Rockaway Avenue station (IRT New Lots Line)
Rockaway Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Northbound 3 train leaving station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Address | Rockaway Avenue & Livonia Avenue Brooklyn, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borough | Brooklyn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Brownsville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°39′45″N 73°54′32″W / 40.662541°N 73.908892°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division | A (IRT)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line | IRT New Lots Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | 2 ![]() 3 ![]() 4 ![]() 5 ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | November 22, 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | April 20, 2015 | to March 28, 2016|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 838,719[2] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 323 out of 423[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Rockaway Avenue station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway, located at Rockaway Avenue and Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. It is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. During rush hours, occasional 2, 4 and 5 trains also stop here.[3]
History
[edit]The New Lots Line was built as a part of Contract 3 of the Dual Contracts between New York City and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, including this station.[4] It was built as an elevated line because the ground in this area is right above the water table, and as a result the construction of a subway would have been prohibitively expensive.[5] The first portion of the line between Utica Avenue and Junius Street, including this station, opened on November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route.[6][7] The line was completed to New Lots Avenue on October 16, 1922,[7] with a two-car train running on the northbound track.[8] On October 31, 1924, through service to New Lots Avenue was begun.[8]
The New York City Board of Transportation announced plans in November 1949 to extend platforms at several IRT stations, including Rockaway Avenue, to accommodate all doors on ten-car trains. Although ten-car trains already operated on the line, the rear car could not open its doors at the station because the platforms were so short.[9][10] Funding for the platform extensions was included in the city's 1950 capital budget.[11]
From April 20, 2015 to March 28, 2016, Rockaway Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue were closed for renovations.[12][13]
Station layout
[edit]Platform level | Side platform | |
Northbound | ← ![]() ← ![]() ← ![]() ← ![]() | |
Center trackway | No track or roadbed | |
Southbound | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Side platform | ||
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines | |
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Rockaway_Av_IRT_sta_jeh.jpg/220px-Rockaway_Av_IRT_sta_jeh.jpg)
This station has two side platforms and two tracks. Between the two tracks, there is space for an additional third track that was never installed.[14]
Exits
[edit]This station's only exit is via a wooden mezzanine under the tracks. The mezzanine has a crossunder and metal canopies. Outside fare control, stairs go to the northwest and southeast corners of Livonia and Rockaway Avenues.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ *"2 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- "3 Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- "4 Subway Timetable, Effective December 4, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- "5 Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Nearly 70 Track Miles to Be Added To Rapid Transit Facilities in 1920". Brooklyn Standard Union. December 28, 1919. Retrieved August 14, 2016 – via Fulton History.
- ^ "Differ Over Assessment Plans in Transit Projects: Eastern Parkway Subway and Livonia Avenue Extension the Cause of Bitter Dissension Among Property Owners Uptown". The Daily Standard Union. March 13, 1910. Retrieved August 14, 2016 – via Fulton History.
- ^ "Annual report. 1920-1921". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ a b Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 53.
- ^ a b "IRT Brooklyn Line Opened 90 Years Ago". New York Division Bulletin. 53 (9). New York Division, Electric Railroaders' Association. September 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2016 – via Issu.
- ^ Bennett, Charles G. (November 20, 1949). "Transit Platforms on Lines in Queens to Be Lengthened; $3,850,000 Program Outlined for Next Year to Care for Borough's Rapid Growth". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ "37 Platforms On Subways To Be Lengthened: All Stations of B. M. T. and I.R.T.in Queens Included in $5,000,000 Program". New York Herald Tribune. November 20, 1949. p. 32. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1325174459.
- ^ Crowell, Paul (September 15, 1949). "Platforms Added at 32 IRT Stations; City Pays Out $13,327,000 in Lengthening Local Stops to Take 10-Car Trains". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ "Rockaway Av and Van Siclen Av 3 Line Stations To Close for Five Months for Renewal". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 17, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ "3 Train Riders Breathe A Sigh Of Relief". The Odyssey Online. March 28, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Brownsville" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
External links
[edit] Media related to Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) at Wikimedia Commons
- nycsubway.org – Brooklyn IRT: Rockaway Avenue