Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway (BMT Canarsie Line)

Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px Station house
Station statistics
Address	Rockaway Parkway & Glenwood Road Brooklyn, NY 11236
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Canarsie
Coordinates
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 (1906-12-28)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	4,024,313  3.6%
Rank	124
Station succession
Next north	East 105th Street: L
Next south	(Terminal): L  Flatlands Avenue: demolished
Next north	Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues: L
Next south	none: L
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

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.

Station layout

G Ground/ platform level
	Track 1	toward Eighth Avenue (East 105th Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Track 2	toward Eighth Avenue (East 105th Street) →
	Exit/Entrance	Fare control, station agent (Station at street level) Bus loops and free transfer to B42

Platform view at Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway, with an R160A L train at right

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. 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. 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).

On the side of the station house opposite the transfer point is a secondary entrance/exit that contains one HEET turnstile, one exit-only turnstile, and one emergency gate. This unstaffed entrance/exit leads to a municipal parking lot.

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

Bus transfer

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Boarding area for the B42 bus is to the left. The subway station platform is in the foreground.

This station is the only one in the system with a bus transfer station within fare control. When the rail service to Canarsie Pier along Rockaway Parkway was discontinued, riders were entitled to a free transfer to the replacement trolleys. Rather than issue paper transfers so riders could exit to the street for the trolleys, a loop was built next to the station with a boarding platform. When the trolleys were discontinued in April 1949, the B42 bus replaced them.

Train riders walk directly to the bus loading area without leaving the fare control zone. In turn, bus passengers from Rockaway Parkway enter the subway station without paying an additional fare. At the street, a chain link fence gate blocks access to the bus area to prevent pedestrians from sneaking in for a free ride. The gate is operated by an electric trigger, and was put into operation on December 7, 1960. The back of the bus loop contains an unstaffed entrance to the Rockaway Parkway station that is built on a small shack, has one HEET turnstile, one exit-only turnstile, and one emergency gate, and leads to the northeast corner of Glenwood Road and East 98th Street.

Other buses serving the station stop at the curb and pick up passengers outside fare control on the East 98th Street loop outside the inner loop. A chain link fence separates the loops.

External links

• nycsubway.org—BMT Canarsie Line: Rockaway Parkway
• Station Reporter — L Train
• The Subway Nut — Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway Pictures
• Rockaway Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Glenwood Road entrance from Google Maps Street View