Van Siclen Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)

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Van Siclen Avenue
NYCS-bull-trans-J.svg NYCS-bull-trans-Z.svg
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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Station statistics
Address Van Siclen Avenue & Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Borough Brooklyn
Locale East New York, Cypress Hills
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Jamaica Line
Services       J all except rush hours, peak direction (all except rush hours, peak direction)
      Z rush hours, peak direction (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: Q24
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened December 3, 1885; 138 years ago (December 3, 1885)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 966,461[2]Increase 2.4%
Rank 369
Station succession
Next north Cleveland Street: J all except rush hours, peak direction
(Z rush hours, peak direction skips to Norwood Avenue)
Next south Alabama Avenue: J all times Z rush hours, peak direction

Van Siclen Avenue is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Fulton Street and Van Siclen Avenue in Brooklyn, it is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction, and by the J train other times.

Station layout

P
Platform level
Southbound NYCS-bull-trans-J.svg toward Broad Street off-peak hours (Alabama Avenue)
NYCS-bull-trans-Z.svg toward Broad Street AM rush hours (Alabama Avenue)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound NYCS-bull-trans-J.svg toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer off-peak hours (Cleveland Street)
NYCS-bull-trans-Z.svg toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer PM rush hours (Norwood Avenue)
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
G Street Level Exit / Entrance

This elevated station has two tracks and one island platform. The station opened on December 3, 1885, and was the eastern terminus of the line until May 30, 1893 when it was extended to Cypress Hills. This station was rehabilitated in Summer–Fall 2006. The canopy is short and has a squared off, flat roof-line. There is a center mezzanine under the tracks with wooden floors and walls. This mezzanine is to the geographic south of the northbound track.

The artwork here, THE VIEW FROM HERE by Barbara Ellmann,[3] was installed in 2007. This artwork is supposed to be evocative of structures in the surrounding area.

References

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  3. public works: Barbara Ellmann

External links

File:Van Siclen Avenue BMT Jamaica entrance.JPG
From the street, facing north.