Morgan Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)

Morgan Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Morgan Avenue & Harrison Place Brooklyn, NY 11237
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°42′23″N 73°55′55″W / 40.706279°N 73.93198°WCoordinates: 40°42′23″N 73°55′55″W / 40.706279°N 73.93198°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B60
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 14, 1928
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,453,723[1]  2.4%
Rank	197 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Montrose Avenue: L
Next south	Jefferson Street: L
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

Morgan Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Morgan Avenue and Harrison Place in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.

History

Morgan Avenue opened on July 14, 1928,^[2] 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 (Montrose Avenue)
	Southbound	→ toward Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway (Jefferson Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Tilework

This station has two tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have their original BMT style mosaic trim line and name tablets that are predominantly earth tones of brown, tan, orange with white accents.^[3] There are "M" tablets for "Morgan" on the trim line at regular intervals and name tablets that have "MORGAN AVE" in Times New Roman font.^[3] There are also directional mosaic signs in the same style as the name tablets.^[3]

Both platforms have large square columns tiled in white since they are below buildings and not the sidewalk.^[3] All of them have name plates reading "MORGAN AVE" in black sans serif lettering on a white mosaic background.^[3]

Exits

This station has two entrances/exits.

• The full-time one is at the extreme west (railroad north) end. A long ramp from each platform leads to a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. A turnstile bank leads to a mezzanine with a token booth and three street stairs going up to all corners of Morgan Avenue and Harrison Place except the northwest one.
• The station's other entrance/exit is an unstaffed brick station house on ground level on the west side of Bogart Street on the T-intersection of Harrison Place.^[4] There are two exit-only and one High Entry/Exit turnstiles inside and one staircase to each platform at their east (railroad south) ends.

In popular culture

This station appeared in MF Doom's music video of his 1999 single I Hear Voices as well as the New York City-set scenes of the video game Rock Band.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "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.
3. http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/BMT_Canarsie_Line#Morgan_Avenue
4. "Showing Image 136898". nycsubway.org.

External links

• nycsubway.org—BMT Canarsie: Morgan Avenue
• Station Reporter — "L Train". stationreporter.net. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
• The Subway Nut — Morgan Avenue Pictures
• Morgan Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Bogart Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View