Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
Station statistics
Address	Rockaway Parkway & Glenwood Road Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Canarsie
Coordinates	40°38′43″N73°54′09″W / 40.645382°N 73.902626°W /40.645382; -73.902626
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B6,B17,B42,B60,B82,B82 SBS B42 and westbound B6 and B82 (Local and SBS) buses stop near the station outside subway fare control.
Structure	At-grade
Platforms	1island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 28, 1906; 119 years ago (1906-07-28)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Traffic
2024	669,667[2]  22.3%
Rank	352 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station East 105th Street towardEighth Avenue Terminus
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toEast 105th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

TheCanarsie–Rockaway Parkway station is the southernterminal station of theBMT Canarsie Line of theNew York City Subway, and is one of the few grade-level stations in the system. Located at the intersection ofRockaway Parkway and Glenwood Road in theCanarsie neighborhood ofBrooklyn,^[3] it is served by theL train at all times.^[4]

The Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station was constructed byBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT), laterBrooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT). It opened on July 28, 1906.

Before becoming a BRT elevated line in 1906, the Canarsie Line operated as asteam dummy line. It was first owned by theBrooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad, chartered December 24, 1863, and opened October 21, 1865,^[5]: 101 from theLong Island Rail Road in East New York to a pier at Canarsie Landing, very close to the current junction of Rockaway Parkway and theBelt Parkway, where ferries continued on toRockaway. The line was single-tracked until 1894.^[6]

TheCanarsie Railroad was chartered on May 8, 1906, as a BRT subsidiary (leased to theBrooklyn Union Elevated Railroad) and acquired the line on May 31, 1906.^[5]: 192 The line was partly elevated, and electrified with third rail on the elevated part andtrolley wire on the rest, south of New Lots Avenue. The Long Island Rail Road, which had used the line north of New Lots to access theirBay Ridge Branch, built a new line just to the west. The East New York terminus was extended several blocks along a section of line formerly used for "East New York Loop" service to the Fulton Street Elevated and the Broadway Elevated (now the BMT Jamaica Line), at a point known as Manhattan Junction (now Broadway Junction).^[6]

Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway opened on July 28, 1906, as the terminal of a service that ran on the Canarsie andJamaica lines toBroadway Ferry station inWilliamsburg.^[6]

Because it is at street level, the station is accessible as part of theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990.^[7] However, the station was still missing some key ADA elements;^[7] subsequently, as part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program, the station was to be upgraded with several ADA improvements.^[8] For $5.48 million, the station agent booths were relocated, platforms had boarding areas extended and retrofitted with warning strips and rubbing boards, the platform gaps were reduced, and a new ADA compliant ramp was installed, along with other modifications.^[9][7] A $21.2 million contract for ADA upgrades and a renovation of the adjacent bus terminal was awarded in late 2018.^[10] The project was completed by July 2020.^{[11]: 144 [12]}

The MTA announced in 2025 that a customer service center would open at the station.^[13][14]

G			Bus loop:B42 towardCanarsie Pier →
	Track 2	← towardEighth Avenue(East 105th Street)	Exit/entrance via station house Fare control, station agent,MetroCard machines Station at street level; station house at northeast corner of Rockaway Parkway and East 98th Street Loop. Wheelchair ramps at northeast corner of Glenwood Road & East 98th Street Loop and to the left of the station house at the Municipal Parking Lot.
	Island platform
	Track 1	← toward Eighth Avenue(East 105th Street)

This grade level station has two tracks and a singleisland platform. The two tracks end at offsetbumper blocks at the south end of the station; track 2, the track east of the island platform, is slightly shorter than track 1 to the west because of the diagonal alignment of the station to the street grid.^[15][16] The station is fully ADA-accessible.^[7]

Adjacent to the station to the east is theCanarsie Yard.^[15][16]

The station's entrance is beyond the bumper blocks at the south end of the platform. It contains a turnstile bank, token booth, and leads to Rockaway Parkway. On the side of the station house opposite the transfer point is a secondary entrance/exit that contains oneHEET entry/exit turnstile, one exit-only HEET turnstile, and one emergency gate. This unstaffed entrance/exit leads to aNYCDOT municipal parking lot, located on the north side of the station. This lot was opened by theNew York City Transit Authority in 1959, with space for 340 cars.^[17][18] Another set of HEET turnstiles between the north end of the bus loop and Canarsie Yard connected to the platform by a passageway leads to East 98th Street near Glenwood Road.

Until 2025, this station was the only one in the system with a bus transfer station withinfare control. When the railservice to Canarsie Pier along Rockaway Parkway was discontinued, riders were entitled to a free transfer to the replacement trolleys. Rather than issue paper transfers so riders could exit to the street for the trolleys, a loop was built next to the station with a boarding platform. When the trolleys were discontinued in April 1949, theB42 bus replaced them.^[19] South of here, poles that supported the overhead trolley wire remain, with street lighting using some of them.^[20]

Train riders walked directly to the bus loading area without leaving the fare control zone. In turn, bus passengers from Rockaway Parkway entered the subway station without paying an additional fare. At the street, a chain link fence gate blocks access to the bus area to prevent pedestrians from sneaking in for a free ride. The gate is operated by an electric trigger, and was put into operation on December 7, 1960.^[19] The back of the bus loop contains an unstaffed entrance to the Rockaway Parkway station that is built on a small shack, has oneHEET turnstile, one exit-only turnstile, and one emergency gate, and leads to the northeast corner of Glenwood Road and East 98th Street.

Prior to December 2019, other buses serving the station stopped at the curb and picked up passengers outside fare control on the East 98th Street loop outside the inner loop. A chain link fence had separated the loops. In 2019, the loop was reconfigured, and reopened with 3 bays and one loop:

• Bay 1: all B42 service
• Bay 2: westbound B82 Local and Select Bus service
• Bay 3: westbound B6 Local and Limited service

The B17 and B60, along with eastbound buses on the B6 (excluding trips terminating at Rockaway Parkway) and B82 Local and Select Bus Service routes, continue to stop outside fare control. This reconstruction was done for approximately $2.4 million.^[9]

In 2025, due to an increase infare evasion in the New York City Subway system, fare control gates, high-level fences, and turnstiles were being installed in the area connecting the bus loops to the Canarsie Line platform. However, the transfer remains free for passengers who have already paid their fare on the bus or at another subway station.^[21] The gates and high-level fences were completed and the new turnstiles opened to customer service on May 16, 2025.^[22]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toCanarsie – Rockaway Parkway (BMT Canarsie Line).

• nycsubway.org –BMT Canarsie Line: Rockaway Parkway
• Station Reporter —L Train
• The Subway Nut —Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway PicturesArchived July 6, 2020, at theWayback Machine
• Rockaway Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Glenwood Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform and B42 bus terminal from Google Maps Street View

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