Van Siclen Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)
Van Siclen Avenue  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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| Address |
Van Siclen Avenue & Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11207 | ||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | East New York, Cypress Hills | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′41″N 73°53′30″W / 40.678002°N 73.891726°WCoordinates: 40°40′41″N 73°53′30″W / 40.678002°N 73.891726°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||
| Line | BMT Jamaica Line | ||||||||
| Services |
J  (all except rush hours, peak direction) Z  (rush hours, peak direction) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Q24 | ||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||
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| Opened | December 3, 1885[1] | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
966,461[2]  2.4% | ||||||||
| Rank | 369 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Cleveland Street: J (Z skips to Norwood Avenue) | ||||||||
| Next south |
Alabama Avenue: J  Z | ||||||||
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Van Siclen Avenue is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Fulton Street and Van Siclen Avenue in Brooklyn, it is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction, and by the J train other times.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Southbound | ← toward Broad Street off-peak hours (Alabama Avenue) ← toward Broad Street AM rush hours (Alabama Avenue) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Northbound | → toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer off-peak hours (Cleveland Street) → → toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer PM rush hours (Norwood Avenue) → | |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
| G | Street Level | Exit / Entrance |
This elevated station has two tracks and one island platform. The station opened on December 3, 1885, and was the eastern terminus of the line until May 30, 1893 when it was extended to Cypress Hills. This station was rehabilitated in Summer–Fall 2006. The canopy is short and has a squared off, flat roof-line. There is a center mezzanine under the tracks with wooden floors and walls. This mezzanine is to the geographic south of the northbound track.
The artwork here, THE VIEW FROM HERE by Barbara Ellmann,[3] was installed in 2007. This artwork is supposed to be evocative of structures in the surrounding area.
References
- ↑ "Finished at Last". Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY). December 3, 1885. p. 4.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ public works: Barbara Ellmann
External links
- nycsubway.org—BMT Jamaica Line: Van Siclen Avenue
- Station Reporter — J Train
- The Subway Nut — Van Siclen Avenue Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — Van Siclen Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)
- Van Siclen Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- The View From Here, nycsubway.org
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