Liberty Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
Liberty Avenue  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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Station entrance along the northwest corner of Pennsylvania and Liberty Avenue on the side of the Cornerstone Seventh-Day Adventist Church | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
Liberty Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11207 | ||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | East New York | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′28″N 73°53′47″W / 40.674357°N 73.896489°WCoordinates: 40°40′28″N 73°53′47″W / 40.674357°N 73.896489°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||
| Line | IND Fulton Street Line | ||||||||
| Services |
A  (late nights) C  (all except late nights) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B20, B83 | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Opened | November 28, 1948 | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
858,554[1]  6.3% | ||||||||
| Rank | 379 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Broadway Junction: A C | ||||||||
| Next south |
Van Siclen Avenue: A C | ||||||||
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Liberty Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (Broadway Junction) | |
| Northbound express | ← does not stop here | |
| Southbound express | → does not stop here → | |
| Southbound local | → toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (Van Siclen Avenue) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
This underground station has two side platforms and four tracks. The two center express tracks do not have any platforms. The exit is in the center with two stairways to a crossover to Liberty and Pennsylvania Avenues. Old signs indicate “To Manhattan” and “To Richmond Hill and Ozone Park” and “Public Telephone” (phone booths were originally installed in the station[2] but have since been removed). At platform level there was a wide area under the stairways now used for storage.
Constructed beginning in 1938, this station was an unfinished shell during World War II that couldn't be completed due to material shortages from the war effort. This meant the station got a sightly different tile job and design for the mezzanine compared to the rest of the local stations along the line. This station opened on November 28, 1948 along with the rest of the Fulton Street Line east of East New York to Euclid Avenue.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "Last Word in Subways and Cars for Boro". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 23, 1948. p. 8. Retrieved 9 October 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Trains Roll on $47,000,000 Fulton St. Subway Extension". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 29, 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Fulton Subway Stations". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 28, 1948. Retrieved 9 October 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Last Word in Subways and Cars for Boro". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 23, 1948. p. 8. Retrieved 9 October 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Fulton Street Line: Liberty Avenue
- Station Reporter — C Train
- The Subway Nut — Liberty Avenue Pictures
- Liberty Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View