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For other uses, see Van Siclen Avenue.

The Van Siclen Avenue station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Van Siclen Avenue and Livonia Avenue in East New York, 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

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 opened on November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route.[6][7] The line opened one more stop farther to the east to Pennsylvania Avenue on December 24, 1920.[7] At that date, only the southbound platform was used.[8]: 129 

While work at this station and at New Lots Avenue was practically completed in 1921, they could not open yet because trains could not run to the terminal until track work, the signal tower, and the compressor room were in service.[9]: 129–130  Work began on June 19, 1922, and this station opened on October 16, 1922, when shuttles started operating between Pennsylvania Avenue and New Lots Avenue.[7] A two-car train operated on a single track on the northbound track.[10] On October 31, 1924, through service to New Lots Avenue was begun.[10]

From April 20, 2015, to March 28, 2016, this station and Rockaway Avenue were closed for renovations.[11][12]

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Northbound ← "3" train toward Harlem–148th Street (Pennsylvania Avenue)
← "4" train toward Woodlawn late nights (Pennsylvania Avenue)
← "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (select rush hour trips) (Pennsylvania Avenue)
← "5" train toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (select rush hour trips) (Pennsylvania Avenue)
Center trackway → No track or roadbed
Southbound → "3" train ("4" train late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Terminus) →
→ "2" train"4" train toward New Lots Avenue (select rush hour trips) (Terminus) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Entrance

This elevated station has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track that was never installed.[13] The platforms are longer than a standard IRT train of 514 feet (157 m) and have beige windscreen and brown canopies with green support columns along their entire length except at their extreme ends. Here, they have waist-high, steel fences with lampposts at regular intervals. The station's signs are the standard black name plates with white Helvetica lettering.

Exits

The station's only mezzanine is an elevated headhouse below the platforms and tracks at the extreme east (railroad south) end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down the northwest and southeast corners of Livonia Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue.[14]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ *"2 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Annual report. 1920-1921". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 53.
  8. ^ Annual Report. J.B. Lyon Company. 1922.
  9. ^ Commission, New York (State) Transit (1922). Annual Report ... J.B. Lyon Company.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "3 Train Riders Breathe A Sigh Of Relief". The Odyssey Online. March 28, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  13. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: East New York" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

External links

Media related to Van Siclen Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) at Wikimedia Commons

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