Rockaway Parkway (BMT Canarsie Line)

Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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)
Transit connections	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	ADA-accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	3,897,784  3.1%
Rank	129 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	East 105th Street: L
Next south	(Terminal): L
Next north	Wilson Avenue: L
Next south	none: L
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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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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