East 105th Street station

The East 105th Street station is a grade-level station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located near East 105th Street between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road in Canarsie, Brooklyn,^[3] it is served by the L train at all times.^[4]

East 105 Street
Platform view; the station house at East 105th Street is in the background
Station statistics
Address	East 105th Street & Farragut Road Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Canarsie
Coordinates	40.651308°N 73.899021°W / 40.651308; -73.899021
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Structure	At-grade
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	3 (1 not for passenger service)
Other information
Opened	July 28, 1906; 119 years ago (1906-07-28)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2024	559,693[2]  7.1%
Rank	361 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station New Lots Avenue toward Eighth Avenue Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway Terminus
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to New Lots Avenue to Canarsie Yard to Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

This opened on July 28, 1906 as a replacement for a former station along a steam dummy line known as the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad.^{[citation needed]}

The station was rebuilt twice: in the 1970s and in 2005. The latter renovation cost $9.66 million.^[5]

Station layout

Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent
Ground Platform level
	Yard lead	No passenger service
	Westbound	← toward Eighth Avenue (New Lots Avenue)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (Terminus) →
	Street level	Exit/entrance

Site of former grade crossing at the station

This grade-level station has three tracks and a narrow island platform. The platform, which only has one single-sided bench, serves the middle track (Manhattan-bound) and northern one (Rockaway Parkway-bound). The southernmost track is a stub-end track that leads to the Canarsie Yard.^[6]

The only grade crossing of the subway system was located at where East 105th Street crossed the Canarsie Line.^[7] It was located at the site of the current station house. The crossing was eliminated on August 5, 1973.^[8][9][10] The grade crossing elimination was part of the construction of the Flatlands Industrial Park.^[11]

The MTA still lists the station being at Turnbull Avenue, a dirt road which once ran along the tracks but no longer exists.^[12] A part of Turnbull Avenue, directly northeast of the station, is still extant as a driveway that runs to the southeast of the line from Stanley Avenue/East 108th Street to just short of the East 105th Street station's station house.^[13]

The artwork here is called Crescendo by Michael Ingui. Installed during a 2007 renovation, it consists of stained glass windows near the staircases.^[14][15] The renovation also resulted in a short canopy being installed above the platform. There is a substation just south of the station.^[16]

Exits

The station's only exit and entrance is via a station house directly above the platform and tracks at their extreme east (railroad north) end. A staircase from the platform goes up to a waiting area, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases, each going down to both dead-ends of East 105th Street.^[17]