Bedford Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)

Bedford Avenue

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Station platform

Station statistics

Address

Bedford Avenue & North Seventh Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Borough

Brooklyn

Locale

Williamsburg

Coordinates

40°43′04″N 73°57′27″W / 40.71772°N 73.95756°WCoordinates: 40°43′04″N 73°57′27″W / 40.71772°N 73.95756°W

Division

B (BMT)

Line

BMT Canarsie Line

Services

L (all times)

Transit connections

NYCT Bus: B62

Structure

Underground

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Other information

Opened

June 30, 1924; 92 years ago

Rebuilt

July 1, 2019; 2 years' time to December 31, 2020; 3 years' time

Wireless service

Traffic

Passengers (2016)

9,688,560

3.2%

Rank

31 out of 422

Station succession

Next north

First Avenue: L

Next south

Lorimer Street: L

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

Location
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Bedford Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and North Seventh Street in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg, it is served by the L train at all times. With an annual total of 9,388,289 passengers for 2015, Bedford Avenue is the busiest subway station in Brooklyn outside of the borough's central business district, as well as the busiest station in Brooklyn served by one subway service.

Bedford Avenue opened on June 30, 1924, as part of the initial segment of the underground Canarsie Line that originally stretched from Sixth Avenue station in Manhattan to Montrose Avenue station, built by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) under the system of Dual Contracts.

Bedford Avenue has experienced a surge in ridership along with the recent gentrification of Williamsburg. In the 1970s, the station had a fairly low annual ridership of 1.2 million, amounting to an average of 3,000 entries during weekdays. In 2000, there were 3,783,000 boardings recorded at the station, but after the neighborhood was re-zoned in 2005, the MTA noted even higher ridership. By 2007, ridership had increased over 50%, to 5,776,000 annual passengers. In 2008, Bedford Avenue was used by more than 6 million people, making it the 53rd most-used subway station in New York City and one of the busiest in Brooklyn. In 2016, approximately 9.7 million riders used this station.

Growing passenger numbers along the line, partly influenced by Bedford Avenue station, have made the L train one of the most overcrowded in the system, a fact that has adverse effects on riders. For the first time, Bedford Avenue broke seven million entries in 2010, receiving press for its particularly high weekend passenger volume. Crowding has become such an issue that politicians have called upon the MTA to "create a schedule that is more reflective of ridership patterns."

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