Division B (IND) Services G (all times) Structure Underground Opened 1 July 1937 Tracks 2 | Line IND Crosstown Line Transit connections NYCT Bus: B38, B48 Platforms 2 side platforms Borough Brooklyn | |
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Address Brooklyn, NY 11238, United States Locale Bedford-Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill Similar Clinton–Washington Avenues, Bedford–Nostrand Avenues, Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues, Flushing Avenue, Nassau Avenue | ||
Classon Avenue (pronounced /klɔːsɪn/ KLAW-sin by local residents) is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Classon and Lafayette Avenues in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, it is served at all times by the G train.
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Station layout
This underground station opened on July 1, 1937, as part of the extension of the Crosstown Line from Nassau Avenue to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets. This station has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track. Both platforms have a light green trim line on a darker green border and name tablets reading "CLASSON AVE." in white sans serif lettering on a dark green background and lighter green border. There are small "CLASSON" directional signs in white lettering on a black background beneath the trim line and name tablets. Dark blue i-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.
The space for an additional center track between the two outer ones was meant for the unbuilt IND Second System. It would have been an extension of the center track at Bedford–Nostrand Avenues, which dead-ends on either side of that station. Railroad south of Classon Avenue, the two tracks curve closer to each other and the center trackway ends.
The south end of the southbound platform and the north end of the northbound one have room for proposed control towers. Those spaces are now used for crew facilities.
Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul and would be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting.
Exits
This station has a full length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks supported by dark blue i-beam columns, but only the northern half is open to the public and has two staircases to each platform. The fare control area is at the center with a turnstile bank, token booth, and three stairs going up to all corners of Classon and Lafayette Avenues except the northeast one.