Lafayette Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

Lafayette Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located under Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.

For the demolished station actually at Lafayette Avenue & Fulton Street, see Lafayette Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line).
 Lafayette Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressSouth Portland Avenue & Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(main station entrance)
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleFort Greene
Coordinates40.686268°N 73.974466°W / 40.686268; -73.974466
DivisionB (IND)
LineIND Fulton Street Line
Services   A  (late nights)
​   C  (all except late nights)
Transit NYCT Bus: B25, B26, B52
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedApril 9, 1936 (1936-04-09)[1]
Station code176[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		No
Traffic
20191,599,887[3]  1.9%
Rank282 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next northHoyt–Schermerhorn Streets: A  ​C 
Next southClinton–Washington Avenues: A  ​C 

Despite the station's name, there are no entrances on Lafayette Avenue; the nearest entrance is a block away.

History

This underground station opened on April 9, 1936, and replaced the BMT Fulton Street El.[1] The Lafayette Avenue El station, which was formerly above the current subway station, closed on May 31, 1940.[4]

Station layout
G Street level Exit/entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Westbound local ← toward 168th Street (Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets)
← toward 207th Street late nights (Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets)
Westbound express ← does not stop here
Eastbound express → does not stop here →
Eastbound local → toward Euclid Avenue (Clinton–Washington Avenues) →
→ toward Far Rockaway late nights (Clinton–Washington Avenues) →
Side platform
Hanson Place stair

This station has four tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have stairs that lead up to a long mezzanine and fare control. There is no free crossover or crossunder between the two platforms, due to the shape of the mezzanine's fare control area.

Trim lines in light green with a dark green border run along the walls of both platforms, and mosaic name tablets reading "LAFAYETTE AVE." in white sans-serif lettering on a dark green background with light green border are present as well. Small tile captions reading "LAFAYETTE" in white lettering on a black background run below the trim line, and directional signs in the same style are below some of the name tablets. Emerald green I-beam columns run along the station mezzanine, but none are present at platform level.

East of this station there is a storage/lay up track between the two express tracks. The west end connects to the northbound express track, and the east end connects to the southbound express track, so trains must reverse in order to enter the layup track. At both ends, the storage/lay up track also ends at bumper blocks. There are also switches in both directions from the respective local to the respective express tracks; express trains cannot switch to the local tracks at these switches, however.[5]

The station is located very close to the Fulton Street station on the IND Crosstown Line. Passengers on northbound local trains can see the station on the right just after leaving Lafayette Avenue. There is an employee-only connection between the two stations via the subway tunnels.

Exits

All exits serve both platforms. At the west end, there are stairs to all four corners of Fulton Street and South Portland Avenue.[6] At the east end, there are stairs to four out of the six corners of the intersection of Fulton Street, South Oxford Street, and Hanson Place. There are two stairs to the northern corner, one to the northeastern (via a passageway), one to the southeastern, and one to the southwestern.[6]

Nearby points of interest

References
  1. "NEW SUBWAY LINK OPENED BY MAYOR; He Tells 15,000 in Brooklyn It Will Be Extended to Queens When Red Tape Is Cut". The New York Times. April 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. New York Times, Last Train is Run on Fulton St. 'El', June 1, 1940
  5. Marrero, Robert (January 1, 2017). "472 Stations, 850 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  6. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Downtown Brooklyn & Borough Hall" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
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