Metropolitan Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)

Lorimer Street/Metropolitan Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station complex
Lorimer Street stair
Station statistics
Address	Metropolitan Avenue between Lorimer Street & Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°42′46″N 73°57′05″W / 40.712752°N 73.951464°W / 40.712752; -73.951464Coordinates: 40°42′46″N 73°57′05″W / 40.712752°N 73.951464°W / 40.712752; -73.951464
Division	BMT/IND.
Line	BMT Canarsie Line       IND Crosstown Line
Services	G  (all times)       L  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B24, B48, Q54, Q59
Levels	2
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1948; 68 years ago (1948-07-01)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,238,736 (station complex)  2.9%
Rank	89 out of 425
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Lorimer Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	June 30, 1924; 92 years ago (1924-06-30)
Wireless service
Station succession
Next north	Bedford Avenue: L
Next south	Graham Avenue: L
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

Metropolitan Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Street stair at southeast corner of Metropolitan & Union Avenues
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Crosstown Line
Services	G  (all times)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1937; 79 years ago (1937-07-01)
Wireless service
Former/other names	Metropolitan Avenue–Grand Street
Station succession
Next north	Nassau Avenue: G
Next south	Broadway: G
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

Lorimer Street/Metropolitan Avenue is an underground New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Canarsie Line and the IND Crosstown Line. Located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, the complex is served by the G and L trains at all times.

The BMT Canarsie Line platforms, which are named Lorimer Street, are located above the IND Crosstown Line platforms, which are named Metropolitan Avenue.

The L-shaped passageway, located above the Crosstown Line at its northern end and below the Canarsie Line at its western end, also serves as the mezzanine for the Crosstown Line lower level. When viewed from the Crosstown Line mezzanine, the passageway splits up as the right half leads to a ramp for Canarsie-bound trains while the left half leads to a crossunder to Eighth Avenue-bound trains.

Originally, passengers who wished to transfer between the Canarsie and Crosstown lines had to pay a separate fare, because the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (operator of the Canarsie Line) and the Independent Subway System (the Crosstown Line's operator) were competing companies. On July 1, 1948, eight years after the three operators of New York's subways were unified into a single entity, the transfer passageway was reconfigured to be inside fare control, thus permitting free transfers between lines.

The 2000 artwork in the transfer passageway and the Crosstown Line mezzanine is called Signs of Life by Jackie Chang. A precinct of the New York City Transit Police is also located on the Crosstown Line mezzanine.