DeKalb Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)

 DeKalb Avenue
 "L" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Street entrance
Station statistics
Address DeKalb Avenue & Wyckoff Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Bushwick
Coordinates 40°42′15″N 73°55′09″W / 40.704294°N 73.919277°W / 40.704294; -73.919277Coordinates: 40°42′15″N 73°55′09″W / 40.704294°N 73.919277°W / 40.704294; -73.919277
Division B (BMT)
Line       BMT Canarsie Line
Services       L  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B13, B38
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened July 14, 1928 (1928-07-14)
Station code 127[1]
Wireless service [2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 4,171,610[3] Increase 3.8%
Rank 122 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Jefferson Street: L 
Next south Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues: L 

DeKalb Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Wyckoff and DeKalb Avenues in Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.[4]

History

Track layout
to Jefferson St
to Myrtle–Wyckoff

DeKalb Avenue opened on July 14, 1928,[5] 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, MetroCard machines
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ← "L" train toward Eighth Avenue (Jefferson Street)
Eastbound → "L" train toward Canarsie (Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform level

This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms.[6] Each platform has blue columns are regular intervals with every other column having a standard black and white station name plate.

The mosaic tile bands are predominantly green and blue, with yellow and tan accents.[6] Those installed on the stairway from the mezzanine to the Manhattan-bound platform in Summer 2000 feature a seven-inch entrance motif design with a dull green and blue background.[6] The trim line has "D" tablets on it at regular intervals to represent "DeKalb."

Exits

This station has three entrances/exits. The main one is a mezzanine above the platforms and tracks at the west (railroad north) end. It has a single staircase from each platform, waiting area that allows free transfer between directions, turnstile bank, token booth, and four staircases to all corners of DeKalb and Wyckoff Avenues.[7]

The other two entrances/exits are on platform level and unstaffed at the east (railroad south) end. Each fare control area has HEET turnstiles and two street stairs. The ones on the Manhattan-bound platform lead to either northern corners of Wyckoff and Stanhope Street while those on the Canarsie-bound one lead to either southern corners.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ "L Train". stationreporter.net. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. 1 2 3 http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/BMT_Canarsie_Line#DeKalb_Avenue
  7. 1 2 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bushwick" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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