Pennsylvania Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)

Pennsylvania Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px Southern stair
Station statistics
Address	Pennsylvania Avenue & Livonia Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11207
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East New York
Coordinates
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT New Lots Line
Services	2  (special rush hour trips)       3  (all except late nights)       4  (late nights and special rush hour trips)       5  (special rush hour trips)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B20, B83
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 24, 1920 (December 24, 1920)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,746,438  0.3%
Rank	269 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Junius Street: 2  3  4  5
Next south	Van Siclen Avenue: 2  3  4  5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

Pennsylvania Avenue is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Livonia Avenues in East New York, Brooklyn, it is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. Limited 2, 4 and 5 trains also serve this station during rush hours.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Harlem – 148th Street ( toward Woodlawn late nights) (Junius Street)
	Center trackway	→ No track or roadbed
	Southbound	→ ( late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Van Siclen Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

This elevated station, opened on December 24, 1920, has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track that was never installed. Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green support frames and columns that run along the entire length except for a small section at the extreme west (railroad north) end. Here, there are only waist-high black steel fences. The station name plates are in the standard black with white lettering. The platforms are slightly longer than the standard IRT train length of 510 feet.

The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside fare control, there is a turnstile bank, waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, and a single staircase to each platform at their extreme east (railroad south) ends. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to the northeast and southwest corners of Pennsylvania and Livonia Avenues. The landing on the south side of the station house has an exit-only turnstile to allow passengers on New Lots Avenue-bound trains to exit the station without having to go through the station house. The exterior of the station house, including the staircase canopies, doors, and fences were painted red in July 2009.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org—Brooklyn IRT: Pennsylvania Avenue
• Station Reporter — 3 Train
• The Subway Nut — Pennsylvania Avenue Pictures
• Pennsylvania Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View