Morgan Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)

Morgan Avenue New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Morgan Avenue & Harrison Place Brooklyn, NY 11237
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°42′23″N 73°55′55″W / 40.706279°N 73.93198°W / 40.706279; -73.93198Coordinates: 40°42′23″N 73°55′55″W / 40.706279°N 73.93198°W / 40.706279; -73.93198
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Connection	New York City Bus: B60
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 14, 1928
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	2,021,162[1]  20%
Rank	224 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Montrose Avenue: L
Next south	Jefferson Street: L
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Morgan Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Morgan Avenue and Harrison Place in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.

History

Morgan Avenue opened on December 14, 1928, as part of an eastern extension of the Canarsie Line from Montrose Avenue, which opened four years earlier, to Broadway Junction, connecting afterwards to the already-operating elevated line to Canarsie.

Station layout

There are two tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have their original BMT style mosaic trim line and name tablets that are predominantly earth tones of brown, tan, orange with white accents. There are "M" tablets for "Morgan" on the trim line at regular intervals and name tablets that have "MORGAN AVE" in Times New Roman font. There are also directional mosaic signs in the same style as the name tablets.

Both platforms have large square columns tiled in white since they are below buildings and not the sidewalk. All of them have name plates reading "MORGAN AVE" in black sans serif lettering on a white mosaic background.

This station has two entrances/exits. The full-time one is at the extreme west (railroad north) end. A long ramp from each platform leads to a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. A turnstile bank leads to a mezzanine with a token booth and three street stairs going up to all corners of Morgan Avenue and Harrison Place except the northwest one.

The station's other entrance is an unstaffed brick station house on ground level on the west side of Bogart Street on the T-intersection of Harrison Place. There are two exit-only and one High Entry/Exit turnstiles inside and one staircase to each platform at their east (railroad south) ends.

This station appeared in MF Doom's music video of his 1999 single I Hear Voices as well as the New York scenes of the video game Rock Band.

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References

1. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Subway Ridership". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-02. 

External links

Media related to Morgan Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org — BMT Canarsie Line: Morgan Avenue
• Station Reporter — L Train
• The Subway Nut — Morgan Avenue Pictures
• Morgan Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Bogart Street entrance from Google Maps Street View