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The First Avenue station is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of First Avenue and East 14th Street at the border of Stuyvesant Park, Stuyvesant Town, and the East Village in Manhattan,[3] it is served by the L train at all times.

1 Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	First Avenue & East 14th Street New York, NY 10003
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	East Village, Stuyvesant Park, Stuyvesant Town
Coordinates	40.731324°N 73.982577°W / 40.731324; -73.982577
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M14A/M14D Select Bus Service, M15 (northbound), M15 Select Bus Service (northbound)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	June 30, 1924; 98 years ago (1924-06-30)
Rebuilt	July 1, 2019; 3 years ago (2019-07-01) to December 31, 2020; 20 months ago (2020-12-31)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2019	5,345,371[2]  20.7%
Rank	83 out of 424[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Third Avenue toward Eighth Avenue Bedford Avenue toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to 3 Av to Bedford Av
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

This station opened on June 30, 1924, as part of the 14th Street–Eastern Line station, which ran from Sixth Avenue under the East River and through Williamsburg to Montrose and Bushwick Avenues.[4][5]

In September 1983 this station was the site of the arrest of Michael Stewart, a notable case in the history of police brutality.[6]

The station originally had entrances only at its western end, on First Avenue. Its eastern entrances at Avenue A were built as part of the wide scope in the 2019–2020 rebuilding of the Canarsie Tubes that were damaged during Hurricane Sandy, and to improve service for people living in Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village, the East Village, and Alphabet City. Work on the entrances began in July 2017,[7][8] necessitating the relocation of bus stops at that intersection.[9] The entrances to the Brooklyn-bound platform were opened on November 4, 2019. The entrance to the Eighth Avenue-bound platform was expected to be opened by the end of 2019,[10][11] but the opening date was postponed to February 10, 2020. This was followed by the temporary closure of the entrances at First Avenue.[12]

New elevators were built at the new eastern entrances[13][14] and were opened on August 6, 2020.[15] Substantial completion of the entrances was projected for November 2020.[16][17]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance Elevators located: Northwest corner of Avenue A and 14th Street Southwest corner of Avenue A and 14th Street
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
P Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← toward Eighth Avenue (Third Avenue)
	Eastbound	→ toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (Bedford Avenue) →
	Side platform

This underground station has two side platforms and two tracks. It is the easternmost Canarsie Line station in Manhattan. East of here, the line travels under the East River to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The platforms are columnless and have the standard BMT style trim-line and name tablets. The former contains "1" tablets in standard intervals while the latter consists of "FIRST AVE" in white seriffed lettering.

Exits

The station's western entrances are at the (railroad north) end of the station; from each platform, a single staircase goes up to a small mezzanine that contains a turnstile bank, token booth. Two street stairs to the Eighth Avenue-bound platform lead to the northeastern corner of First Avenue and 14th Street, while the ones to the Brooklyn-bound platform lead to the southeastern corner. The mezzanine on the Brooklyn-bound side had a florist shop outside fare control; the shop closed in 2019. There is no free transfer between directions at this station.[18]

The station's eastern entrances are at the railroad south end of the station; there are platform-level turnstile banks from each platform. Two street stairs to the Eighth Avenue-bound platform lead to the northwestern corner of Avenue A and 14th Street, while two more to the Brooklyn-bound platform lead to the southwestern corner. Each eastern entrance has an elevator between the platform and the street.

Art

The station contains two sets of mosaic artwork by Katherine Bradford.[19][20] The eastern entrances include three large works collectively titled Queens of the Night, which depict figures in dancelike poses against a sapphire blue background. In addition, the First Avenue mezzanines contain two smaller works of flying superheroes, titled Superhero Responds.[20][21] The mosaics cover 400 square feet (37 m²) in total. When the artworks were commissioned, Bradford used the L train on her daily commute, passing through the First Avenue station.[19]

Image gallery

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  Name Tablet
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  Trim-line Tablet
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  Station wall

Nearby points of interest

• Beth Israel Medical Center[18]
• Stuyvesant High School Old Campus (High School for Health Professions and Human Services, Institute for Collaborative Education, and PS 226)[18]
• Stuyvesant Square[18]
• Stuyvesant Town[18]

References

External links

• nycsubway.org – nycsubway.org BMT Canarsie Line: 1st Avenue
• Station Reporter — L Train
• The Subway Nut — 1st Avenue Pictures
• First Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View
• East end of platforms under construction for "Avenue A" entrance from Google Maps Street View

На других языках

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- [en] First Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)

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[ru] Первая авеню (линия Канарси, Би-эм-ти)

«Первая авеню» (англ. First Avenue) — станция Нью-Йоркского метрополитена, расположенная на линии Канарси, Би-эм-ти. Станция находится на пересечении 14-й улицы и 1-й авеню в Манхэттене. На станции останавливается маршрут L (круглосуточно). Эта станция — самая восточная во всём Манхэттене, следующая станция линии располагается уже в Бруклине.

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