Livonia Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)

Livonia Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Livonia Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11207
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Brownsville, East New York
Coordinates	40°39′49″N 73°54′02″W / 40.663745°N 73.90048°WCoordinates: 40°39′49″N 73°54′02″W / 40.663745°N 73.90048°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 28, 1906
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,001,522[1]  1.4%
Rank	366 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Sutter Avenue: L
Next south	New Lots Avenue: L
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

Livonia Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Livonia and Van Sinderen Avenues at the border of Brownsville and East New York, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Eighth Avenue (Sutter Avenue)
	Southbound	→ toward Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway (New Lots Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Exit/Entrance	Pedestrian bridge over LIRR from southbound platform
G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
	Station house	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines

Unstaffed entrance on the Canarsie-bound platform

This elevated station, opened on December 28, 1906 and renovated in 2005-6, has two side platforms and two tracks. Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies in their centers and barb wired fences at either ends. They are all supported by green frames.

The station's only entrance/exit is a ground-level station house directly underneath the platforms on the north side of the T-intersection of Van Sinderen and Livonia Avenues. It has a turnstile bank, token booth, and one staircase to each platform at the center.

Right next to the station house is a pedestrian bridge that spans west above the adjacent and parallel Bay Ridge Branch of the Long Island Rail Road and leads to Junius Street, where the entrance to a station on the IRT New Lots Line is less than a block away. There is currently no free transfer between that station and Livonia Avenue. There are proposals to convert the overpass into a free-transfer passage between the two stations, due to increasing ridership and plans for additional housing in the area.^[2] Money is allocated in the 2015–2019 Capital Program to build this transfer. The station will also be upgraded to become compliant with mobility accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.^[3]

The Canarsie-bound platform has a secondary exit leading directly to the pedestrian bridge that contains two HEET turnstiles, an emergency gate, and a small staircase.

The 2007 artwork here is called Seasons by Philemona Williamson. It consists of stained glass windows on the platform windscreens depicted events related to the four seasons of meteorology.

Just south of this station is a spur branching off towards the Linden Shops & Yard. Another spur branches off of the IRT New Lots Line, which crosses over Livonia Avenue, and connects with track from the Canarsie Line before entering the yard. These spurs and the yard have no third rail and are used by New York City Transit diesel locomotives going to and from the facility.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. Eisinger, Dale W.; Rivoli, Dan (July 6, 2015). "Brooklyn official wants transfer at 2 nearby subway stations in East New York". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 25 October 2015.
3. "MTA Capital Program 2016-2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand." (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York). October 28, 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

External links

• nycsubway.org—BMT Canarsie Line: Livonia Avenue
• Station Reporter — L Train
• The Subway Nut — Livonia Avenue Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Livonia Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)
• Livonia Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View