Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)

Rockaway Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Rockaway Avenue & Livonia Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11212
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Brownsville
Coordinates 40°39′45″N 73°54′32″W / 40.662541°N 73.908892°W / 40.662541; -73.908892Coordinates: 40°39′45″N 73°54′32″W / 40.662541°N 73.908892°W / 40.662541; -73.908892
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT New Lots Line
Services       2  (special rush hour trips)
      3  (all except late nights)
      4  (late nights and special rush hour trips)
      5  (special rush hour trips)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B60
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened November 22, 1920 (November 22, 1920)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 526,505[1] Decrease 70.1%
Rank 407 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Saratoga Avenue: 2  3  4  5 
Next south Junius Street: 2  3  4  5 

Rockaway Avenue 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. Occasional rush hour 2, 4 and 5 trains also stop here.

History

Track layout
Legend
to Saratoga Av
to Junius St

This station opened on November 22, 1920, as part of an extension of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line from Utica Avenue to Junius Street.[2]

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← toward Harlem–148th Street ( toward Woodlawn late nights) (Saratoga Avenue)[3]
Center trackway → No track or roadbed
Southbound → ( late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Junius Street)[4] →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance

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. This station has a wooden mezzanine with crossunder and metal canopies.

References

  1. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  2. ↑ "Annual report. 1920-1921.". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  3. ↑ Occasional 2 trains to Wakefield–241st Street and 5 trains to Nereid Avenue and Dyre Avenue also serve the station during rush hours.
  4. ↑ Occasional 2 5 trains also serve this station during rush hours.

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