Greenpoint Avenue station

Greenpoint Avenue is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenues in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, it is served by the G train at all times.

 Greenpoint Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Queens bound platform
Station statistics
AddressGreenpoint Avenue & Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11222
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleGreenpoint
Coordinates40.730153°N 73.954296°W / 40.730153; -73.954296
DivisionB (IND)
Line      IND Crosstown Line
Services      G  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B24, B43, B62
⛴ NYC Ferry: East River Route (at India Street west of West Street)
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedAugust 19, 1933 (1933-08-19)[1]
Station code283[2]
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; currently undergoing renovations for ADA access
Wireless service[3]
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)3,089,912[4]  8.1%
Rank163 out of 424[4]
Station succession
Next north21st Street: G 
Next southNassau Avenue: G 

History

Greenpoint Avenue opened as part of the first phase of the IND Crosstown Line, with service south to Nassau Avenue in Brooklyn. This station opened on August 19, 1933.[1]

As part of the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program, elevators will be added to the platforms and street, which would make the station fully compliant with accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[5][6][7] Construction would start in September 2018 and be completed by December 2020.[8] There would be three elevators: one from the mezzanine to street level, on the eastern side of Manhattan Avenue north of Greenpoint Avenue, and one to each platform. The project is expected to cost $23.4 million.[9]

Station layout
Track layout
to 21 St
to Nassau Av
G Street level Entrances/exits
B1 Mezzanine Station agent, fare control, MetroCard machines
B2
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound ← toward Court Square (21st Street)
Southbound → toward Church Avenue (Nassau Avenue) →
Side platform
Station stairs

This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms.[10] Both platforms have a green trim line on a black border and name tablets reading "GREENPOINT AVE." in white sans serif font on a black background and green border. Directly below the trim line are name captions reading "GREENPT" in white lettering on a black background, shortened due to the length of "GREENPOINT." Directional signs are below the name tablets and green columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate in white lettering.[1]

This is the northernmost station on the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. To the north, the line goes under Newtown Creek into Long Island City, Queens.

Exits

The station's full-time entrance/exit is at the south end, which is the more heavily used of the station's two entry-exit points. The large mezzanine above the platforms and tracks has three staircases to each side with directional mosaics reading "Brooklyn" and "L. I. City and Jamaica" and green columns. Outside the turnstile bank, there is a token booth and three staircases going up to all corners of Manhattan and Greenpoint Avenues except the northeast one.[10][11] G trains, which are about half the length of the 600-foot (180 m) platform, stop near the south end of the station.[10][12]

Both platforms have an unstaffed, same-level fare control area at their north ends. Each side has one exit-only turnstile, two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles, and one staircase going up to the south side of India Street and Manhattan Avenue. The one on the Queens-bound side goes up to the southeast corner while the one on the Church Avenue-bound side goes up to the southwest corner.[10][11]

References
  1. "Two Subway Units Open At Midnight; Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations" (PDF). The New York Times. August 18, 1933. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  4. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. "MTA Capital Program 2015-2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 28, 2015. p. 61. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  6. "Funding For Subway Station ADA-Accessibility Approved". www.mta.info. April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  7. "MTA 2017 Preliminary Budget July Financial Plan 2017 –2020 Volume 2" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  8. https://new.mta.info/document/15766 pdf page 16
  9. "Press Release - NYC Transit - ADA Accessibility Coming to Greenpoint Av Subway Station". MTA. July 23, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  10. "Review of the G Line: Appendices" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  11. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Greenpoint" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  12. "Review of the G Line" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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