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Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

For the demolished station at Grant Avenue and Liberty Avenue, see Grant Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line).

The Grant Avenue station is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Grant Avenue just north of Pitkin Avenue in Cypress Hills[4] and City Line, Brooklyn, near the border between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens,[5][6] it is served by the A train at all times. The station is the line's easternmost stop in Brooklyn; the Fulton Street Line continues east into Queens via the Fulton Street Elevated.[6]

 Grant Avenue
 "A" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Grant Avenue station in 2018
Station statistics
AddressGrant Avenue & Pitkin Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleCity Line
Cypress Hills[1]
Coordinates40°40′36″N 73°51′56″W / 40.676635°N 73.86559°W / 40.676635; -73.86559
DivisionB (IND)[2]
LineIND Fulton Street Line
Services   A all times (all times)
TransitBus transport MTA Bus: Airport transportation Q7, Q8
StructureUnderground
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedApril 29, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-04-29)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20231,169,287[3] Increase 13.6%
Rank267 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Euclid Avenue
toward Inwood–207th Street
Local 		80th Street
toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue or Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Location
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York City Subway
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York City
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York
Grant Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)
Track layout

Legend
to Euclid Avenue
to 80th Street
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The funds to construct the Fulton Street Line east of Broadway Junction, including the Grant Avenue station, were allocated in 1939. Construction of the extension was delayed due to material shortages from World War II. The Fulton Street Line between Broadway Junction and Euclid Avenue opened in 1948. Funding to construct the Grant Avenue station was allocated in 1950, and the station opened in 1956.

History

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Original plan

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Southbound track

Grant Avenue was built as part of the extension of the IND Fulton Street Line east of Broadway–East New York.[7] Funding for the station was allocated in the New York City Board of Transportation's 1939 Capital Budget, projected to be completed by 1942.[8] In October 1940, construction began on the portion of the extension along Pitkin Avenue between Crystal Street and Grant Avenue. This included a station at Euclid Avenue and the Pitkin Yard, but did not include a station at Grant Avenue.[9][10] By this time, the Board acquired private property on the east side of Grant Avenue for subway construction.[11] By 1941, the intersection of Pitkin and Grant Avenues was excavated for subway construction.[12] The opening of the East New York station, and completion of all stations east to Euclid Avenue that were then-under construction,[9][13] was halted in 1942 due to supply shortages from World War II.[9][14][15]

The extension of the line to Euclid Avenue opened in November 1948, six years late.[16][17] As part of the extension, the Fulton Line tunnel under Pitkin Avenue was built up to Eldert Lane just past Grant Avenue to facilitate a future subway extension via Pitkin Avenue.[18]: 143 [19][20][21]

Modified plans

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By 1947, the plans were modified so the IND line would instead use the nearby BMT Fulton Street Elevated along Liberty Avenue.[22][23] Additional trackways were installed in the tunnel just east of Euclid Avenue for a potential connection to the Fulton Street El.[24][25] The yet-to-be-built Grant Avenue station was also displayed on the signal board in the Euclid Avenue station.[24][26] In 1949, the Board of Transportation approved a plan to extend the IND Fulton Line along the eastern Fulton El to Lefferts Boulevard. The station was expected to be completed in 1952.[27] Under the original plans, the Grant Avenue station of the BMT elevated would have been preserved as the first station east of the link.[18]: 143 [28][29][30] In 1950, the New York City Planning Commission approved funding for an extension of the IND Fulton Line east from Euclid Avenue to Grant Avenue.[31][32]

In late 1952, the Board of Transportation began construction on a connection between the IND and both the Fulton Elevated and the Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, which included a new underground Grant Avenue station.[33][34][35][36] The station opened on April 29, 1956, along with the connection to the Fulton Elevated east to Lefferts Boulevard. One month later, service to the Rockaways commenced via the old Rockaway Beach Branch, which had been converted to the IND Rockaway Line.[5][9][37][38][39] The station also replaced the former Grant Avenue station on the Fulton Elevated, which was closed and demolished.[5]

Station layout

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Ground Street level Exit/entrance, station house, fare control, station agent
Platform level Westbound ←   toward Inwood–207th Street (Euclid Avenue)
←   late night shuttle toward Euclid Avenue (Terminus)
Island platform
Eastbound →   toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue, Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard or Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (80th Street) →
→   late night shuttle toward Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard (80th Street) →
Yard Tracks Yard track → No passenger service
Yard track → No passenger service
 
Street view of the only entrance to Grant Avenue station

This station has two tracks and one island platform.[20] The A train stops here at all times; a shuttle train from Euclid Avenue to Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard also serves the station during late nights.[40] The station is between 80th Street in Queens to the east (railroad south) and Euclid Avenue to the west (railroad north).[41]

The column and wall tiles are textured light green, with "GRANT" in dark green letters going down vertically on columns and horizontally along the wall underneath the tile band; the tile band is set in a soldier course of dark green bordered by the same light green as the rest of the wall, albeit minus the textured surface.[5][42] When it opened, the Grant Avenue station featured fluorescent lighting, instead of the incandescent lights that were standard throughout the New York City Subway at the time.[5]

East of the station (or south, in terms of railroad directions), the line gains a center track from Pitkin Yard, leaves the subway tunnel and ramps up to the elevated tracks along Liberty Avenue. Once it exits the tunnel, the line enters Queens.[5][20] At the tunnel portal, another track from Pitkin Yard merges with the southbound local track. The line continues as three tracks, towards 80th Street station on Liberty Avenue. The two yard tracks are located under the station.[20]

Exit

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The station's only entrance is a 1950s-style brick station-house at street level, located on the east side of Grant Avenue north of Pitkin Avenue.[6] Inside, there is a token booth, turnstile bank, fluorescent lights, newsstand, and three staircases to the platform.[5][43] The entrance is located next to a NYCDOT park and ride facility, signed as "Municipal Parking: Grant Avenue," that encompasses both sides of Grant Avenue.[44] Additional parking was formerly present on then-NYCT property across North Conduit Avenue, which has since been developed.[45]

References

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