Third Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)

Third Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Third Avenue station with an L train receding down the line
Station statistics
Address	Third Avenue & East 14th Street New York, NY 10003
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	East Village, Gramercy
Coordinates	40°44′00″N 73°59′14″W / 40.733243°N 73.987212°W / 40.733243; -73.987212Coordinates: 40°44′00″N 73°59′14″W / 40.733243°N 73.987212°W / 40.733243; -73.987212
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Canarsie Line
Services	L  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M14A, M14D, M101, M102, M103
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	June 30, 1924; 92 years ago (1924-06-30)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,386,533  3.5%
Rank	206 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Union Square: L
Next south	First Avenue: L
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Third Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Third Avenue and East 14th Street in Gramercy and East Village, Manhattan, it is served by the L train at all times.

This station opened on June 30, 1924, as part of the 14th Street–Eastern Line, which ran from Sixth Avenue under the East River and through Williamsburg to Montrose Avenue and Bushwick Avenues.

This station has two side platforms and two tracks. West of the station there is a double crossover. The platforms are column-less and have the standard BMT style trim-line and name tablets. The former contains "3" tablets in standard intervals while the latter consists of "THIRD AVE" in Times New Roman font.

There are also directions signs to the station's only entrances/exits saying "TO STREET" in the same style as the name tablets. Each platform has its own same-level fare control at the extreme west (railroad north) end. As a result, there is no free transfer between directions. This station is identical to the next one east (railroad south), First Avenue except that the fare control areas there are at a small mezzanine above the platforms.

A transfer station is planned to the 14th Street station of the Second Avenue Subway, as part of Phase 3 of construction from 55th Street to Houston Street.