Montrose Avenue
Station statistics
Address	Montrose Avenue & Bushwick Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°42′27″N73°56′24″W / 40.707612°N 73.939877°W /40.707612; -73.939877
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B60
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	June 30, 1924; 101 years ago (1924-06-30)
Traffic
2024	1,710,697[2]  1.6%
Rank	190 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Grand Street towardEighth Avenue Morgan Avenue towardCanarsie–Rockaway Parkway
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toGrand Street toMorgan Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

TheMontrose Avenue station is astation on theBMT Canarsie Line of theNew York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Montrose and Bushwick Avenues inEast Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it is served by theL train at all times.

This station opened on June 30, 1924 as the eastern terminus of the initial segment of the underground Canarsie Line, a product of theDual Contracts, stretching west toSixth Avenue station inManhattan.^[3][4]

Originally, the Canarsie Line was planned to beelevated between Montrose Avenue andBroadway Junction, running above theEvergreen Branch of theLong Island Rail Road. This was changed to an underground alignment following opposition from industries on the Evergreen Branch.^[5]

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Mezzanine	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent,MetroCard machines
Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← towardEighth Avenue(Grand Street)
	Eastbound	→ towardCanarsie–Rockaway Parkway(Morgan Avenue) →
	Side platform

This underground station has two tracks and twoside platforms.^[6] Fixed platform barriers, which are intended to prevent commuters falling to the tracks, are positioned near the platform edges.^[7][8] The mosaic band and name tablets on both platforms are of exquisite cut porcelain with vivid pastel shades of sky blue, cerulean blue, rose, yellow, maize and white, on a background of black, raspberry and greyed lavender. Hexagon "M" tablets run along the trim line at regular intervals. Blue stripes adorn the top and bottom of the tile band. Blue I-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black name plate in white lettering.^{[citation needed]}

TheManhattan-bound platform has an abandoned ramp leading to the street. This is whereBMT Standard cars were fed directly into the subway back in the 1920s. Remnants can be seen from the front of the passing trains. Underneath theCanarsie-bound platform is a small stairway to the tracks, giving evidence of a platform extension.^[9]

This station has onemezzanine above the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each side go up to a waiting area/crossover, where aturnstile bank provides access to/from the station. Outsidefare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going up to either western corners of Montrose and Bushwick Avenues.^[10]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toMontrose Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line).

• nycsubway.org –BMT Canarsie Line: Montrose Avenue
• Station Reporter —L Train
• The Subway Nut —Montrose Avenue Pictures
• Montrose Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View (2015)
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View (2018)

• BMT Canarsie Line stations
• New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1924
• Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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