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Van Siclen Avenue station (IRT New Lots Line)

Van Siclen Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
New Lots Avenue-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Van Siclen Avenue & Livonia Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East New York
Coordinates	40°39′56″N 73°53′19″W / 40.665535°N 73.888593°W / 40.665535; -73.888593
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT New Lots Line
Services	2  (limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction) ​   3  (all except late nights) ​   4  (late nights, and limited rush hour service in the peak direction) ​   5  (limited a.m. rush hour service in the northbound direction only)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	October 16, 1922; 101 years ago (October 16, 1922)
Rebuilt	April 20, 2015; 9 years ago (April 20, 2015) to March 28, 2016; 8 years ago (March 28, 2016)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	491,980[2]  3.9%
Rank	385 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Pennsylvania Avenue 2  ​3  ​4  ​5  toward Harlem–148th Street New Lots Avenue 2  ​3  ​4  Terminus
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toPennsylvania Avenue toNew Lots Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops weekdays during the day

The Van Siclen Avenue station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Van Siclen Avenue and Livonia Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. It is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. During rush hours, occasional 2, 4 and 5 trains also stop here.^[3]

The New Lots Line was built as a part of Contract 3 of the Dual Contracts between New York City and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, including this station.^[4] It was built as an elevated line because the ground in this area is right above the water table, and as a result the construction of a subway would have been prohibitively expensive.^[5] The first portion of the line between Utica Avenue and Junius Street opened on November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route.^[6][7] The line opened one more stop farther to the east to Pennsylvania Avenue on December 24, 1920.^[7] At that date, only the southbound platform was used.^[8]: 129

While work at this station and at New Lots Avenue was practically completed in 1921, they could not open yet because trains could not run to the terminal until track work, the signal tower, and the compressor room were in service.^{[9]: 129–130} Work began on June 19, 1922, and this station opened on October 16, 1922, when shuttles started operating between Pennsylvania Avenue and New Lots Avenue.^[7] A two-car train operated on a single track on the northbound track.^[10] On October 31, 1924, through service to New Lots Avenue was begun.^[10]

From April 20, 2015, to March 28, 2016, this station and Rockaway Avenue were closed for renovations.^[11][12]

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Harlem–148th Street (Pennsylvania Avenue) ← toward Woodlawn late nights (Pennsylvania Avenue) ← toward Wakefield–241st Street (select rush hour trips) (Pennsylvania Avenue) ← toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (select rush hour trips) (Pennsylvania Avenue)
	Center trackway	→ No track or roadbed
	Southbound	→ ( late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Terminus) → → toward New Lots Avenue (select rush hour trips) (Terminus) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

This elevated station has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track that was never installed.^[13] The platforms are longer than a standard IRT train of 514 feet (157 m) and have beige windscreen and brown canopies with green support columns along their entire length except at their extreme ends. Here, they have waist-high, steel fences with lampposts at regular intervals. The station's signs are the standard black name plates with white Helvetica lettering.

The station's only mezzanine is an elevated headhouse below the platforms and tracks at the extreme east (railroad south) end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down the northwest and southeast corners of Livonia Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue.^[14]

Media related to Van Siclen Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org – Brooklyn IRT: Van Siclen Avenue