Sutter Avenue station

Sutter Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Van Sinderen and Sutter Avenues at the border of Brownsville and East New York, Brooklyn,[3] it is served by the L train at all times.[4]

For the station at Sutter Avenue/Rutland Road & East 98th Street, see Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road station.

 Sutter Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station house
Station statistics
AddressSutter Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11207
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBrownsville, East New York
Coordinates40.668367°N 73.901768°W / 40.668367; -73.901768
DivisionB (BMT)
Line   BMT Canarsie Line
Services   L  (all times)
Transit NYCT Bus: B14
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJuly 28, 1906 (July 28, 1906)
Station code134[1]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20192,019,485[2]  2.6%
Rank233 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next northAtlantic Avenue: L 
Next southno southbound service at Livonia Avenue due to renovations
Next station: New Lots Avenue: L 

History

This station opened on July 28, 1906.

This station was renovated in 2006, which included new windscreens (beige with green frames) and canopies (red with green frames) that run along the entire length of the platforms except for a small section at the north end and installation of yellow tactile warning strips on the edges. Artwork called The Habitat for the Yellow Bird by Takayo Noda was also installed and features stained glass windows of flowers on the windscreens.[5][6] The renovation cost $12.56 million.[7]

Station layout
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Westbound ← toward Eighth Avenue (Atlantic Avenue)
Eastbound → toward Rockaway Parkway (Livonia Avenue) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Station house, fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance

This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms.[8] The station is a microcosm of early-20th century BRT construction. Ornate period ironwork adorns the quaint wooden crosswalk beneath the south end of the station.

Exit

The only entrance is via a ground level station house underneath the tracks on the northwest corner of Sutter and Van Sinderen Avenues.[3] Inside is a token booth, turnstile bank, and a single canopied staircase to each platform at their extreme south ends.[9]

The station once had a second entrance north of the open entrance.[10] The entrance was accessed through a now-demolished pedestrian bridge over the Bay Ridge Branch right of way,[11] which led to both eastern corners of Belmont Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue to the east of the right of way, as well as both western corners of Belmont Avenue and Junius Street to the west of the right of way. The pedestrian bridge was demolished between 1980 and 1988,[12] and the remnants of the entrance were repurposed into equipment rooms and emergency exits.[13][14]

Structure changes north of the station

North of this station, the Canarsie Line formerly split into two separate elevated structures, one above Van Sinderen Avenue and another a block east above Snediker Avenue via an "S" curve. This curve into was one of the sharpest in the subway at around 75 degrees. As the curve swung eastward, it passed under the last remnant of the Fulton Street Elevated. The tracks on this line curved east on their way to City Line, Brooklyn before ending at Pitkin Avenue. The two Canarsie elevated structures ran north into separate platforms at Atlantic Avenue.

After the Fulton Street Elevated was closed in 1956,[15] the Canarsie Line continued using the tracks it always had and the rest of the structure fell into disuse. In 2002–2004, the portion above Snediker Avenue was abandoned and the northbound Canarsie Line track was re-routed to share the westernmost island platform with southbound Canarsie Line service there. Demolition of the unused elevated structure began in 2003 and was completed in 2005. Now, northbound L trains have a much gentler curve to the west, speeding service.

References
  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. "Neighborhood Map Brownsville Ocean Hill East New York Remsen Village" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  4. "L Subway Timetable, Effective November 8, 2020" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  5. "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: The Habitat for the Yellow Bird (Takayo Noda)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  6. "MTA - Arts & Design | NYCT Permanent Art". web.mta.info. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  7. MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3 (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  8. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  9. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Brownsville" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  10. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?34784
  11. http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/browse/belmont-avenue-footbridge
  12. http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/RECORDSPHOTOUNITBRK~1~1~917503~204608:dof_3_03747_0016
  13. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?64469
  14. https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?62373
  15. "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
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