New Lots Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)

New Lots Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
The platform of the New Lots Avenue station in May 2015.
Station statistics
Address	New Lots Avenue & Livonia Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11208
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East New York
Coordinates	40°39′59″N 73°52′57″W / 40.666382°N 73.882585°WCoordinates: 40°39′59″N 73°52′57″W / 40.666382°N 73.882585°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT New Lots Line
Services	2  (special rush hour trips)       3  (all except late nights)       4  (late nights and special rush hour trips)       5  (special rush hour trips)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B6, B15, B84
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	October 16, 1922
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,155,220[1]  5.7%
Rank	231 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Van Siclen Avenue: 2  3  4  5
Next south	(Terminal): 2  3  4  5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Location

New Lots Avenue is the eastern (railroad southern) terminal of the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway. It is the terminal for some rush hour 2 and 5 trips, the 3 train at all times except late nights, and the 4 train during late nights (as well as a few rush hour trains).

Station layout

P Platform level	Northbound	← toward Harlem – 148th Street ( toward Woodlawn rush hours and late nights) (Van Siclen Avenue)[2] → alighting passengers only[3] →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Northbound	← toward Harlem – 148th Street ( toward Woodlawn rush hours and late nights) (Van Siclen Avenue)[2] → alighting passengers only[3] →
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance

This elevated station has two tracks and one island platform. The station has an active tower and crew quarters at platform level. The platform has a canopy for most of its length. The station's sole exit is two staircases to Ashford Street via an elevated, wooden mezzanine/station house under the far eastern end of the platform.

To the east of the station, the tracks curve into Livonia Yard. Northeast of the station, there is a never-used trackway structure which continues for about 75 feet. This extension was a provision for the line to continue east on New Lots Avenue. Another never-realized provision south of the station, proposed in 1968, called for an extension of the line to go southbound from Livonia Yard to Flatlands Avenue as part of an unrealized New York City Subway expansion.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. Occasional trains to Wakefield – 241st Street and trains to Nereid Avenue and Dyre Avenue also terminate here during rush hours.
3. Occasional trains also terminate here during rush hours. This is the terminal for the during late nights as well.

External links

• nycsubway.org—Brooklyn IRT: New Lots Avenue
• Station Reporter — 3 Train
• The Subway Nut — New Lots Avenue Pictures
• Ashford Street entrance from Google Maps Street View