Division A (IRT) Transit connections NYCT Bus: B20, B83 Platforms 2 side platforms Borough Brooklyn Tracks 2 | Line IRT New Lots Line Structure Elevated Opened 24 December 1920 Locale East New York | |
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Services 2 (special rush hour trips)
3 (all except late nights)
4 (late nights and special rush hour trips)
5 (special rush hour trips) Address Brooklyn, NY 11207, United States Similar Junius Street, Rockaway Avenue, Van Siclen Avenue, Saratoga Avenue, Kingston Avenue | ||
Pennsylvania Avenue is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Livonia Avenues 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. Limited 2, 4 and 5 trains also serve this station during rush hours.
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Station layout
This elevated station, opened on December 24, 1920, has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track that was never installed. Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green support frames and columns that run along the entire length except for a small section at the extreme west (railroad north) end. Here, there are only waist-high black steel fences. The station name plates are in the standard black with white lettering. The platforms are slightly longer than the standard IRT train length of 510 feet.
From April 11, 2016 until September 19, 2016, Saratoga Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue were closed for renovation. A truck accident on October 27, 2016 damaged the mezzanine of the Pennsylvania Avenue station, so it was closed again for repairs until March 3, 2017. The platforms and tracks were undamaged in the accident.
Exits
The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside fare control, there is a turnstile bank, waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, and a single staircase to each platform at their extreme east (railroad south) ends. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to the northeast and southwest corners of Pennsylvania and Livonia Avenues. The landing on the south side of the station house has an exit-only turnstile to allow passengers on New Lots Avenue-bound trains to exit the station without having to go through the station house. The exterior of the station house, including the staircase canopies, doors, and fences were painted red in July 2009.