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 Western exit stair of northbound platform |
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| Address | Gates Avenue & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°41′22″N 73°55′19″W / 40.68949°N 73.922067°WCoordinates: 40°41′22″N 73°55′19″W / 40.68949°N 73.922067°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Jamaica Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | J  (all except rush hours, peak direction)Z  (rush hours, peak direction) |
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 13, 1885[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2008) | 1.609 million[2][3] ▲ 7.58% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 275 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Halsey Street: J (Z skips to Chauncey Street) |
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| Next south | Kosciuszko Street: J (Z skips to Myrtle Avenue) |
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Gates Avenue is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn. It is served by the Z train during rush hours and the J train at all other times. The emergency exit at the north end of the station leads to Howard Avenue while the south exit leads to Quincy Street and Broadway and has a crossunder.
The 2002 artwork here is called Dream Train by Chris Robinson and has a subway (J train) theme.
South of this station, the remains of the BMT Lexington Avenue Line can be seen. Until October 13, 1950, the next stop was Reid Avenue.
References
- ^ "Done at Last". Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 1. May 13, 1885. http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArchiveView.asp?BaseHref=BEG/1885/05/13&Page=1&skin=BE.
- ^ "2008 Subway Ridership". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- ^ "2007 Ridership by Subway Station". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_07.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
External links
- nycsubway.org — BMT Jamaica Line: Gates Avenue
- Station Reporter — J train
- The Subway Nut — Gates Avenue Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — Gates Avenue
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