Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street station

Metropolitan Avenue/  Lorimer Street  ​
New York City Subway station complex
Station statistics
Address	Metropolitan Avenue between Lorimer Street & Union Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°42′46″N 73°57′05″W / 40.712752°N 73.951464°W / 40.712752; -73.951464
Division	BMT/IND[1][2]
Line	BMT Canarsie Line    IND Crosstown Line
Services	G  (all times)​    L  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B24, B48, Q59
Levels	2
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1948; 76 years ago (1948-07-01)
Accessible	ADA-accessible (Transfer passageway between IND Crosstown Line platforms and BMT Canarsie Line platforms is not accessible; use OMNY farecard readers for free accessible transfer)
Traffic
2023	3,903,034[3]  14.5%
Rank	73 out of 423[3]
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Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

The Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street station is an underground New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Canarsie Line and the IND Crosstown Line. Located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, the complex is served by the G and L trains at all times.

The BMT Canarsie Line platforms, which are named Lorimer Street, are located above the IND Crosstown Line platforms, which are named Metropolitan Avenue. The Canarsie Line station opened in 1924, and the Crosstown Line station opened in 1937. Free transfers between the stations started in 1948.