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Junius Street station

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TheJunius Street stationis a station on theIRT New Lots Lineof theNew York City Subway.Located at the intersection of Junius Street and Livonia Avenue inBrownsville, Brooklyn,[3]it is served by the3train at all times except late nights, when the4train takes over service. During rush hours, occasional2,4 and5trains also stop here.[4]

Junius Street
"3" train
New York City Subwaystation (rapid transit)
Platform view
Station statistics
AddressJunius Street & Livonia Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBrownsville
Coordinates40°39′49″N73°54′05″W/ 40.663615°N 73.90151°W/40.663615; -73.90151
DivisionA(IRT)[1]
LineIRT New Lots Line
Services2limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction(limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction)
​3all except late nights(all except late nights)
​4late nights, and limited rush hour service in the peak direction(late nights, and limited rush hour service in the peak direction)
​5limited a.m. rush hour service in the northbound direction only(limited a.m. rush hour service in the northbound direction only)
System transfersFree out-of-system transfer withMetroCardorOMNY:
Lall times(all times) atLivonia Avenue
TransitBus transportNYCT Bus:B14
StructureElevated
Platforms2side platforms
Tracks3 (1 not for passenger service)
Other information
OpenedNovember 22, 1920;104 years ago(1920-11-22)
RebuiltOctober 5, 2016;8 years ago(October 5, 2016)to June 19, 2017;7 years ago(June 19, 2017)
AccessiblenotADA-accessible;currently undergoing renovations for ADA access
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2023487,780[2] Increase9.2%
Rank387 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City SubwayNew York City Subway Following station
Rockaway Avenue
2limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction​3all except late nights​4late nights, and limited rush hour service in the peak direction​5limited a.m. rush hour service in the northbound direction only
towardHarlem–148th Street
 Pennsylvania Avenue
2limited rush hour service in the peak direction​3all except late nights​4late nights and limited rush hour service in the peak direction
towardNew Lots Avenue
Location
Junius Street station is located in New York City Subway
Junius Street station
Junius Street station is located in New York City
Junius Street station
Junius Street station is located in New York
Junius Street station
Track layout

Legend
toRockaway Avenue
Unpowered service track
toLinden Shops
toPennsylvania Avenue
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

History

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The New Lots Line was built as a part of Contract 3 of theDual Contractsbetween New York City and theInterborough Rapid Transit Company,including this station.[5]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.[6]This station opened along with the first portion of the line fromUtica Avenueon November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route.[7][8]This station ceased to be the line's terminal when the line opened one more stop farther to the east toPennsylvania Avenueon December 24, 1920,[8]using its southbound platform.[9]: 129 The line was completed toNew Lots Avenueon October 16, 1922,[8]with a two-car train running on the northbound track.[10]On October 31, 1924, through service to New Lots Avenue was begun.[10]

From October 5, 2016, to June 19, 2017, this station andSutter Avenue–Rutland Roadwere closed for renovations.[11][12][13]

Transfer with Canarsie Line

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A New Lots Avenue-bound3train ofR62spassing aboveLivonia Avenueafter leaving Junius Street.

The New Lots Line passes over theLivonia Avenuestation on theBMT Canarsie Line(Ltrain) directly to the east of this station and there is a free-transfer between the two stations, which can only be accessed by walking outside the stations and using aMetroCardorOMNY.Passengers originally transferred between the two stations for an additional fare by using an overpass running parallel to the New Lots Line which allows pedestrians on Livonia Avenue to cross over theLong Island Rail Road's open-cutBay Ridge Branch.[citation needed]

In 2015, there were proposals to convert the overpass into a free-transfer passage between the two stations, due to increasing ridership and plans for additional housing in the area.[14]Money was allocated in the 2015–2019 Capital Program to build this transfer. Both stations would also have been upgraded to become compliant with mobility accessibility guidelines under theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[15]However, in the April 2018 revision to the Capital Program, funding for the project, with the exception of funding already used to design the connection, was removed.[16]A freeMetroCard-only transfer between the two stations was also provided during weekends and late nights as part of thereconstruction of the 14th Street Tunnelstarting in April 2019[17][18]and introduced permanently in February 2020.[19]The 2020–2024 Capital Program added back funding for the project, with an allocation of $38.4 million;[20]by January 2020, only $400,000 of that amount had been spent on "pre-design" activities.[21]In February 2020, the MTA awarded adesign–buildcontract to construct the free transfer and associated elevator upgrades.[22]In November 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $965 million contract for the installation of 21 elevators across eight stations,[23]including Junius Street.[24][25]: 81 A joint venture of ASTM and Halmar International would construct the elevators under a public-private partnership.[24][25]: 80 

Station layout

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Platform level Side platform
Northbound ←towardHarlem–148th Street(Rockaway Avenue)
←towardWoodlawnlate nights(Rockaway Avenue)
←towardWakefield–241st Street(select rush hour trips)(Rockaway Avenue)
←towardEastchester–Dyre Avenue(select rush hour trips)(Rockaway Avenue)
Center track →No passenger service
Southbound →(late nights) towardNew Lots Avenue(Pennsylvania Avenue)→
→towardNew Lots Avenue(select rush hour trips)(Pennsylvania Avenue)→
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent,MetroCardandOMNYmachines
Ground Street level Exit/entrance,MetroCard/OMNYconnection toatLivonia Avenue
Entrance

There are twoside platformsand three tracks. It is the only station on the line with a center track, which was installed sometime before 1987. However, it does not have athird railand thus can only be used by diesel trains or other non-electric equipment. Just west (railroad north) of the station, tracks split from both the northbound and southbound tracks, merging to form the center track; this goes through the station and turns south, crossing the southbound track at grade. The track joins with one from the BMT Canarsie Line and heads to theLinden Shops.[26]Both platforms have beige windscreens and green canopies that run for the entire length.[27]

This station is the highest point on the New Lots Line, which rises here to pass over the BMT Canarsie Line. At Junius Street, a block from the station entrance, an overpass running parallel to the New Lots Line allows pedestrians on Livonia Avenue to cross over the Long Island Rail Road's open-cut Bay Ridge Branch. This overpass leads to the main entrance of the Livonia Avenue station on the BMT Canarsie Line.[citation needed]

Exits

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Despite the station name, there are no actual entrances to this station on Junius Street; they were removed many years ago. The two street stairs to the station's onlymezzanineare a block away on the south side of Livonia Avenue between Powell and Sackman Streets.[3]The small, elevated mezzanine/station house beneath the tracks has a token booth,turnstilebank, and two staircases to the center of each of the two side platforms.[citation needed]

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A scene in the 2010 movieBrooklyn's FinestshowsEthan Hawke's character chasing a man up to the stairs of the Junius Street station.[citation needed]

In a scene from the 1992 movieJust Another Girl on the IRT,the main character is seen walking up the stairs, then is later seen on the elevated platform of this station.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^"Glossary".Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS)(PDF).Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on February 26, 2021.RetrievedJanuary 1,2021.
  2. ^ab"Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)".Metropolitan Transportation Authority.2023.RetrievedApril 20,2024.
  3. ^ab"Neighborhood Map Brownsville"(PDF).mta.info.Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015.RetrievedOctober 9,2016.
  4. ^*"2 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022".Metropolitan Transportation Authority.RetrievedJune 28,2024.
  5. ^"Nearly 70 Track Miles to Be Added To Rapid Transit Facilities in 1920".Brooklyn Standard Union.December 28, 1919.RetrievedAugust 14,2016– via Fulton History.
  6. ^"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.RetrievedAugust 14,2016– via Fulton History.
  7. ^"Annual report. 1920-1921".HathiTrust.Interborough Rapid Transit.RetrievedSeptember 5,2016.
  8. ^abcCunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993).A History of the New York City Subway System.J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 53.
  9. ^Annual Report.J.B. Lyon Company. 1922.
  10. ^ab"IRT Brooklyn Line Opened 90 Years Ago".New York Division Bulletin.53(9). New York Division, Electric Railroaders' Association. September 2010.RetrievedAugust 31,2016– via Issu.
  11. ^"ServiceAlert: As of 5 AM, the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd and Junius St stations have reopened for 3 and 4 subway service".@NYCTSubway.June 19, 2017.RetrievedJune 19,2017.
  12. ^"Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, Junius St Stations on 3 Line Reopen".mta.info.Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 19, 2017.RetrievedJune 19,2017.
  13. ^"The Stations Were Closed for Renewal Work Since April".mta.info.Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 16, 2016. Archived fromthe originalon October 9, 2020.RetrievedAugust 28,2019.
  14. ^Eisinger, Dale W.; Rivoli, Dan (July 6, 2015)."Brooklyn official wants transfer at 2 nearby subway stations in East New York".Daily News (New York).RetrievedOctober 25,2015.
  15. ^"MTA Capital Program 2015-2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand"(PDF).Metropolitan Transportation Authority.October 28, 2015.RetrievedOctober 9,2016.
  16. ^Martinez, Jose (May 2, 2019)."Free Subway Transfers Prove One 'L' of an Idea in Brooklyn".The City.RetrievedAugust 28,2019.
  17. ^Hogan, Gwynne; Tcholakian, Danielle (July 25, 2016)."The L Train Shutdown: Here's How to Commute Between Brooklyn and Manhattan".DNAinfo New York.Archived fromthe originalon August 21, 2016.RetrievedJuly 26,2016.
  18. ^Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (July 25, 2016)."L Train Will Shut Down From Manhattan to Brooklyn in '19 for 18 Months".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedJuly 26,2016.
  19. ^"Service information for L, M, G, 7, M14 SBS and free transfers".April 26, 2020.RetrievedApril 26,2020.
  20. ^"MTA Capital Program 2020-2024"(PDF).mta.info.Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 20, 2019. p. 187.RetrievedSeptember 23,2019.
  21. ^Guse, Clayton (January 19, 2020)."MTA to finally connect two Brooklyn subway stations where riders were double-charged for a century".nydailynews.RetrievedJanuary 20,2020.
  22. ^"New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting February 2020".mta.info.Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 24, 2020. pp. 179–181.RetrievedFebruary 23,2020.
  23. ^Nessen, Stephen (November 28, 2022)."MTA to spend more than $1B on accessibility upgrades".Gothamist.RetrievedDecember 1,2022.
  24. ^abBrachfeld, Ben (November 29, 2022)."MTA to spend $1 billion on subway, commuter rail accessibility upgrades".amNewYork.RetrievedDecember 1,2022.
  25. ^ab"Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting November 2022".mta.info.Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 29, 2022.RetrievedJuly 14,2022.
  26. ^Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002].Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006(3rd ed.). Dougherty.OCLC49777633– viaGoogle Books.
  27. ^Cox, Jeremiah."Junius Street (3) - The SubwayNut".subwaynut.RetrievedOctober 9,2016.
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