Lafayette Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)

Lafayette Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address South Portland Avenue & Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(main station entrance)
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Fort Greene
Coordinates 40°41′11″N 73°58′28″W / 40.686268°N 73.974466°W / 40.686268; -73.974466Coordinates: 40°41′11″N 73°58′28″W / 40.686268°N 73.974466°W / 40.686268; -73.974466
Division B (IND)
Line IND Fulton Street Line
Services       A  (late nights)
      C  (all except late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B25, B26, B52
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened April 9, 1936 (1936-04-09)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 1,631,737[1]Increase 0.9%
Rank 293 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets: A  C 
Next south Clinton–Washington Avenues: A  C 

Lafayette Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located under Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.

Despite the station's name, there are no entrances on Lafayette Avenue; the nearest entrance is a block away.

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 local toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets)
Northbound express does not stop here
Southbound express does not stop here →
Southbound local toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (Clinton–Washington Avenues)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Hanson Place stair

This station has four tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have stairs that lead up to a long mezzanine and fare control. There is no free crossover or crossunder between the two platforms, due to the shape of the mezzanine's fare control area. Exits from the mezzanine are on Greene Avenue, South Portland Avenue, South Oxford Street, and Hanson Place. The name tiles at this station is composed of dull green tiles that read "Lafayette Ave." in sans serif.

South of this station there is a storage/lay up track between the two express tracks. The west end connects to the northbound express track, and the east end connects to the southbound express track, so trains must reverse in order to enter the layup track. At both ends, the storage/lay up track also ends at bumper blocks. There are also switches in both directions from the respective local to the respective express tracks; express trains cannot switch to the local tracks at these switches, however.[2]

The station is located very close to the Fulton Street station on the IND Crosstown Line. Passengers on northbound local trains can see the station on the right just after leaving Lafayette Avenue. There is an employee-only connection between the two stations via the subway tunnels.

Nearby points of interest

References

  1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  2. Marrero, Robert (2015-09-13). "469 Stations, 846 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-10-09.

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