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
AddressKosciuszko Street & Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11221
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBedford–Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates40.6933°N 73.9287°W / 40.6933; -73.9287
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT Jamaica Line
Services   J  (all times)
Transit NYCT Bus: B38, B46, B46 SBS, B47, Q24
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedJune 25, 1888 (1888-06-25)[1]
Station code096[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20191,779,062[3]  6.8%
Rank262 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next eastGates Avenue: J 
(J  skips to Halsey Street)
Next westMyrtle Avenue: J 

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.
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