Third Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)

The Third Avenue station 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,[3][4] it is served by the L train at all times.

For other places with the same name, see Third Avenue (New York City Subway).
 3 Avenue
 "L" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform with L train in the distance
Station statistics
AddressThird Avenue & East 14th Street
New York, NY 10003
BoroughManhattan
LocaleEast Village, Stuyvesant Square
Coordinates40.733243°N 73.987212°W / 40.733243; -73.987212
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
Line   BMT Canarsie Line
Services   L all times (all times)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: M14A SBS, M14D SBS, M101, M102, M103
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJune 30, 1924 (1924-06-30)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		No
Traffic
20191,700,456[2] Decrease 22.9%
Rank275 out of 424[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Union Square
toward Eighth Avenue
 First Avenue
toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
Location
Third Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line) is located in New York City Subway
Third Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)
Third Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line) is located in New York City
Third Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)
Third Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line) is located in New York
Third Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)
Track layout

to Union Square
to First Avenue
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

History

This station opened on June 30, 1924, as part of the 14th Street–Eastern Line station, which ran from Sixth Avenue under the East River and through Williamsburg to Montrose and Bushwick Avenues.[5][6]

Station layout
Entrance to the station
Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Platform level Side platform
Westbound ← "L" train toward Eighth Avenue (Union Square)
Eastbound → "L" train toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (First Avenue) →
Side platform

This station has two side platforms, which are 500 feet (150 m) long, and two tracks. West of the station there is a double crossover.[7] The platforms are column-less and have the standard BMT style trim-line and name tablets. The former contains "3" tablets in standard intervals while the latter consists of "THIRD AVE" in seriffed lettering.

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 its own same-level fare control at the extreme west (railroad north) end. As a result, there is no free transfer between directions. This station is identical to the next one east (railroad south), First Avenue except that the fare control areas there are at a small mezzanine above the platforms.

Third Avenue is one of only two stations along the Canarsie Line in Manhattan that does not contain a transfer to another line. The other station is the nearby First Avenue Subway station. However, a transfer station is planned to the 14th Street station of the Second Avenue Subway, as part of Phase 3 of construction from 55th Street to Houston Street.[8]

Exits

Each platform-level fare control area has a bank of turnstiles, token booth, and two street stairs apiece—one to the east side of Third Avenue and East 14th Street, the other to East 14th Street just east of Third Avenue. The stairs on the Eighth Avenue-bound side lead to the northeast corner while the ones on the Brooklyn-bound side lead to the southeast corner.[4]

Experimental platform doors

As part of a pilot program, each platform at the Third Avenue station was supposed be refitted with 32 half-height platform screen doors (PSDs) while the 14th Street Tunnel was being rebuilt from April 2019 to March 2020. This had been possible as a result of the L train's automated train operation, as well as the route's exclusive use of 60-foot-long (18 m) subway cars with four doors, which allow trains to stop at the same part of the platform every time. The MTA would have used the results of the pilot in order to determine the feasibility of adding such doors citywide.[9][10] The PSDs would have been approximately 54 inches (140 cm) high and would have been coordinated with the location of the subway car doors when a train was in the station.[11]

To ensure that the subway car is precisely lined up with the doors, a wayside-only berthing system would be installed. Emergency egress gates would be installed in between the regular doors to allow people to exit in the case of an emergency. The platform edges and topping would be removed and replaced so that they align with the sills of the train doors and to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. To ensure that people do not get trapped in between the subway car doors and the PSDs, sensors and CCTV cameras would be installed with monitors at the center and front of the platforms visible to the train operator and conductor.[12]

In June 2018, the $30 million for the platform edge door pilot program was diverted to another project along the Canarsie Line: the installation of elevators at the Sixth Avenue station. The pilot program was postponed until sufficient funding could be found.[13] In February 2022, the MTA announced that the PSD installation at Third Avenue would proceed as part of a pilot program involving three stations.[14][15] The announcement came after several people had been shoved onto tracks, including one incident that led to a woman's death at another station.[15] The MTA started soliciting bids from platform-door manufacturers in mid-2022;[16] the doors are planned to be installed starting in December 2023 at a cost of $6 million.[17] Designs for the platform doors were being finalized by June 2023.[18][19]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/eastvillage.pdf
  4. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: East Village" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  5. "Subway Tunnel Through". The New York Times. August 8, 1919. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  6. "Celebrate Opening of Subway Link". The New York Times. July 1, 1924. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  7. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  8. "Figure 2-1 New York City Subway Service with Second Avenue Subway Line" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  9. Barone, Vin (October 24, 2017). "Platform door pilot heads to L train station". am New York. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  10. Furfaro, Danielle (October 25, 2017). "MTA to test barrier to stop people from falling on tracks". New York Post. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  11. "New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 13, 2017. p. 145. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  12. "C-32518: Design, Build, Furnish & Maintain a Platform Barrier Door System at the 3rd Avenue Station on the Canarsie Line, Borough of Manhattan" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  13. Berger, Paul (June 26, 2018). "MTA Postpones Platform-Safety Pilot Program". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  14. Gold, Michael (February 23, 2022). "Subway Will Test Platform Doors at 3 Stations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  15. Brosnan, Erica (February 23, 2022). "MTA: Platform barrier pilot program to launch in three stations". Spectrum News NY1 | New York City. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  16. Martinez, Jose; Pedraza, Candace (July 15, 2022). "MTA Opens Door to Platform Barriers in Three Subway Stations". The City. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  17. "Project Details: Platform Screen Doors (PSD) Pilot: 3 Stations". MTA. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  18. Heyward, Giulia (June 4, 2023). "MTA set to install protective platform doors at select subway stations in 'coming months'". Gothamist. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  19. Troutman, Matt (June 5, 2023). "Three NYC Subway Stations Will Get Platform Doors: Report". New York City, NY Patch. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
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