Third Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)

Third Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Third Avenue station with an L train receding down the line
Station statistics
Address	Third Avenue & East 14th Street New York, NY 10003
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	East Village, Gramercy
Coordinates	40°44′00″N 73°59′14″W / 40.733243°N 73.987212°WCoordinates: 40°44′00″N 73°59′14″W / 40.733243°N 73.987212°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M14A, M14D, M101, M102, M103
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	September 21, 1924
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,386,533[1]  3.5%
Rank	206 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Union Square: L
Next south	First Avenue: L
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

Third Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Third Avenue and East 14th Street in Gramercy and East Village, Manhattan, it is served by the L train at all times.

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 (Union Square)
	Southbound	→ toward Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway (First Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Entrance to the station

This station has two side platforms and two tracks. The platforms are column-less and have the standard BMT style trim-line and name tablets. The former contains "3" tablets in standard intervals while the latter consists of "THIRD AVE" in Times New Roman font.

There are also directions signs to the station's only entrances/exits saying "TO STREET" in the same style as the name tablets. Each platform has its own same-level fare control at the extreme west (railroad north) end. As a result, there is no free transfer between directions. Each fare control area has a bank of turnstiles, token booth, and two street stairs apiece—one to the east side of Third Avenue and East 14th Street, the other to East 14th Street just east of Third Avenue. The one on the Eighth Avenue-bound side leads to the northeast corner while the one on the Brooklyn-bound side leads to the southeast corner.

This station is identical to the next one east (railroad south), First Avenue except that the fare control areas there are at a small mezzanine above the platforms.

A transfer station is planned to the 14th Street station of the Second Avenue Subway, as part of Phase 3 of construction from 55th Street to Houston Street.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

External links

• nycsubway.org—BMT Canarsie Line: 3rd Avenue
• Station Reporter — L Train
• The Subway Nut — 3rd Avenue Pictures
• Third Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View