the more heavily used of the station's two entry-exit points. The large mezzanine above the platforms and tracks has three staircases to each side with directional mosaics reading "Brooklyn" and "L. I. City and Jamaica" and green columns. Outside the turnstile bank, there is a token booth and three staircases going up to all corners of Manhattan and Greenpoint Avenues except the northeast one.^[3][4] G trains, which are about half the length of the 600-foot (180 m) platform, stop near the south end of the station.^[3][5]

Both platforms have an unstaffed, same-level fare control area at their north ends. Each side has one exit-only turnstile, one High Entry/Exit Turnstile, and one staircase going up to the south side of India Street and Manhattan Avenue. The one on the Queens-bound side goes up to the southeast corner while the one on the Church Avenue-bound side goes up to the southwest corner.^[3][4]

This is the northernmost station on the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. To the north, the line goes under Newtown Creek into Long Island City, Queens.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "TWO SUBWAY UNITS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT; Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations.". The New York Times. August 18, 1933. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
3. "Review of the G Line: Appendices" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York). July 10, 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
4. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Greenpoint" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York). 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
5. "Review of the G Line" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transit Authority (New York). July 10, 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

External links

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