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Rockaway Parkway (BMT Canarsie Line)

Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
"L" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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Station house
Station statistics
Address Rockaway Parkway & Glenwood Road
Brooklyn, NY 11236
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Canarsie
Coordinates 40°38′43″N 73°54′09″W / 40.645382°N 73.902626°W / 40.645382; -73.902626Coordinates: 40°38′43″N 73°54′09″W / 40.645382°N 73.902626°W / 40.645382; -73.902626
Division B (BMT)
Line       BMT Canarsie Line
Services       L all times (all times)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: B6, B17, B42, B60, B82
Structure At-grade
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened December 28, 1906; 110 years ago (1906-12-28)
Station code 138
Accessible This station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 3,897,784 Decrease 3.1%
Rank 129 out of 422
Station succession
Next north East 105th Street: L all times
Next south (Terminal): L all times


Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 north Wilson Avenue: L all times
Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 south none: L all times

Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway is the southern terminal station of the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway, and is one of the few grade-level stations in the system. Located at the intersection of Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Road in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.

This grade level station, opened on December 28, 1906, has two tracks and a single island platform. The two tracks end at offset bumper blocks at the south end of the station; track 2, the northbound track, is slightly shorter than track 1 because of the diagonal alignment of the station to the street grid.

Because it is at street level, the station is ADA accessible without using an elevator (although this station is planned to be upgraded with several ADA improvements to be added in the near future). The final elements of ADA accessibility at the station will be completed as part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program. Station agent booths will be relocated, platforms will have boarding areas extended and would have warning strips and rubbing boards, and a new ADA compliant ramp will be installed, along with other modifications for $5.48 million.

Adjacent to the station to the east is the Canarsie Yard.

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 one HEET entry/exit turnstile, one exit-only HEET turnstile, and one emergency gate. This unstaffed entrance/exit leads to a NYCDOT municipal parking lot, located on the north side of the station. This lot was opened by the New York City Transit Authority in 1959, with space for 340 cars.


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