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New Lots Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	New Lots Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Brownsville, East New York
Coordinates	40°39′32″N 73°53′58″W / 40.659025°N 73.899364°W / 40.659025; -73.899364
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B15
Structure	Embankment
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 28, 1906; 118 years ago (July 28, 1906)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	697,822  1.6%
Rank	350 out of 423
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Livonia Avenuetoward Eighth Avenue East 105th Streettoward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Rugbytoward Bay Ridge Bay Ridge BranchAt New Lots Road station (closed 1897) East New Yorktoward Fresh Pond
Location Show map of New York City SubwayShow map of New York CityShow map of New York
Track layout Legend to Livonia Avenue to East 105th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

The New Lots Avenue station is an elevated station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of New Lots and Van Sinderen Avenues at the border of Brownsville and East New York, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.

History

This station opened on July 28, 1906.

The Canarsie-bound platform was closed for renovation from December 2, 1963 to April 2, 1964, and the Manhattan-bound platform was closed for renovation from April 2 to July 23, 1964. The entire project cost $214,700. As part of the project the wooden platforms were replaced with concrete platforms, and canopies and fluorescent lights were installed.

The station was renovated again in 2006-2007 at a cost of $10.58 million. The station renovation included the installation of new platform edges with yellow tactile warning strips, beige windscreens and red canopies (both with green frames), and the installation of artwork.

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← toward Eighth Avenue (Livonia Avenue)
	Eastbound	→ toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (East 105th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance, station house

This elevated station has two tracks and two offset side platforms. The platforms have windscreens and canopies at their centers and woven-wire fences with dark gray steel frames at either ends.

This station's 2007 artwork is called 16 Windows by Eugenie Tung. It features eight stained glass windows on each platform windscreen. The ones on the Manhattan-bound platform depict people doing morning activities like eating breakfast and brushing teeth while those on the Canarsie-bound platform depict people doing evening activities like eating dinner and getting ready for bed.

To the south, the Canarsie Line lowers to run at-grade to East 105th Street and Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway. To the north, it becomes an elevated structure to Livonia Avenue until just west of Broadway Junction.

Exit

The station's only entrance is via a ground-level station house beneath the tracks on the southwest corner of Van Sinderen and New Lots Avenues. Inside is a token booth, turnstile bank, and two staircases to the Canarsie-bound platform and one to the Manhattan-bound one, all at their centers.

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. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. "Bay Ridge line". lirrhistory.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2000.
4. ^ "Neighborhood Map Brownsville Ocean Hill East New York Remsen Village" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
5. "L Subway Timetable, Effective December 4, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
6. New York Division Bulletin. 6 (122). Electric Railroaders' Association. December 1963. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. "New Look for BMT Platform". New York Daily News. April 1, 1964. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Job Finished, Station Open". New York Daily News. July 21, 1964. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
9. 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.
10. Dougherty, Peter (2006) . Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
11. "Museum Without Walls". CultureNow. May 10, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
12. ^ "16 Windows". MTA. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
13. Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
14. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Brownsville" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.

External links

• nycsubway.org – BMT Canarsie Line: New Lots Avenue
• Station Reporter — L Train
• The Subway Nut — New Lots Avenue Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — New Lots Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)
• New Lots Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
14th Street–  Canarsie Local	Eighth Avenue Sixth Avenue Union Square Third Avenue First Avenue Bedford Avenue Lorimer Street Graham Avenue Grand Street Montrose Avenue Morgan Avenue Jefferson Street DeKalb Avenue Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Halsey Street Wilson Avenue Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street Broadway Junction Atlantic Avenue Sutter Avenue Livonia Avenue New Lots Avenue East 105th Street Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
Canarsie Line	Eighth Avenue Sixth Avenue Union Square Third Avenue First Avenue Bedford Avenue Lorimer Street Graham Avenue Grand Street Montrose Avenue Morgan Avenue Jefferson Street DeKalb Avenue Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Halsey Street Wilson Avenue Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street Broadway Junction [← to Broadway Junction, Jamaica Line] Atlantic Avenue Sutter Avenue Livonia Avenue New Lots Avenue East 105th Street Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. Struck through passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

• BMT Canarsie Line stations
• New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1906
• 1906 establishments in New York City
• Brownsville, Brooklyn
• East New York, Brooklyn