Kosciuszko Street station

Kosciuszko Street is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the J train at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.

Kosciuszko Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station platform
Station statistics
Address	Kosciuszko Street & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11221
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford–Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates	40.6933°N 73.9287°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B38, B46, B46 SBS, B47, Q24
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888[1]
Station code	096[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	1,779,062[3]  6.8%
Rank	262 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next east	Gates Avenue: J  (J  skips to Halsey Street)
Next west	Myrtle Avenue: J
Location
Track layout to Gates Av to Myrtle Av
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops all times Stops all times except late nights

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound local	← toward Broad Street (Myrtle Avenue) ← does not stop here
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Eastbound local	→ toward Jamaica Center (Halsey Street PM rush, Gates Avenue other times) → → does not stop here →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

Street stair

This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks; the center express track is not used in regular service.

The artwork here is called Euphorbias by Ronald Calloway and has a floral theme.[4]

Exits

The station has exits on both the west (railroad north) end and the east (railroad south) end of its platforms.

On the east end, each platform has a single staircase leading to an elevated station house beneath the tracks. It has a turnstile bank and token booth. Outside fare control, two staircases lead to both western corners of Kossuth Place, Patchen Avenue, Lafayette Avenue, and Broadway, just east of Kosciuszko Street.[5]

The western exits are now emergency exits leading to both eastern corners of DeKalb Avenue and Broadway. These exits were closed in the 1980s due to high crime.[6][7] The closed entrance is about a block from the northern terminus of the B46 Select Bus Service at DeKalb Avenue. There is a closed station house around the intermediate level of the staircases.

References

1. "The Broadway Line Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 25, 1888. p. 6.
2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
4. "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: Euphorbias (Ronald Calloway)". Retrieved May 20, 2016.
5. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bushwick" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
6. Harshbarger, Rebecca; De La Hoz, Felipe (October 12, 2015). "Williamsburg, Bushwick subway entrances sealed despite ridership spike". AM New York. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
7. "Closed subway entrances". WNYC (AM). October 31, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

External links

• Media related to Kosciuszko Street (BMT Jamaica Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Kosciuszko Street
• Station Reporter — J train
• The Subway Nut — Kosciuszko Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Kosciuszko Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
• Kosciuszko Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View