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Third Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)
Encyclopedia
Third Avenue is a station
on the BMT Canarsie Line
of the New York City Subway
. Located at the intersection of Third Avenue and East 14th Street in East Village, Manhattan
, it is served by the L
train at all times and there are no connections to other subway lines.
This station has two side platforms and two tracks. The platforms are columnless and have the stardard BMT sytle trim-line and name tablets. The former contains "3" tablets in standard intervals while the latter consists of "THIRD AVE" in Times New Roman font.
There are also directions signs to the station's only entrances/exits saying "TO STREET" in the same style as the name tablets. Each platform has their own same-level fare control are at the extreme north (geographical west) end. As a result, there is no free transfer between directions. Each fare control area has a bank of turnstiles, token booth, and one street stair to the east side of Third Avenue and East 14th Street. The one on the 8th Avenue-bound side leads to the northeast corner while the one on the Brooklyn-bound side leads to the southeast corner.
This station is identical to the next one south (geographical east), First Avenue
except that the fare control areas there are at a small mezzanine above the platforms and have two street stairs each instead of one.
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....
on the BMT Canarsie Line
BMT Canarsie Line
The Canarsie Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York City Subway system, named after its terminus in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn...
of the New York City Subway
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...
. Located at the intersection of Third Avenue and East 14th Street in East Village, Manhattan
East Village, Manhattan
The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, lying east of Greenwich Village, south of Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town, and north of the Lower East Side...
, it is served by the L
L (New York City Subway service)
The L 14th Street – Canarsie Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway, providing service along the entire length of the two-tracked BMT Canarsie Line...
train at all times and there are no connections to other subway lines.
This station has two side platforms and two tracks. The platforms are columnless and have the stardard BMT sytle trim-line and name tablets. The former contains "3" tablets in standard intervals while the latter consists of "THIRD AVE" in Times New Roman font.
There are also directions signs to the station's only entrances/exits saying "TO STREET" in the same style as the name tablets. Each platform has their own same-level fare control are at the extreme north (geographical west) end. As a result, there is no free transfer between directions. Each fare control area has a bank of turnstiles, token booth, and one street stair to the east side of Third Avenue and East 14th Street. The one on the 8th Avenue-bound side leads to the northeast corner while the one on the Brooklyn-bound side leads to the southeast corner.
This station is identical to the next one south (geographical east), First Avenue
First Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)
First Avenue 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 in East Village, Manhattan, it is served by the L train at all times....
except that the fare control areas there are at a small mezzanine above the platforms and have two street stairs each instead of one.
External links
- Station Reporter — L Train
- The Subway Nut — 3rd Avenue Pictures
- Third Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View