New Lots Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)

For the station on New Lots Avenue and Livonia Avenue, see New Lots Avenue station (IRT New Lots Line).

The New Lots Avenue station (originally New Lots Road) is an elevated station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of New Lots and Van Sinderen Avenues at the border of Brownsville and East New York, Brooklyn,^[4] it is served by the L train at all times.^[5]

New Lots Avenue
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	New Lots Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Brownsville, East New York
Coordinates	40.659025°N 73.899364°W / 40.659025; -73.899364
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B15
Structure	Embankment
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 28, 1906; 119 years ago (July 28, 1906)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	New Lots Road
Traffic
2024	686,824[2]  1.6%
Rank	347 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Livonia Avenue toward Eighth Avenue East 105th Street toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Rugby toward Bay Ridge Bay Ridge Branch At New Lots Road station (closed 1897)[3] East New York toward Fresh Pond
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Livonia Avenue to East 105th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

This station opened on July 28, 1906.

The Canarsie-bound platform was closed for renovation from December 2, 1963 to April 2, 1964, and the Manhattan-bound platform was closed for renovation from April 2 to July 23, 1964.^[6] The entire project cost $214,700. As part of the project the wooden platforms were replaced with concrete platforms, and canopies and fluorescent lights were installed.^[7][8]

The station was renovated again in 2006-2007 at a cost of $10.58 million.^[9] The station renovation included the installation of new platform edges with yellow tactile warning strips, beige windscreens and red canopies (both with green frames), and the installation of artwork.

Plans for the Interborough Express, a light rail line using the Bay Ridge Branch right of way, were announced in 2023.^[10] As part of the project, a light rail station at Linden Boulevard has been proposed next to the existing New Lots Avenue subway station.^[11][12]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← toward Eighth Avenue (Livonia Avenue)
	Eastbound	→ toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (East 105th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance, station house

The station entrance beneath the bridge for the tracks.

This elevated station has two tracks and two offset side platforms.^[13] The platforms have windscreens and canopies at their centers and woven-wire fences with dark gray steel frames at either ends.

This station's 2007 artwork is called 16 Windows by Eugenie Tung. It features eight stained glass windows on each platform windscreen.^[14][15] The ones on the Manhattan-bound platform depict people doing morning activities like eating breakfast and brushing teeth while those on the Canarsie-bound platform depict people doing evening activities like eating dinner and getting ready for bed. ^[15]

To the south, the Canarsie Line lowers to run at-grade to East 105th Street and Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway. To the north, it becomes an elevated structure to Livonia Avenue until just west of Broadway Junction.^[16]

Exit

The station's only entrance is via a ground-level station house beneath the tracks on the southwest corner of Van Sinderen and New Lots Avenues.^[17][4] Inside is a token booth, turnstile bank, and two staircases to the Canarsie-bound platform and one to the Manhattan-bound one, all at their centers.