Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street station
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| Address | Bushwick Avenue & Aberdeen Street Brooklyn, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Bushwick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′58″N 73°54′19″W / 40.682851°N 73.905158°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Canarsie Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | L (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 575,667[2] 5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 362 out of 423[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street station is a local station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.
History
Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street, opened on July 14, 1928,[4] as part of an extension of the Canarsie Line. This extension connected Montrose Avenue, which had opened four years earlier, to Broadway Junction, which was the western end of the already-operating elevated line to Canarsie.
Station layout
| Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
| Mezzanine | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines |
| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Westbound | ← toward Eighth Avenue (Wilson Avenue) | |
| Eastbound | toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (Broadway Junction) → | |
| Side platform | ||
This station has two tracks and two side platforms.[5][6] The side platforms are slightly curved and the two tracks are at different levels at the north end of the station, with the southbound tracks being higher due to their descent from an elevated stretch at Wilson Avenue.[5] Fixed platform barriers, which are intended to prevent commuters falling to the tracks, are positioned near the platform edges.[7][8]
Parchment brown replacement tiles can be observed.[5] The pillars are covered in white tile, with mosaics on each one bearing the station's name, "Bushwick Aberdeen".[5] The elaborate porcelain mosaic band is predominantly tan, peach, mauve and brown with yellow, cream, green, rosy beige, slate blue, indigo and black grape tiles in the center.[5] In the mezzanine, there are also bright aqua tiles, as well as the above-mentioned brown replacements.[5][9]
Exit
The single entrance to this underground station is in a small building on the north side of Bushwick Avenue between Aberdeen Street and DeSales Place.[10] In this space are 11-foot (3.4 m) high coffered ceilings, suspended light fixtures, and fancy ironwork.[5]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Bay Ridge line". lirrhistory.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2000.
- ^ "Last Link of New 14th St-E.D. Subway To Be Opened Today: First Train This Afternoon Will Carry Officials – Citizens to Celebrate". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 14, 1928. Retrieved August 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g "nycsubway.org: BMT Canarsie Line". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wassef, Mira (July 18, 2025). "Platform barriers installed at 56 subway stations in NYC". PIX11. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
- ^ Russo-Lennon, Barbara (July 20, 2025). "These are the NYC subway stations that now have protective platform barriers". amNewYork. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
- ^ "BUSHWICK-ABERDEEN STATION, Bushwick". forgotten-ny.com. November 12, 2014.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
External links
- nycsubway.org – BMT Canarsie: Bushwick-Aberdeen
- Station Reporter — "L Train". stationreporter.net. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013.
- The Subway Nut — Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street Pictures Archived July 6, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- Bushwick Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View