Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street station
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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.
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Address | Metropolitan Avenue between Lorimer Street & Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY | ||||||
Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
Locale | Williamsburg | ||||||
Coordinates | 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 | ||||||
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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) | ||||||
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2023 | 3,903,034[3] 14.5% | ||||||
Rank | 73 out of 423[3] | ||||||
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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.