:Broadway Junction station
{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}}
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{{ Infobox NYCS
| name = Broadway Junction
| type = complex
| image = Broadway Junction from outside vc.jpg
| image_caption = The elevated part of the complex
| address = Van Sinderen Avenue and Fulton Street
Brooklyn, New York
| borough = Brooklyn
| locale = East New York (subdivision) Cypress Hills, Bedford–Stuyvesant (subdivision) Ocean Hill, Bushwick
| coordinates = {{coord|40|40|44.11|N|73|54|12.43|W|display=inline,title}}
| levels = 3
| division = BMT/IND
| line = BMT Canarsie Line
IND Fulton Street Line
BMT Jamaica Line
| service = Broadway Junction
| connection = {{Unbulleted list
| {{bus icon}} NYCT Bus: {{NYC bus link|B20|B25|B83|Q24|Q56}}
| {{rint|rail|size=12}} LIRR East New York station
}}
| accessible = construction
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|rushpeak}}{{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptnights}}{{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}
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The Broadway Junction station is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the elevated BMT Canarsie Line and BMT Jamaica Line, and the underground IND Fulton Street Line. It was also served by trains of the Fulton Street Elevated until that line closed in 1956. It is located roughly at the intersection of Broadway, Fulton Street and Van Sinderen Avenue at the border of Bedford–Stuyvesant, East New York and Bushwick. The complex is served by the A, J, and L trains at all times; the C train at all times except late nights; and the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction only.
The station is adjacent to the East New York Yard and a complex track junction between the tracks leading to the yard, the Canarsie Line, and the Jamaica Line. The structure of the elevated station still contains the ironwork for the trackways used by the old Fulton Elevated. The station has a single exit and entrance through a fare control building located at the eastern end of the Fulton Street Line station. There is evidence of closed exits from the Jamaica Line platforms.
The station opened as Manhattan Junction as part of the BMT Lexington Avenue Line in 1885. In 1900, an elevated connection was made with the Fulton Street Elevated, resulting in a change in service patterns. Lexington Avenue and Fulton Street trains were through-routed, going around the East New York Loop, with service to Cypress Hills requiring a transfer. The station started to be used by service to Canarsie in 1906. In 1919, the Manhattan Junction station was replaced by the current station which was then known as Eastern Parkway. The modern-day Canarsie Line platforms, known as Broadway Junction, opened in 1928 when that line was connected to the 14th Street–Eastern District Line. The Independent Subway System's Fulton Street Line was extended to Broadway–East New York in 1946, and the three stations were combined as one station complex on July 1, 1948. The names of the stations in the complex were conformed to Broadway Junction in 2003.
Although Broadway Junction ranked 166th in the system for passenger entries in 2016, with 3,085,401 total entries,{{NYCS const|riderref}} it is Brooklyn's third-busiest station in terms of passenger activity. It sees 100,000 passengers per day {{as of|2017|lc=yes}}, the vast majority of whom use it to make transfers. In 2017, the New York City Economic Development Corporation started studying options to rezone the surrounding area as a transit hub.Hu, Winnie. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/nyregion/a-tired-brooklyn-transit-hub-finally-getting-attention.html "A Tired Brooklyn Transit Hub Is Finally Getting Attention; New York City officials aim to transform Broadway Junction from a pass-through to a destination stop with offices, stores, restaurants and other amenities."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127181900/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/nyregion/a-tired-brooklyn-transit-hub-finally-getting-attention.html |date=November 27, 2017 }}, The New York Times, November 26, 2017. Accessed November 27, 2017. "Currently, about 100,000 riders pass through Broadway Junction every weekday, making it the third busiest station in Brooklyn, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Most riders are transferring between the various lines."
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History
{{see also|East New York station#History|East New York, Brooklyn#History|l1=East New York (LIRR station)|l2=History of East New York, Brooklyn}}File:Broadway Junction headhouse, December 2017.JPG
The Broadway Junction station complex is shared by the elevated BMT Canarsie and BMT Jamaica Lines and the underground IND Fulton Street Line. Throughout the history of the area, this has been a key junction point between various different rail lines. What is now Broadway Junction sits atop the historical Jamaica Pass, the junction of the modern Broadway, Fulton Street, and Jamaica Avenue. The Pass is where these roads passed through the valleys of the area, which are part of the terminal moraine created by the Wisconsin glaciation.{{Cite web|url=http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Town/ProspectPk.html|title=Prospect Park It's Peaceful – Now The biggest battle of the Revolutionary War took place in a bucolic corner of Brooklyn|last=Hanc|first=John|date=July 2, 2003|publisher=Long Island Newsday|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=January 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104135146/http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Town/ProspectPk.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiFFAQAAMAAJ&q=broadway+junction+%22jamaica+pass%22&pg=PA468|title=Manual of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn for ...|last1=Council|first1=Brooklyn (New York, N. Y. ) Common|last2=Bishop|first2=William G.|last3=McCloskey|first3=Henry|date=1868|publisher=The Council|pages=468|language=en|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214630/https://books.google.com/books?id=UiFFAQAAMAAJ&q=broadway+junction+%22jamaica+pass%22&pg=PA468|url-status=live}}
= BMT complex =
The first rail service in the area was the Atlantic Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) at East New York station. The line opened as the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad in 1836, under lease to the LIRR, but did not include a station at East New York until early 1843.{{cite news|title=Long Island Railroad Co|date=March 4, 1843|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|location=Brooklyn, New York|page=3}} The Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad (the predecessor to the BMT Canarsie Line) began service in the area in 1865.{{cite web|url=http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans/transportation/broadway_junction_complete.pdf|title=Broadway Junction Transportation Study: NYC Department of City Planning Final Report-November 2008|date=November 2008|website=nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Department of City Planning|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606140932/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/broadway_junction_complete.pdf|archive-date=June 6, 2010|url-status=live|access-date=October 27, 2015}}{{Rp|13}} The name Manhattan Junction or Manhattan Beach Junction was applied to the station on what is now the Jamaica Line when it opened in 1885;{{cite news | work = Brooklyn Daily Eagle | location = Brooklyn, New York |title=Building a Terminus|date = September 18, 1885|page=1}}{{cite news | work = Brooklyn Daily Eagle | location = Brooklyn, New York |title=The Brooklyn Elevated|date = January 3, 1886|page=1}} the area had been known as Manhattan Beach Crossing since before then,{{cite news | work = Brooklyn Daily Eagle | location = Brooklyn, New York |title=Going Ahead|date = April 3, 1880|page=4}} due to the crossing of the LIRR's Manhattan Beach Division. A station on the Fulton Street Elevated railroad at Sackman Street opened on July 4, 1889, when the line was extended to Atlantic Avenue.
File:Connection between Jamaica and Canarsie lines at Broadway Junction, December 2017.JPG
A two-track, one-half-block elevated connection was built on the east side of Vesta Avenue (now Van Sinderen Avenue) between the Fulton Street and Broadway Lines.{{cite news | work = Brooklyn Daily Eagle | location = Brooklyn, New York |title=To Join Elevated Roads|date = September 8, 1899|page=3}} This connection, equipped with a third rail to supply electric power, was opened on August 9, 1900, and new service patterns were implemented: during times other than rush hours, Lexington Avenue and Fulton Street trains were through-routed, and travel beyond Manhattan Junction required a transfer.{{cite news | work = Brooklyn Daily Eagle | location = Brooklyn, New York |title=Loop in Operation|date = August 9, 1900|page=3}}{{cite news | work = Brooklyn Daily Eagle | location = Brooklyn, New York |title=Twenty-Sixth Warders Complain of New L Loop|date = August 10, 1900|page=3}} This "East New York Loop" was unpopular, and was soon stopped;{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Keith |date=August 6, 2012 |title=Weaving the Broadway Junction tapestry |url=http://theweeklynabe.com/2012/08/06/history-of-broadway-junction-brooklyn/ |website=theweekylnabe |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200415045536/http://theweeklynabe.com/2012/08/06/history-of-broadway-junction-brooklyn/ |archive-date=April 15, 2020 |access-date=March 1, 2025}} the next service to use the tracks was the BMT Canarsie Line to Broadway Ferry (later the 15 train), joined to the Fulton Street Line at Pitkin and Snediker Avenues in 1906.{{Rp|14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?203:551|title=BMT Canarsie Line|last=Whitehorne|first=Wayne|work=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=May 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511181343/http://nycsubway.org/perl/stations?203:551|url-status=live}}
The name was changed from Manhattan Junction to Broadway Junction in 1913.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/undersidewalksof00cuda|url-access=registration|quote=manhattan junction.|title=Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest Subway System in the World|last=Cudahy|first=Brian J.|date=1995|publisher=Fordham Univ Press|isbn=9780823216185|pages=[https://archive.org/details/undersidewalksof00cuda/page/60 60]|language=en}} The Dual Contracts were signed on March 19, 1913, between the City and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT). As part of the agreement, the BRT, which owned the elevated lines in Brooklyn, agreed to construct bidirectional express tracks on the Fulton and Broadway Elevateds.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D4cUCgAAQBAJ&q=peter+derrick|title=Tunneling to the Future: The Story of the Great Subway Expansion That Saved New York|last=Derrick|first=Peter|date=2002|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814719541|pages=221, 227, 280|language=en|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214631/https://books.google.com/books?id=D4cUCgAAQBAJ&q=peter+derrick|url-status=live}} The Broadway express track was placed into service on December 23, 1916.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IH83AQAAMAAJ&q=%22manhattan+junction%22+brooklyn+rapid+transit&pg=RA1-PA67|title=Moodys Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities|date=1918|publisher=Moody Manual Company|pages=67|language=en|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214631/https://books.google.com/books?id=IH83AQAAMAAJ&q=%22manhattan+junction%22+brooklyn+rapid+transit&pg=RA1-PA67|url-status=live}} The current Broadway Elevated station at Eastern Parkway opened on August 5, 1919, replacing the old Manhattan Junction station.{{Rp|14}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXcBAAAAYAAJ&q=18th+avenue+culver+line&pg=PA387|title=Annual Report for the Year Ended ...|last=District|first=New York (State) Public Service Commission First|date=January 1, 1921|publisher=The Commission|language=en|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-date=March 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313205528/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXcBAAAAYAAJ&q=18th+avenue+culver+line&pg=PA387|url-status=live}}{{Rp|385}} The full BMT 14th Street-Canarsie Line was completed on July 14, 1928, with the opening of the segment connecting Broadway Junction with Montrose Avenue.{{cite news|title=Last Link of New 14th St-E.D. Subway To Be Opened Today: First Train This Afternoon Will Carry Officials – Citizens to Celebrate|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/59894184/?terms=subway+opening|access-date=August 25, 2015|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=July 14, 1928|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021024242/https://www.newspapers.com/image/59894184/?terms=subway+opening|url-status=live}}
= IND station =
By 1936, the Independent Subway System's Fulton Street Line had been extended to Rockaway Avenue. At that time, Broadway Junction was an all-Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT) transfer point. Further eastward extension of the line was delayed by World War II; the Broadway–East New York station opened on December 30, 1946. A direct escalator passageway was constructed between the IND and BMT stations in East New York to allow passengers free transfers. The passageway opened on July 1, 1948.{{Cite book|title=Report for the three and one-half years ending June 30, 1949.|publisher=New York City Board of Transportation|date=1949|hdl = 2027/mdp.39015023094926}}{{Rp|16, 38}} The Fulton Street Elevated was now redundant, and BMT service on the line closed entirely on April 26, 1956, with the eastern portion to Lefferts Boulevard connected to the IND.{{cite web|title=First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1956/04/30/94293042.pdf|website=The New York Times|access-date=June 29, 2015|date=April 30, 1956|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214633/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1956/04/30/94293042.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|url-status=live}}
The New York City Board of Transportation announced plans in November 1949 to spend $325,000 extending platforms at several IND stations, including Broadway–East New York, to accommodate 11-car, {{convert|660|ft|m|adj=on}} trains.{{Cite news |last=Bennett |first=Charles G. |date=1949-11-20 |title=Transit Platforms on Lines in Queens to Be Lengthened; $3,850,000 Program Outlined for Next Year to Care for Borough's Rapid Growth|language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/11/20/archives/transit-platforms-on-lines-in-queens-to-be-lengthened-3850000.html |access-date=2023-05-23 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news |date=20 Nov 1949 |title=37 Platforms On Subways To Be Lengthened: All Stations of B. M. T. and I.R.T. in Queens Included in $5,000,000 Program |page=32 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1325174459}}}} The lengthened trains began running during rush hour on September 8, 1953, with eleven-car trains operating on weekdays.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XZDVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22the+lengthening%22 |title=Report |date=1953 |publisher=New York City Transit Authority |language=en}}{{rp|37–38}} The project cost $400,000 and increased the total carrying capacity of rush-hour trains by 4,000 passengers.{{Cite news |last=Ingalls |first=Leonard |date=August 28, 1953 |title=2 Subway Lines to Add Cars, Another to Speed Up Service |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/08/28/83735052.pdf |access-date=January 25, 2016 |issn=0362-4331}} The operation of eleven-car trains ended in 1958 because of operational difficulties. The signal blocks, especially in Manhattan, were too short to accommodate the longer trains, and the motormen had a very small margin of error to properly align the train with the platform. It was found that operating ten-car trains allowed for two additional trains per hour to be scheduled.{{Cite news |date=August 10, 1962 |title=16-Point Plan Can Give Boro Relief Now |work=Long Island Star–Journal |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201962%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201962%2520-%25207607.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dfdc6273%26DocId%3D4233713%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D16%26hits%3D52%2Bc3%2B1ce%2B1de%2B203%2B24a%2B253%2B259%2B26a%2B270%2B278%2B287%2B299%2B2b3%2B2bc%2B2bd%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201962%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201962%2520-%25207607.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dfdc6273%26DocId%3D4233713%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D16%26hits%3D52%2Bc3%2B1ce%2B1de%2B203%2B24a%2B253%2B259%2B26a%2B270%2B278%2B287%2B299%2B2b3%2B2bc%2B2bd%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |access-date=April 24, 2018}}
= Complex renovation and later years =
The entire complex was renovated from 1999 to 2001. The design bid for the project was awarded in May 1996.{{Cite book|title=NYC Transit Committee Agenda May 1994|date=May 16, 1994|publisher=New York City Transit}}{{Rp|C-24–C-26}} As part of the project, an abandoned mezzanine and adjacent staircases were removed, a new station booth was built and the public address system was improved. In 2001, as part of the work a piece of artwork made by Al Loving titled Brooklyn, New Morning was installed in the station.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Artwork:_Brooklyn,_New_Morning_(Al_Loving)|title=Artwork: Brooklyn, New Morning (Al Loving)|website=www.nycsubway.org|language=en|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=January 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108001817/http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Artwork:_Brooklyn,_New_Morning_(Al_Loving)|url-status=live}} This piece of art consists of 75 unique glass panels arranged in a series throughout the complex and a mosaic mural wall that is {{convert|7-10|ft|m}}. This installation was part of MTA Arts & Design's program to install artwork in stations that undergo rehabilitations.{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=J&station=8|title=Broadway Junction AL LOVING Brooklyn, New Morning, 2001|website=web.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|language=en|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073646/http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=J&station=8|url-status=live}} Other necessary improvements were also completed as part of the project.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/html/eye-nyct.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970202045430/http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/html/eye-nyct.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 1997|title=REHABILITATE EAST NEW YORK STATION COMPLEX BROOKLYN|date=February 2, 1997|website=mta.nyc.ny.us|publisher=New York City Transit|access-date=September 18, 2016}} For a long time, the stations within the complex went by three different names: the original Eastern Parkway on the BMT Jamaica Line, Broadway Junction on the BMT Canarsie Line, and Broadway–East New York (IND Fulton Street Line). Conformity between the station names was established in 2003.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info:80/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf|title=New York City Subway Map May 2003|date=May 2003|website=mta.info|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030710220450/http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf|archive-date=July 10, 2003|url-status=dead|access-date=January 1, 2018|df=mdy-all}}
As part of a project initiated in 2017 in which 200 blocks of land in East New York were rezoned for housing and improvements to area parks and schools were planned, the New York City Economic Development Corporation initiated a study to foster economic growth around Broadway Junction as a transit hub with residential and commercial uses. In 2018, the MTA announced several further improvements to the Broadway Junction station: new elevators for the Fulton Street Line platforms, as well as staircases for the Canarsie Line platforms and Jamaica Line platforms. Mayor Eric Adams announced in May 2023 that the MTA would spend $400 million on improvements at the Broadway Junction station, including seven elevators, a new entrance on Van Sinderen Avenue directly to the Canarsie Line platforms, and replacement of all of the complex's escalators.{{cite web | last=Stark-Miller | first=Ethan | title=Brooklyn subway station to undergo a $500M overhaul, includes new elevators and pedestrian plazas | website=amNewYork | date=May 2, 2023 | url=https://www.amny.com/news/brooklyn-subway-station-to-undergo-a-500m-overhaul-includes-new-elevators-and-pedestrian-plazas/ | access-date=May 2, 2023 | archive-date=May 5, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505190645/https://www.amny.com/news/brooklyn-subway-station-to-undergo-a-500m-overhaul-includes-new-elevators-and-pedestrian-plazas/ | url-status=live }} In addition, the city government would spend $95 million to build pedestrian plazas around the station.{{cite web | last=Ginsburg | first=Aaron | title=Broadway Junction's overhaul to include $500M in safety, public space, and accessibility upgrades | website=6sqft | date=May 2, 2023 | url=https://www.6sqft.com/broadway-junctions-overhaul-to-include-500m-in-safety-public-space-and-accessibility-upgrades/ | access-date=May 2, 2023 | archive-date=May 2, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502221942/https://www.6sqft.com/broadway-junctions-overhaul-to-include-500m-in-safety-public-space-and-accessibility-upgrades/ | url-status=live }} AtkinsRéalis was hired in June 2024 to design the station's renovation, including accessibility improvements.{{cite web |date=June 26, 2024 |title=AtkinsRéalis Will Design New York Broadway Junction Complex Improvements |url=https://www.rtands.com/news/news-news/atkinsrealis-will-design-new-york-broadway-junction-complex-improvements/ |access-date=December 7, 2024 |website=Railway Track and Structures}}
Plans for the Interborough Express, a light rail line using the Bay Ridge Branch right of way, were announced in 2023.{{cite web |last=Brachfeld |first=Ben |date=January 10, 2024 |title=Interborough Express light rail project, which will connect Bay Ridge and Jackson Heights, inches forward |url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/interborough-express-project-inches-forward/ |access-date=January 26, 2024 |website=Brooklyn Paper}} As part of the project, a light rail station at Atlantic Avenue has been proposed next to the existing subway station.{{cite web | title=MTA launches RFP for Interborough Express to link Brooklyn and Queens | website=News 12 - Default | date=October 29, 2024 | url=https://newyork.news12.com/mta-launches-rfp-for-interborough-express-to-link-brooklyn-and-queens | access-date=January 31, 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://new.mta.info/document/103686|date=January 2023|title=The Interborough Express: Planning & Environmental Linkages Study|publisher=MTA}}
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Station layout
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 |4th floor |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=150 |Crossover |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=525 |Transfer between platforms |
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=7|3rd floor
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Northbound |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"| ← {{rint|newyork|L}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Eighth Avenue|Canarsie}} ({{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Canarsie Line/previous}}) |
| style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform |
| style="border-left:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|
{| cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=100% |width=70%| |style="border:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;"|Separation at south end |width=0%| |
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|style="border-left:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform, not in use
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|Southbound
|{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|L}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway}} ({{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Canarsie Line/next}}) →
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Side platform
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Mezzanine
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Connection between levels
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=5 |2nd floor
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Southbound local
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rint|newyork|J}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Broad Street}} ({{stl|NYCS|Halsey Street|Jamaica}} AM rush, {{stl|NYCS|Chauncey Street}} other times)
← {{rint|newyork|Z}} toward Broad Street AM rush ({{stl|NYCS|Chauncey Street}})
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform
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|Peak-direction express
|{{0|←}} No service (Next station: {{stl|NYCS|Myrtle Avenue|Jamaica}} west, {{stl|NYCS|Alabama Avenue}} east)
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform
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|Northbound local
|{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|J}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer}} ({{stl|NYCS|Alabama Avenue}}) →
{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|Z}} toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer PM rush ({{stl|NYCS|Alabama Avenue}}) →
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Ground
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Exit/entrance
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Westbound local
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rint|newyork|C}} toward {{stl|NYCS|168th Street|Eighth}} ({{NYCS Platform Layout IND Fulton Street Line/previous}})
← {{rint|newyork|A}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Inwood–207th Street}} late nights ({{NYCS Platform Layout IND Fulton Street Line/previous}})
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Westbound express
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rint|newyork|A}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Inwood–207th Street}} ({{stl|NYCS|Utica Avenue}})
|-
|Eastbound express
|{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|A}} toward {{Show by date|2025|05|19|{{stl|NYCS|Howard Beach–JFK Airport}}|{{stl|NYCS|Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue}}, {{stl|NYCS|Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street}},}} or {{stl|NYCS|Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard}} ({{stl|NYCS|Euclid Avenue}}) →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Eastbound local
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|C}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Euclid Avenue}} ({{NYCS Platform Layout IND Fulton Street Line/next}}) →
{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|A}} toward {{Show by date|2025|05|19|{{stl|NYCS|Howard Beach–JFK Airport}}|{{stl|NYCS|Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue}}}} late nights ({{NYCS Platform Layout IND Fulton Street Line/next}}) →
|}
The station complex is composed of three stations: the two elevated stations on the BMT Jamaica and Canarsie Lines, as well as the underground station on the IND Fulton Street Line.{{cite web|url=http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans-studies/sustainable-communities/eny/east_ny_report/east_ny_broadway_junction_subarea.pdf|title=Sustainable Communities East New York; Chapter V: Broadway Junction Subarea|date=June 2014|website=nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Department of City Planning|access-date=July 16, 2016|archive-date=March 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302110909/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans-studies/sustainable-communities/eny/east_ny_report/east_ny_broadway_junction_subarea.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Rp|86–87}} The IND station is accessible from the station's ground-level station house, at the east end of the station complex, using staircases down to platform level. The BMT lines are reachable from that same station house via escalators from street level to the upper mezzanine, which is located over the elevated BMT Jamaica Line platforms and at the BMT Canarsie Line's platform level. The two escalators, which were replaced in 2000, are long and steep. A footbridge leads from the upper mezzanine to the BMT Canarsie Line's northbound platform.{{Rp|38}}{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B6%20Ocean_Hill_2015.pdf|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=July 19, 2015|date=2015|archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616003748/http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B6%20Ocean_Hill_2015.pdf|url-status=live}}
Despite having been renovated in the late 1990s, the Broadway Junction complex does not conform to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and there are no elevators in the station because the different parts of the complex are too far from each other.{{cite web | title=25 Years Later, NYC Has a Long Way to Go on Accessibility | website=Tri-State Transportation Campaign | date=July 27, 2015 | url=http://blog.tstc.org/2015/07/27/25-years-later-nyc-has-a-long-way-to-go-on-accessibility/ | access-date=March 8, 2018 | archive-date=March 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232151/http://blog.tstc.org/2015/07/27/25-years-later-nyc-has-a-long-way-to-go-on-accessibility/ | url-status=live }} Because Broadway Junction is a major transfer station, the community identified this lack of access as a major issue.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans-studies/sustainable-communities/eny/vision_forum_results.pdf|title=Broadway Junction Community Visioning Forum|website=nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Department of City Planning|access-date=March 8, 2018|page=8|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130184451/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans-studies/sustainable-communities/eny/vision_forum_results.pdf|url-status=live}} Calls for elevators were renewed in 2017, after the announcement of the L train shutdown in 2019–2020, which temporarily restricts Canarsie Line service to Manhattan during off-peak hours.{{cite web | title=Straphangers to MTA: We need elevators! | website=Brooklyn Daily | date=July 7, 2017 | url=https://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2017/27/mm-broadway-junction-ada-compliance-2017-07-07-bk.html | access-date=March 8, 2018 | archive-date=March 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231856/https://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2017/27/mm-broadway-junction-ada-compliance-2017-07-07-bk.html | url-status=live }} In January 2018, the MTA announced that the IND Fulton Street Line platforms would receive elevators, and that elevators were also being studied for the BMT Jamaica Line platforms. However, the BMT Canarsie Line platforms were initially not expected to receive these improvements.* {{Cite AV media|title=MTA Board - NYCT/Bus Committee Meeting - 02/20/2018|date=February 20, 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJRM36BCciU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/BJRM36BCciU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|via=YouTube|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=March 4, 2018}}{{cbignore}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capitaldashboard/CPDHome.html|title=Capital Dashboard {{!}} Home Page|website=web.mta.info|access-date=March 5, 2018|archive-date=October 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030151729/http://web.mta.info/capitaldashboard/CPDHome.html|url-status=live}}
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The fare control area is in the station house, with a token booth and turnstile banks. The structure was built along with the IND station. The station house leads to Van Sinderen Avenue between Fulton Street to the south, and Truxton Street and Broadway to the north. This is the only entrance to the entire complex.{{Rp|86–87}} There is also a police precinct located in the station house, NYPD Transit Police District 33, at the south end of the building.{{Rp|38}} The station was previously part of Transit Police District 23.{{cite news|title=TA Police Shifting Dist. HQ To 116 St.|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201977%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201977%2520-%25200697.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Faf1d8fe65a788c109d015a90e8621c54#page=1|access-date=July 16, 2016|work=Wave of Long Island|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=May 18, 1977|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214634/https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201977%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201977%2520-%25200697.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Faf1d8fe65a788c109d015a90e8621c54#page=1|url-status=live}} The station house is adjacent to Callahan-Kelly Playground, and is recessed a short distance west from Van Sinderen Avenue.{{Rp|38}}{{Rp|95}}
A ventilation structure for the IND line sits at the west end of the park at Sackman Street.{{Rp|49}} There have been planning studies to build a new entrance in this area.{{cite web|url=http://newyork.uli.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/03/Broadway-Junction-TAP_FINAL.pdf|title=Broadway Junction Technical Assistance Panel|date=June 26, 2014|publisher=Urban Land Institute|pages=19–20|access-date=July 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215114645/http://newyork.uli.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/03/Broadway-Junction-TAP_FINAL.pdf|archive-date=December 15, 2016|url-status=dead}}
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BMT Canarsie Line platforms
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Broadway Junction
| image = bway_junction_L.jpeg
| image_caption = Southbound side platform for the L train;
with northbound island platform
| division = BMT
| line = BMT Canarsie Line
| service = Canarsie
| platforms = 1 island platform
1 side platform (southbound only)
| tracks = 2
| structure = Elevated
| open_date = {{start date and age|1928|07|14}}
| hide_traffic = yes
| accessible = construction
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line=Canarsie|left=Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street|right=Atlantic Avenue}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}
| layout = {{Broadway Junction station (BMT Canarsie Line)|inline=y}}
}}
The Broadway Junction station on the BMT Canarsie Line, served by the {{NYCS|L}} train at all times, has two tracks, one island platform and one side platform. Manhattan-bound trains use the island platform for northbound service while Canarsie-bound trains use the side platform for southbound service, similar to the configuration of the Bowling Green station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. However, unlike Bowling Green, the southbound trains can use the island platform if necessary.{{Rp|50}}{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook}}{{rp|19,32,64}} The station is between Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street to the north and Atlantic Avenue to the south.
This station opened on July 14, 1928, as the final section of the 14th Street–Eastern District Line, now part of the Canarsie Line, opened between Montrose Avenue and Broadway Junction. This new line allowed trains from Canarsie to run via the 14th Street Line in Manhattan in addition to the Nassau Street Line.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/07/15/archives/celebrate-opening-of-new-b-m-t-line-officials-and-civic-association.html|title=CELEBRATE OPENING OF NEW B. M. T. LINE; Officials and Civic Association Members Fill First Train From Union Square. MET BY BAND AT CANARSIE Crowds Cheer Passing Cars at Stations Along New Route to Jamaica Bay.|date=July 15, 1928|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 1, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210103644/https://www.nytimes.com/1928/07/15/archives/celebrate-opening-of-new-b-m-t-line-officials-and-civic-association.html|url-status=live}} The station is one of the highest elevated platforms in the city, sitting above the already-elevated BMT Jamaica Line. As high as this station platform is, it plunges abruptly into a tunnel at the north end. This end of the station slopes sharply downward, and the platform end is about {{convert|200|yd}} away from the tunnel's portal. A diamond crossover was installed here between 1998 and 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?46994|title=View of Canarsie line heading north into tunnel from northbound Canarsie line platform.|last=Leverett|first=Chris|date=March 8, 1998|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073019/https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?46994|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?133702|title=Image 133702 North of Broadway Junction|last=Chen|first=Chao-Hwa|date=December 21, 2001|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073632/https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?133702|url-status=live}}{{rp|32,64}}
The south end of the northbound platform divides into two, with a central gap between the two legs. Two normally-unused tracks connect the Canarsie and Jamaica lines. The southbound track can be seen emerging beneath the two legs of the northbound platform; the northbound flyover with its severe curve can be seen just east of the station, beginning near the signal tower.{{rp|32,64}} During 1999, this station underwent a series of renovations, including new canopies, a new crossover (known as "The Barn" because of its rustic red siding and white trim), and the removal of a hazardous crossunder.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us:80/mta/html/eye-nyct.htm|title=Eye on the Future – MTA New York City Transit|date=July 1997|website=mta.nyc.ny.us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980127005906/http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/html/eye-nyct.htm|archive-date=January 27, 1998|url-status=dead|access-date=December 31, 2017|df=mdy-all}} The old-style platform lights were removed and replaced with light fixtures that curve upward and split into two lights, widely seen elsewhere in the system.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45261|title=Old Light Fixtures|last=Pirmann|first=David|date=April 30, 1999|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073308/https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?45261|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?27008|title=Canarsie Line platforms at Broadway Junction Image 27008|last=Mencher|first=Robert|date=September 2003|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073600/https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?27008|url-status=live}} In March 2018, in preparation for the L train shutdown, the MTA announced that it would be installing two extra staircases to the BMT Canarsie Line platforms; at the time, there was only one passageway to each platform.{{cite web | title=Steps forward: Broadway Junction station to get two new stairways ahead of L-train closure | website=Brooklyn Paper | date=March 2, 2018 | url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/9/mm-stairs-for_broadway-junction-2018-03-02-bk.html | access-date=March 8, 2018 | archive-date=March 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232240/https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/9/mm-stairs-for_broadway-junction-2018-03-02-bk.html | url-status=live }}
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BMT Jamaica Line platforms
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Broadway Junction
| former = Manhattan Junction (1885–1919)
Eastern Parkway (1919–2003)
| image = Bway Junction td 14 - BMT Jamaica.jpg
| image_caption = Westbound platform
| division = BMT
| line = BMT Jamaica Line
| service = Jamaica east Z
| platforms = 2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
| tracks = 3
| structure = Elevated
| open_date = {{start date and age|1885|06|14}}{{cite news | work = Brooklyn Daily Eagle | location = Brooklyn, New York |title=East New York|date = June 13, 1885|page=6}}
{{start date and age|1919|08|05}} (current elevated station)
| hide_traffic = yes
| accessible = construction
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line1=Jamaica rush|left1=Chauncey Street|right1=Alabama Avenue|note-left1={{NYCS Jamaica Z|time=1}}|note-right1={{NYCS Jamaica east|time=1}}
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|line3=Jamaica skip west|left3=Halsey Street|right3=Alabama Avenue|note-left3={{NYCS J skip|time=1}}|note-right3={{NYCS Jamaica east|time=1}}}}
| unused_adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line=none|left=Myrtle Avenue Jamaica express|right=Atlantic Avenue|note-left=express|note-right=Canarsie}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptrush}}{{NYCS infobox legend|rushpeak}}{{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}{{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptnights}}
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The Broadway Junction station is an express station on the BMT Jamaica Line that has three tracks and two island platforms.{{Rp|50}} The {{NYCS|J}} train stops here at all times and the {{NYCS|Z}} train stops here during rush hours in the peak direction only. The station is between Chauncey Street to the west (railroad south) and Alabama Avenue to the east (railroad north). The middle express track is not used by regular service. At each end of the station there are track connections to the East New York Yard. Trains that run to or from that yard can terminate or begin at this station.{{rp|32,64}}
The station was originally called Eastern Parkway station, named for its original exit on the extreme west end of the platforms. This entrance is now closed, though the street stairs and station house are still present, now being used as employee space. A second fare control area, a mezzanine, at Conway Street in the middle of the platforms was also closed, and was removed in the 2000s as part of the station's renovation.{{Rp|50}}{{cite web |title=Reopening Closed Subway Entrances |url=http://www.pcac.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2001-Reopening-Closed-Entrances.pdf |website=pcac.org |publisher=New York City Transit Riders Council |access-date=December 6, 2015 |date=November 2001 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222153323/http://www.pcac.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2001-Reopening-Closed-Entrances.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Rp|4}} The ironwork for the old Fulton Elevated trackways can be seen under this portion of the complex from the platforms. Three staircases from each platform lead to the upper mezzanine of the complex.{{Rp|50}} The mezzanine is above the platforms and connects to the Canarsie Line and to the exit at street level via two long escalators. At street level, there is a transfer to the underground IND Fulton Street Line and the fare control area.{{Rp|39–40}}
As part of the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Capital Program, station capacity enhancements were made at the station. The project involved the building of two additional staircases from each platform to the mezzanine to reduce platform congestion. Design work started in February 2017, and was finished in August 2017. The project was being bid on {{as of|2018|1|lc=y}}, work began in July 2018, and the new staircases were finished around October 2018.* {{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capitaldashboard/allframenew_head.html?PROJNUM=t7160518&PLTYPE=1|title=T7160518 Station Capacity Enhancements at Broadway Junction on the Jamaica Line|website=web.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=September 3, 2017|archive-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904013854/http://web.mta.info/capitaldashboard/allframenew_head.html?PROJNUM=t7160518&PLTYPE=1|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/procure/contracts/191550sol.pdf|title=A-37126: Additional Platform Stairs at Broadway Junction Station Jamaica Line (BMT), in the Borough of Brooklyn.|date=November 10, 2017|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073520/http://web.mta.info/nyct/procure/contracts/191550sol.pdf|url-status=live}}
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File:R42 4811.JPG|A train of R42 cars in Z service at the station
File:Broadway Junction; Jamaica to Fulton Stairs-2.JPG|The bridge between the Jamaica platforms and Fulton Street subway
File:Bway Junction td 06 - BMT Jamaica.jpg|A closed staircase to the former station house at Eastern Parkway
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IND Fulton Street Line platforms
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Broadway Junction
| former = Broadway – East New York (1946–2003)
| image = Bwy Junction wb A train jeh.JPG
| image_caption = Northbound A train arriving on the local track
| division = IND
| line = IND Fulton Street Line
| service = Fulton
| platforms = 2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
| tracks = 4
| cross_platform = yes
| structure = Underground
| open_date = {{start date and age|1946|12|30}}
| hide_traffic = yes
| accessible = construction
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line1=Fulton express|left1=Utica Avenue|right1=Euclid Avenue|note-left1={{NYCS Fulton express|time=1}}|note-right1={{NYCS Fulton express|time=1}}
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| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptnights}}{{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}
| layout = {{NYCS 4-tracked express station
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|2 = Liberty Avenue
|3 = Utica Avenue
|4 = Euclid Avenue
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The Broadway Junction station on the IND Fulton Street Line, formerly called the Broadway–East New York station,{{Rp|14}} is a standard express station with four tracks and two island platforms.{{Rp|48}}{{rp|32}} The {{NYCS|A}} train stops here at all times, using the express tracks during daytime hours and the local tracks during late night hours; the {{NYCS|C}} train stops here at all times except late nights, using the local tracks. The next stop to the west (railroad north) is Rockaway Avenue for local trains and Utica Avenue for express trains; the next stop to the east (railroad south) is Liberty Avenue for local trains and Euclid Avenue for express trains.{{NYCS const|map}}
The land for the station was acquired by the city in 1938, and in order to construct the station and other utilities, the land had to be cleared of buildings.{{Rp|49}} Some of the land was given to the New York City Parks Department in 1945 for the construction of Callahan-Kelly Playground, which was named after two local soldiers who died during World War I.{{cite web|title=Callahan & Kelly Playground: History|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/callahan-kelly-playground/history|publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|access-date=July 16, 2016|archive-date=August 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807142529/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/callahan-kelly-playground/history|url-status=live}} The station was nearly complete when the United States' entrance into World War II in 1941 halted construction due to material shortages.{{Rp|14}}{{cite web|last1=Blauvelt|first1=Paul|title=Shortages Snarl $50,000,000 Tube Links|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/57726129/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|via=Newspapers.com|newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=October 9, 2015|page=21|date=June 9, 1946|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026233049/https://www.newspapers.com/image/57726129/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|url-status=live}} Work resumed following the war to install the necessary signals, tracks and complete the escalators to the BMT platforms. The contract for the {{convert|43|ft|m|adj=on}} escalator was awarded on November 7, 1945, to the Otis Elevator Company.{{cite news|title=Big Escalator To Link Three Lines in E.N.Y.: Will connect Fulton St. Subway With 14th St., Broadway Routes|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52701033/?terms=%22Big%2Bescalator%22|access-date=July 15, 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 17, 1947|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220191431/https://www.newspapers.com/image/52701033/?terms=%22Big%2Bescalator%22|url-status=live}} The station opened on December 30, 1946,{{Cite Routes Not Taken}}{{cite news|title=Little Move, but Good|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52675883/?terms=%22subway%22%2B%22broadway%22%2B%22east%2Bnew%2Byork%22|access-date=July 15, 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 2, 1947|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220191418/https://www.newspapers.com/image/52675883/?terms=%22subway%22%2B%22broadway%22%2B%22east%2Bnew%2Byork%22|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title='At Home' Boro Parties Top New Year's Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52917501/?terms=%22broadway%2Beast%2Bnew%2Byork%22|access-date=July 16, 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 28, 1946|page=3|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220195009/https://www.newspapers.com/image/52917501/?terms=%22broadway%2Beast%2Bnew%2Byork%22|url-status=live}} while the escalator was completed on July 1, 1948, after supply delays.{{Rp|16, 38}} In the early 1950s, the platforms were extended to {{convert|660|ft|m}} to accommodate 11-car trains.{{cite news|last1=Bennett|first1=Charles G.|title=Transit Platforms on Lines in Queens to be Lengthened|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/11/20/84286715.pdf|access-date=July 16, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=November 20, 1949|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214634/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/11/20/84286715.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Noonan|first1=Dan|title=Transit Board to Add 1 Car to Fulton St. IND Trains: 11-Car Units Will East Rush Hour Jam in Boro|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53773872/?terms=%22transit%2Bboard%2Bto%2Badd%2B1%2Bcar%22%2Bbroadway%2B%22east%2Bnew%2Byork%22|access-date=July 16, 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 6, 1951|page=5|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220195020/https://www.newspapers.com/image/53773872/?terms=%22transit%2Bboard%2Bto%2Badd%2B1%2Bcar%22%2Bbroadway%2B%22east%2Bnew%2Byork%22|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/08/28/83735052.pdf|title = 2 Subway Lines to Add Cars, Another to Speed Up Service|last = Ingalls|first = Leonard|date = August 28, 1953|access-date = January 25, 2016|newspaper = New York Times|archive-date = July 2, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214634/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/08/28/83735052.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|url-status = live}}
The station's tile band is unique in that it incorporates two types of tile–gloss and matte–in contrasting shades of cobalt blue (gloss border) and blueberry (matte center). When the station was renamed in 2003, the "EAST NY" tiles on the wall were removed{{Cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/broadway_jcta/broadway_jcta1.jpg|title=The pre-renovation wall tiles at Broadway Jct. They still say Broadway and East NY beneath the stations blue trim.|last=Cox|first=Jeremiah|date=March 8, 2003|website=subwaynut.com|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=March 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309120332/http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/broadway_jcta/broadway_jcta1.jpg|url-status=live}} and replaced by tiles reading "JUNCTION", in a very closely matching IND font.{{Cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/broadway_jcta/broadway_jcta3.jpg|title=The platform wall at Broadway Junction (A, C) after Renovation, its still in the original IND sceam except says 'Junction' instead of 'East NY'.|last=Cox|first=Jeremiah|date=December 22, 2004|website=subwaynut.com|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=March 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309182424/http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/broadway_jcta/broadway_jcta3.jpg|url-status=live}} There is an active control tower just past the head end of the Queens-bound platform.{{cite news|title=Buttons to Speed Travel in Subway: $2,000,000 System of Signals Soon to Be in Operation on Brooklyn IND Division|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1948/11/12/98429489.pdf|access-date=December 27, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=November 12, 1948|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214633/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1948/11/12/98429489.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|url-status=live}}
East of the station, the tunnel widens on both sides to accommodate an additional trackway diverging from the local tracks. These bellmouths, one of which has an emergency exit, were built for a proposed extension along the BMT Jamaica Line, or for a proposed Jamaica Avenue Subway.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FiS6X83UvM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/9FiS6X83UvM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=RFW of The 168th Street Bound C Train Part 1: Euclid Avenue to Ralph Avenue|date=August 9, 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} (The bellmouth can be seen towards the right, at the 5:40 mark in the video, just before the train enters the Broadway Junction station) They were not a provision for the IND Second System, as were similar structures on other IND lines, but rather date from an earlier plan for the IND Fulton Street Line, which would have connected the IND tracks west of the station to two lines to the east of the station: the BMT Jamaica Line tracks, and the BMT Fulton Street Line tracks to Lefferts Boulevard, which were eventually connected to the IND Fulton Street Line anyway, albeit past Grant Avenue.{{cite news|title=New Fulton St Subway Officially Started as Byrne Turns Earth|url=http://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/7728577//|date=April 17, 1929|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|page=4|access-date=December 5, 2016|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214636/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/7728577/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/|url-status=live}}
File:Bway Junction td 30 - IND Fulton.jpg|The southbound platform
File:C-Trains Stop Here; B'Way JCT IND Fulton.jpg|C train stop sign in front of a staircase to the station house
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BMT Fulton Street Line platforms
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Manhattan Junction
| type = former
| division = BMT
| line = BMT Fulton Street Line (formerly)
| service_custom = None (demolished)
| structure = Elevated
| platforms = 1 island platform
1 side platform (for East New York Loop)
| tracks = 2
| open_date = {{start date and age|1889|7|4}}
| close_date = {{start date and age|1956|4|26}}
| hide_traffic = yes
| next_topwest = Rockaway Avenue
| next_east = Atlantic Avenue
}}
Manhattan Junction was the original name for the Fulton Street Elevated platforms. It was located above Fulton and Sackman Streets, and was the second station to be built in the area of Broadway Junction. The station was built by the Kings County Elevated Railway on July 4, 1889.{{cite news | work = Brooklyn Daily Eagle | location = Brooklyn, New York |title=The Fulton Street Elevated|date = June 28, 1889|page=6}} Manhattan Junction station had an island platform and two tracks, with a spur leading to the East New York Yard, as well as a side platform on the north side of the station that turned north along the East New York Loop, and ended on the south side of the BMT Jamaica Line platforms. The line was originally double tracked; a third track was added in the mid-1910s as part of the Dual Contracts expansion of the line between Nostrand Avenue and Hinsdale Street.{{cite web | title=Fulton Street Consents to Go to P.S. Board | page=20 | work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle | via=newspapers.org; Brooklyn Public Library | date=October 29, 1913 | url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53165088/ | access-date=October 2, 2018 | archive-date=October 2, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002064952/https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53165088/ | url-status=live }} The Dual Contracts work reconfigured the Broadway Junction station (then called Manhattan Junction), including removal of the Fulton Street Line platforms.{{cite web | title=1924 BMT Subway-Elevated Route Map (Color) | url=https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?/img/maps/bmt_1924.gif | access-date=March 1, 2025}}
In 1938, the Independent Subway System began constructing their own Fulton Street Subway and added an underground subway station named Broadway–East New York station.{{Rp|49}} Stations west of this point were being made obsolete as many were being replaced by the subway stations. The subway station opened in December 1946, and all stations east of Rockaway Avenue closed. The ironwork for the old Fulton Elevated trackways can still be found over Fulton Street between Van Sinderen Avenue and Williams Place, and can be seen under this portion of the complex from the Canarsie Line platforms. The severed connection between the station and the East New York Yard can also be seen below the Canarsie Line and above the north side of Fulton Street.{{Rp|50}}
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Ridership
In 2016, the station had 3,085,401 boardings, making it the 166th most used station in the 422-station system. This amounted to an average of 9,189 passengers per weekday. In 2017, The New York Times wrote that 100,000 daily passengers used the station per day, meaning that the vast majority of passengers used the station to make transfers to other routes. By 2019, annual ridership had declined to 2,759,349 boardings, making Broadway Junction the 177th most-used station in the {{NYCS const|number|intl}}-station system. This amounted to an average of 7,813 passengers per weekday. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, ridership dropped drastically in 2020, with only 1,292,868 passengers entering the station that year.
References
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External links
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- {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?203:3205|BMT Canarsie Line|Broadway Junction}}
- {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?192:3236|BMT Jamaica Line|Broadway Junction}}
- {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?217:3181|IND Fulton|Broadway/East New York}}
The Subway Nut:
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- [http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/broadway_jcta/index.php Broadway Junction – East New York (A,C) Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829214625/http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/broadway_jcta/index.php |date=August 29, 2016 }}
- [http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/broadway_jctj/index.php Broadway Junction – Eastern Parkway (J,L,Z) Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013152736/http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/broadway_jctj/index.php |date=October 13, 2016 }}
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Miscellaneous links:
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- MTA's Arts For Transit — [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606072336/http://mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=A&station=13&xdev=1322 Broadway Junction]
- Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20070315000127/http://www.stationreporter.net/bwayjct.htm Broadway Junction Complex]
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Google Maps Street View:
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- [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6783222,-73.9035431,3a,75y,272.93h,85.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4fimTjeEpe5ndobt7qki6Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Van Sinderen Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604230508/https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6783222,-73.9035431,3a,75y,272.93h,85.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4fimTjeEpe5ndobt7qki6Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 |date=June 4, 2022 }} (the only entrance into the entire complex)
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6798771,-73.9051872,3a,75y,85.25h,86.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suks5r8sIV4Oe-gjGtcu-wg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 Closed entrance to the Jamaica Line station on Eastern Parkway from Google Maps Street View] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604230507/https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6798771,-73.9051872,3a,75y,85.25h,86.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suks5r8sIV4Oe-gjGtcu-wg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 |date=June 4, 2022 }}
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6794662,-73.9031601,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOV677rdt28YpForSq3GIRowZN7d_-ckPLybkof!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOV677rdt28YpForSq3GIRowZN7d_-ckPLybkof%3Dw234-h106-k-no-pi-0-ya138-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25c45ce04a0eb:0x910017c03c982867!8m2!3d40.6786426!4d-73.9032879!5m1!1e2 Canarsie Line platforms from Google Maps Street View] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214635/https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6794662,-73.9031601,3a,75y,90t/data=%213m8%211e1%213m6%211sAF1QipOV677rdt28YpForSq3GIRowZN7d_-ckPLybkof%212e10%213e11%216shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOV677rdt28YpForSq3GIRowZN7d_-ckPLybkof%3Dw234-h106-k-no-pi-0-ya138-ro-0-fo100%217i8704%218i4352%214m5%213m4%211s0x89c25c45ce04a0eb:0x910017c03c982867%218m2%213d40.6786426%214d-73.9032879%215m1%211e2 |date=July 2, 2022 }}
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6795094,-73.9044825,3a,75y,92.35h,89.75t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-omJoCteSKwo%2FV52Mwt4NWrI%2FAAAAAAAAOEo%2FZgfK15wTCDMWVzmMoONgZRuOuhDMEd0SACLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-omJoCteSKwo%2FV52Mwt4NWrI%2FAAAAAAAAOEo%2FZgfK15wTCDMWVzmMoONgZRuOuhDMEd0SACLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i9728!8i4864!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1 Jamaica Line platforms from Google Maps Street View] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214634/https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6795094,-73.9044825,3a,75y,92.35h,89.75t/data=%213m8%211e1%213m6%211s-omJoCteSKwo%2FV52Mwt4NWrI%2FAAAAAAAAOEo%2FZgfK15wTCDMWVzmMoONgZRuOuhDMEd0SACLIB%212e4%213e11%216s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-omJoCteSKwo%2FV52Mwt4NWrI%2FAAAAAAAAOEo%2FZgfK15wTCDMWVzmMoONgZRuOuhDMEd0SACLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F%217i9728%218i4864%214m3%218m2%213m1%211e1%216m1%211e1 |date=July 2, 2022 }}
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6783298,-73.9040322,3a,75y,108.03h,90.23t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-jfnNYULlh5Y%2FV52NC6_Pg5I%2FAAAAAAAAOEk%2Fxl_iPu0-2e8DDXRPNwdPhu0HcTNuoyJGgCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-jfnNYULlh5Y%2FV52NC6_Pg5I%2FAAAAAAAAOEk%2Fxl_iPu0-2e8DDXRPNwdPhu0HcTNuoyJGgCLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i9728!8i4864!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1 IND platforms from Google Maps Street View] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702214634/https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6783298,-73.9040322,3a,75y,108.03h,90.23t/data=%213m8%211e1%213m6%211s-jfnNYULlh5Y%2FV52NC6_Pg5I%2FAAAAAAAAOEk%2Fxl_iPu0-2e8DDXRPNwdPhu0HcTNuoyJGgCLIB%212e4%213e11%216s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-jfnNYULlh5Y%2FV52NC6_Pg5I%2FAAAAAAAAOEk%2Fxl_iPu0-2e8DDXRPNwdPhu0HcTNuoyJGgCLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F%217i9728%218i4864%214m3%218m2%213m1%211e1%216m1%211e1 |date=July 2, 2022 }}
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