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Crescent Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)

Coordinates: 40°41′01″N 73°52′21″W / 40.683655°N 73.872414°W / 40.683655; -73.872414
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For the demolished station actually at Crescent Street and Liberty Avenue, see Crescent Street (BMT Fulton Street Line).

 Crescent Street
 "J" train​"Z" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform view, looking east
Station statistics
AddressCrescent Street & Fulton Street
Brooklyn, New York
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleCypress Hills
Coordinates40°41′01″N 73°52′21″W / 40.683655°N 73.872414°W / 40.683655; -73.872414
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Jamaica Line
BMT Lexington Avenue Line (formerly)
Services   J all times (all times)
​   Z rush hours, peak direction (rush hours, peak direction)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B13
StructureElevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedMay 30, 1893; 131 years ago (1893-05-30)[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2023756,318[3] Decrease 1.5%
Rank341 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Norwood Avenue
J all except rush hours, peak direction ​Z rush hours, peak direction
toward Broad Street
 75th Street–Elderts Lane
Z rush hours, peak direction
skip-stop
Cypress Hills
J all times
toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer
Cleveland Street
J rush hours, peak direction
skip-stop
Location
Crescent Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York City Subway
Crescent Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
Crescent Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York City
Crescent Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
Crescent Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) is located in New York
Crescent Street station (BMT Jamaica Line)
Track layout

Legend
to Cypress Hills
to Norwood Avenue
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Stops all times Stops all times

The Crescent Street station is a station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Crescent and Fulton Streets in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, it is served by the J train at all times and the Z during rush hours in the peak direction.

History

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This station was opened on May 30, 1893 as part of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad's four stop extension of the Lexington Avenue Line to Cypress Hills.[2]

Joint service with the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch existed between Norwood Avenue and Crescent Street stations with a connection built at Chestnut Street in Brooklyn. This allowed BRT trains to access the Rockaways and Manhattan Beach while affording the LIRR a connection into Manhattan to the BRT terminal located at Park Row over the Brooklyn Bridge (this service predated the opening of the East River Tunnels to Penn Station). This service ended in 1917 when the United States Railroad Administration took over the LIRR, and classified different operating standards between rapid transit trains and regular heavy rail railroads such as the LIRR.[4]: 59  The ramp was taken down in 1942 for World War II scrap. A tower continued to stand west of the station to control trains using the incline until it was taken down sometime after 1970.

This station was renovated in 2007. As part of the station renovation project, the stairs were rehabilitated, the floors were renewed, major structural repairs were made, new canopies were installed, the area around the station booth was reconfigured, the platform edge strips were replaced, walls were replaced, and a high-quality public address system was installed.[5] The renovation cost $8.43 million.[6] In 2023, a short barrier was installed at the center of the platforms to reduce the probability of passengers being pushed into the tracks.[7]

Station layout

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2nd floor Westbound ← "J" train toward Broad Street (Cleveland Street AM rush, Norwood Avenue other times)
← "Z" train AM rush toward Broad Street (Norwood Avenue)
Island platform
Eastbound → "J" train toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Cypress Hills) →
→ "Z" train PM rush toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (75th Street–Elderts Lane) →
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Exit / entrance

This elevated station has two tracks and one narrow island platform. An arched canopy covers the eastern half (railroad north) of the platform.

An artwork called Wheel of Bloom – Soak Up the Sun by Jung Hyang Kim was installed in this station during a 2007 renovation. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform's sign structures showing subway train wheels lit by sunlight.

A sharp S Curve moves the line from Fulton Street to Jamaica Avenue immediately north of the station. The first turn, from Fulton Street onto Crescent Street, ranks as the sharpest curve in the B Division, and second sharpest in the entire New York City Subway, second only to City Hall on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line.[8] From the late-1950s into the 1960s the New York City Transit Authority had a proposal to realign the BMT Jamaica Line from this station (actually from Grant or Nichols Avenues) northeast to 80th Street and Jamaica Avenue, west of the 85th Street station. This would have also included an express track. The realignment was never carried out.[9]

Exits

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The station's small, single station house is on the extreme eastern end of the platform. It has a turnstile bank, token booth, and a single staircase going to an overpass below the tracks that splits into two staircases going down to either side of Fulton Street between Crescent and Pine Streets.[10]

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  • The station as seen from the "S-curve"
    The station as seen from the "S-curve"
  • Southbound J train arriving
    Southbound J train arriving

References

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  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. ^ a b "Trains Running This Morning The Elevated Road to Cypress Hills Still in Operation". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 30, 1893. p. 10. Retrieved October 2, 2016 – via Brooklyn Newspapers.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ ERA Headlights. Electric Railroaders Association. 1956.
  5. ^ "MTA NYC Transit Subway Line Information". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 21, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2005. Retrieved October 2, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Mocker, Greg (October 27, 2023). "MTA testing new safety measures on subway platforms". PIX11. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  8. ^ "NYC Minimum Curve Radius". Web Archive. Archived from the original on May 13, 2006. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  9. ^ "Woodhavenites Fear Loss of Homes by El Improvement: Residents Clamor for Facts About City's Plan to Build El Structure Through Heart of Community; Official Statement Released by Transit Authority". The Leader–Observer. October 2, 1958. Retrieved July 27, 2016 – via Fulton History.
  10. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: East New York" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
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