First Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)

 1 Avenue
 "L" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
AddressFirst Avenue & East 14th Street
New York, New York
BoroughManhattan
LocaleEast Village, Stuyvesant Park, Stuyvesant Town
Coordinates40°43′53″N 73°58′57″W / 40.731324°N 73.982577°W / 40.731324; -73.982577
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
Line   BMT Canarsie Line
Services   L all times (all times)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: M14A/M14D Select Bus Service, M15 (northbound), M15 Select Bus Service (northbound)
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJune 30, 1924; 100 years ago (1924-06-30)
RebuiltJuly 1, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-07-01) to December 31, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-12-31)
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer
No
Traffic
20235,745,700[2]Increase 7.7%
Rank38 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Third Avenue Bedford Avenue
Location
First Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line) is located in New York City Subway
First Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)
First Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line) is located in New York City
First Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)
First Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line) is located in New York
First Avenue station (BMT Canarsie Line)
Track layout

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Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The First Avenue station is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of First Avenue and East 14th Street at the border of Stuyvesant Park, Stuyvesant Town, and the East Village in Manhattan,[3] it is served by the L train at all times.

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "East Village, Manhattan Senior Pedestrian Crashes 2001-2006" (PDF). NYC.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2018.