{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox NYCS | name = Junius Street | image = 01 - Junius Street IRT New Lots; 2018-10-24.jpg | image_caption = | address = Junius Street & Livonia Avenue<br>Brooklyn, New York | borough = Brooklyn | locale = Brownsville | coordinates = {{coord|40.663615|N|73.90151|W|display=inline,title}} | division = IRT | line = IRT New Lots Line | service = Eastern east | service_header = New Lots header | other = {{bus icon}} NYCT Bus: {{NYC bus link|B14}} | transfer = Free out-of-system transfer with MetroCard or OMNY:<br>{{NYCS transfer | transfer_service=Canarsie | transfer_station=Livonia Avenue | transfer_line=BMT Canarsie Line}} | platforms = 2 side platforms | tracks = 3 (1 not for passenger service) | structure = Elevated | opened = {{start date and age|1920|Nov|22}} | rebuilt = {{start date and age|October 5, 2016}} to {{start date and age|June 19, 2017}} | accessible = construction | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway |line=New Lots|left=Rockaway Avenue|right=Pennsylvania Avenue|note-left={{NYCS New Lots northbound|time=1}}|note-right={{NYCS New Lots southbound|time=1}}}} | footnotes = {{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}{{NYCS infobox legend|nightsonly}}{{NYCS infobox legend|nightsweekends}}{{NYCS infobox legend|rushonly}}{{NYCS infobox legend|rushpeak}}{{NYCS infobox legend|weekdaysonly}} | route_map = {{Routemap|inline=y |legend=track |map= uSTR!~MFADEg\uSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|NYCS|Rockaway Avenue|New Lots}} uSTRf\uSTRg BS2l!~uSTR\BS2r!~uSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ Unpowered service track cPLT\udSTR\mvSTR\cPLT cPLT\udSTR\mvSTR\cPLT cPLT\udSTR\mvSTR\cPLT cPLT\vSTR3-~L!~udSTR\udSTR\cPLT STRc2~R!~MFADEgq\STRc4~L!~udSTR\udSTR\numN105 STRc4~L!~MFADEgq\uvSTR-\udSTR\ ~~ ~~ ~~ to Linden Shops uABZg2\uABZg3 uABZg+1\uABZg+4 uSTRf\uSTRg uSTR!~MFADEf\uSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|NYCS|Pennsylvania Avenue|New Lots}} }} }}
The '''Junius Street station''' is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Junius Street and Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B7_Brownsville_2015.pdf|title=Neighborhood Map Brownsville|date=2015|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="timetables">*{{NYCS const|timetable|2}} *{{NYCS const|timetable|3}} *{{NYCS const|timetable|4}} *{{NYCS const|timetable|5}}</ref>
== History == 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.<ref name="Opening">{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%25201919%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%25201919%2520-%25206045.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F8a59f3a6ccf7f28377ff195369dafabf#page=1|title=Nearly 70 Track Miles to Be Added To Rapid Transit Facilities in 1920|date=December 28, 1919|work=Brooklyn Standard Union|access-date=August 14, 2016|via=Fulton History}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%25201910%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%25201910%2520-%25203587.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F5317c0d167556c590ee9756b3462503c#page=1|title=Differ Over Assessment Plans in Transit Projects: Eastern Parkway Subway and Livonia Avenue Extension the Cause of Bitter Dissension Among Property Owners Uptown|date=March 13, 1910|newspaper=The Daily Standard Union|access-date=August 14, 2016|via=Fulton History}}</ref> This station opened along with the first portion of the line from Utica Avenue on November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015016416888;view=1up;seq=24;size=200|title=Annual report. 1920-1921.|website=HathiTrust|publisher=Interborough Rapid Transit|access-date=September 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fg4KAQAAMAAJ&q=177|title=A History of the New York City Subway System|last1=Cunningham|first1=Joseph|last2=DeHart|first2=Leonard O.|date=1993|publisher=J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang|pages=53|language=en}}</ref> This station ceased to be the line's terminal when the line opened one more stop farther to the east to Pennsylvania Avenue on December 24, 1920,<ref name=":4" /> using its southbound platform.<ref name=":52">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1tLAQAAMAAJ&q=subway&pg=PA442|title=Annual Report|date=1922|publisher=J.B. Lyon Company|language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|129}} The line was completed to New Lots Avenue on October 16, 1922,<ref name=":4" /> with a two-car train running on the northbound track.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal|date=September 2010|title=IRT Brooklyn Line Opened 90 Years Ago|url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/the_era_bulletin_2010-09|journal=New York Division Bulletin|publisher=New York Division, Electric Railroaders' Association|volume=53|issue=9|access-date=August 31, 2016|via=Issu}}</ref> On October 31, 1924, through service to New Lots Avenue was begun.<ref name=":12" />
From October 5, 2016, to June 19, 2017, this station and Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road were closed for renovations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway/status/876727228746395650|title=ServiceAlert: As of 5 AM, the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd and Junius St stations have reopened for 3 and 4 subway service.|date=June 19, 2017|website=@NYCTSubway|access-date=June 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/news-new-york-city-transit/2017/06/19/sutter-av-rutland-rd-junius-st-stations-3-line-reopen|title=Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, Junius St Stations on 3 Line Reopen|date=June 19, 2017|website=www.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619194800/http://www.mta.info/news-new-york-city-transit/2017/06/19/sutter-av-rutland-rd-junius-st-stations-3-line-reopen|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/news-subway-3-line-station-renewal-new-york-city-transit/2016/09/16/stations-were-closed-renewal|title=The Stations Were Closed for Renewal Work Since April|date=September 16, 2016|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=August 28, 2019|archive-date=October 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009221827/http://www.mta.info/news-subway-3-line-station-renewal-new-york-city-transit/2016/09/16/stations-were-closed-renewal|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Transfer with Canarsie Line=== [[File:IRT Eastern Parkway Branch.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A New Lots Avenue-bound '''{{NYCS|3}}''' train of R62s passing above Livonia Avenue after leaving Junius Street.]] The New Lots Line passes over the Livonia Avenue station on the BMT Canarsie Line ({{NYCS trains|Canarsie}}) directly to the east of this station. There is a free out-of-system transfer between the stations; passengers must leave one station and use a MetroCard or OMNY to enter the other station. The out-of-system transfer is made via an overpass running parallel to the New Lots Line, which allows pedestrians on Livonia Avenue to cross over the Long Island Rail Road's open-cut Bay Ridge Branch.<ref name=":1">{{cite web | title=MTA Plans to Connect Brooklyn Stations, Enhance Travel | website=amNewYork | last=Lancaster | first=Grant | date=February 7, 2020 | url=https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/mta-to-connect-two-brooklyn-stations-and-extend-free-transfer-program/ | access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web | last=Marcius | first=Chelsia Rose | title=MTA extends free transfer at two Brooklyn subway stations | website=New York Daily News | date=February 7, 2020 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2020/02/07/mta-extends-free-transfer-at-two-brooklyn-subway-stations/ | access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref>
In 2015, there were proposals to convert the overpass into a free-transfer passage between the two stations, due to increasing ridership and plans for additional housing in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-pol-transfer-east-new-york-subway-stations-article-1.2283534|title=Brooklyn official wants transfer at 2 nearby subway stations in East New York|last1=Eisinger|first1=Dale W.|last2=Rivoli|first2=Dan|date=July 6, 2015|work=Daily News (New York)|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> Money was allocated in the 2015–2019 Capital Program to build this transfer. Both stations would also have been upgraded to become compliant with mobility accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.<ref name="MTACapital-15-19-Oct2015">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/pdf/CapitalProgram2015-19_WEB%20v4%20FINAL_small.pdf|title=MTA Capital Program 2015-2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand.|date=October 28, 2015|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> However, in the April 2018 revision to the Capital Program, funding for the project, with the exception of funding already used to design the connection, was removed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thecity.nyc/2019/05/free-subway-transfers-prove-one-l-of-an-idea-in-brooklyn.html|title=Free Subway Transfers Prove One 'L' of an Idea in Brooklyn|last=Martinez|first=Jose|date=May 2, 2019|access-date=August 28, 2019|language=en|website=The City}}</ref> A free MetroCard-only transfer between the two stations was also provided during weekends and late nights as part of the reconstruction of the 14th Street Tunnel starting in April 2019<ref name=":42">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160725/bushwick/l-train-shutdown-heres-how-commute-between-brooklyn-manhattan|title=The L Train Shutdown: Here's How to Commute Between Brooklyn and Manhattan|last1=Hogan|first1=Gwynne|last2=Tcholakian|first2=Danielle|date=July 25, 2016|website=DNAinfo New York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821134622/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160725/bushwick/l-train-shutdown-heres-how-commute-between-brooklyn-manhattan|archive-date=August 21, 2016|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/nyregion/l-train-will-shut-down-between-manhattan-and-brooklyn-in-2019-for-18-months.html|title=L Train Will Shut Down From Manhattan to Brooklyn in '19 for 18 Months|last=Fitzsimmons|first=Emma G.|date=July 25, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=July 26, 2016|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and introduced permanently in February 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Service information for L, M, G, 7, M14 SBS and free transfers|url=https://new.mta.info/l-project/post-tunnel-work-service|access-date=April 26, 2020|date=April 26, 2020}}</ref> The 2020–2024 Capital Program added back funding for the project, with an allocation of $38.4 million;<ref name=":122">{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2019-09/MTA%202020-2024%20Capital%20Program%20-%20Full%20Report.pdf|title=MTA Capital Program 2020-2024|date=September 20, 2019|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|page=187|access-date=September 23, 2019}}</ref> by January 2020, only $400,000 of that amount had been spent on "pre-design" activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-livonia-junius-transfer-capital-plan-mta-subway-20200119-tfyt55g4lzbl3j6i5ce6uswrw4-story.html|title=MTA to finally connect two Brooklyn subway stations where riders were double-charged for a century|last=Guse|first=Clayton|website=nydailynews.com|date=19 January 2020 |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> In February 2020, the MTA awarded a design–build contract to construct the free transfer and associated elevator upgrades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/14666|title=New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting February 2020|date=February 24, 2020|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|pages=179–181|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref> In November 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $965 million contract for the installation of 21 elevators across eight stations,<ref name="Nessen 2022">{{cite web | last=Nessen | first=Stephen | title=MTA to spend more than $1B on accessibility upgrades | website=Gothamist | date=November 28, 2022 | url=https://gothamist.com/news/mta-to-spend-more-than-1b-on-accessibility-upgrades | access-date=December 1, 2022}}</ref> including Junius Street.<ref name="Brachfeld 2022">{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=MTA to spend $1 billion on subway, commuter rail accessibility upgrades | website=amNewYork | date=November 29, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-billion-subway-commuter-rail-accessibility/ | access-date=December 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name=mta100281/>{{Rp|page=81}} A joint venture of ASTM and Halmar International would construct the elevators under a public-private partnership.<ref name="Brachfeld 2022"/><ref name=mta100281>{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2022 |title=Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting November 2022 |url=https://new.mta.info/document/100281 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority }}</ref>{{Rp|page=80}} By 2026, an overpass between the two stations, along with three elevators at the Junius Street station, was under construction and was expected to be completed later that year.<ref>{{cite web | title=Junius and Livonia Train station get major ADA-accessibility boost | website=News 12 - Brooklyn | date=2026-05-05 | url=https://brooklyn.news12.com/junius-and-livonia-train-station-get-major-ada-accessibility-boost | access-date=2026-05-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=MTA to build new bridge between Junius and Livonia stations | website=Brooklyn Eagle | date=2026-05-05 | url=https://brooklyneagle.com/384986/mta-building-new-bridge-between-junius-and-livonia-stations/ | access-date=2026-05-06}}</ref>
==Station layout== {{NYCS Platform Layout IRT New Lots Line}} right|thumb|Entrance There are two side platforms and three tracks. It is the only station on the line with a center track, which was installed sometime before 1987. However, it does not have a third rail and thus can only be used by diesel trains or other non-electric equipment. Just west (railroad north) of the station, tracks split from both the northbound and southbound tracks, merging to form the center track; this goes through the station and turns south, crossing the southbound track at grade. The track joins with one from the BMT Canarsie Line (below the station) and heads to the Linden Shops.<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref> Both platforms have beige windscreens and green canopies that run for the entire length.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/juniusn3/index.php|title=Junius Street (3) - The SubwayNut|last=Cox|first=Jeremiah|website=www.subwaynut.com|access-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref>
East of this station, the New Lots Line passes over the BMT Canarsie Line.<ref name="tracks" /> At Junius Street, a block from the station entrance, an overpass running parallel to the New Lots Line allows pedestrians on Livonia Avenue to cross over the Long Island Rail Road's open-cut Bay Ridge Branch. This overpass leads to the main entrance of the Livonia Avenue station on the BMT Canarsie Line.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />
===Exits=== Despite the station name, there are no actual entrances to this station on Junius Street; they were closed many years ago, and stairs to the street were subsequently removed.
The two street stairs to the station's only mezzanine are a block away on the south side of Livonia Avenue between Powell and Sackman Streets. The small, elevated mezzanine/station house beneath the tracks has a token booth, turnstile bank, and two staircases to the center of each of the two side platforms.<ref name=":0" />
As part of the accessibility upgrades and construction of the free transfer to Livonia Avenue station, the mezzanine over Junius Street is currently being rebuilt with elevator access, once again providing direct access to/from the namesake street.
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== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Junius Street (IRT New Lots Line)}} * {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?215:1716|Brooklyn IRT|Junius Street}} * The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/juniusn3/index.php Junius Street Pictures] * [https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.66324,-73.903248&spn=0.005795,0.009645&layer=c&cbll=40.663344,-73.903276&panoid=-EixLLJFjcZ99EU0hd-osg&cbp=12,72.74,,0,2.4&t=m&z=17 Sackman Street entrance from Google Maps Street View] * [https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103237729589375373179/photos/@40.6637383,-73.9024429,3a,75y,160h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-uKmA9rBDw1o%2FWUylA4Fo3sI%2FAAAAAAAAt7c%2F2C5Qb_PsUAokBI7duLtpO38eIsInDF8NgCLIBGAYYCw!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-uKmA9rBDw1o%2FWUylA4Fo3sI%2FAAAAAAAAt7c%2F2C5Qb_PsUAokBI7duLtpO38eIsInDF8NgCLIBGAYYCw%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i8704!8i4352!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View] {{NYCS stations navbox by service|l3=y}} {{NYCS stations navbox by line|newlots=yes}}
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