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{{short description|New York City Subway service}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NYCS service
| service = L
| name = 14th Street–Canarsie Local
|image1 = R143 L Train Entering Broadway Junction.jpg
|caption1=[[Manhattan]]-bound L train of [[R143 (New York City Subway car)|R143]]s entering [[Broadway Junction station (BMT Canarsie Line)|Broadway Junction]]
| west term = [[Eighth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Eighth Avenue]]
| east term = [[Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (BMT Canarsie Line)|Rockaway Parkway]]
| stations = 24
| depot = [[East New York Yard]]
| started = {{start date and age|1924|06|30}}
| map = {{L (New York City Subway service)}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

The '''L 14th Street–Canarsie Local'''<ref name="timetable">{{NYCS const|timetable|L}}</ref> is a [[rapid transit]] service in the [[B Division (New York City Subway)|B Division]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored {{NYCS const|color|gray}} since it serves the [[BMT Canarsie Line]].<ref>{{cite web| website= MTA.info| url= http://web.mta.info/developers/resources/line_colors.htm| title= MTA Colors| publisher= Metropolitan Transportation Authority| access-date= June 7, 2017}}</ref>

The L operates at all times between [[Eighth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Eighth Avenue]] in [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]], [[Manhattan]], and [[Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (BMT Canarsie Line)|Rockaway Parkway]] in [[Canarsie, Brooklyn|Canarsie]], [[Brooklyn]]. It also briefly enters [[Queens]] at [[Halsey Street (BMT Canarsie Line)|Halsey Street]], serving the neighborhood of [[Ridgewood, Queens|Ridgewood]].<ref>{{cite web| website= MTA.info| url= http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/busqns.pdf| title= Queens Bus Map| publisher= Metropolitan Transportation Authority| date= January 2017| access-date= June 7, 2017| archive-date= April 16, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080416204349/http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/busqns.pdf| url-status= dead}}</ref> It is the first New York City Subway service [[Automation in the New York City Subway|to be automated]] using [[communications-based train control]].

The L commenced its current route and service pattern upon completion of the Canarsie Line in 1928. Express trains formerly ran along the L's trackage in central Brooklyn, running along the [[BMT Fulton Street Line]] in eastern Brooklyn, but were discontinued in 1956. Since then, the L has been entirely local.

The L was originally the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]]'s '''16''' service. The 16 became the '''LL''' in 1967 and then the L in 1985.  In the early 2000s, the L saw a dramatic increase in ridership since many neighborhoods along the route have experienced [[gentrification]]. From April 2019 to April 2020, late-night and weekend L service between Manhattan and Brooklyn was temporarily reduced as part of the [[14th Street Tunnel shutdown]], which sought to repair damage to the 14th Street Tunnel incurred by [[Hurricane Sandy]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc7ny.com/5989875/|title=Coronavirus Update: Hospitalizations Down, Deaths up Slightly to 437 in NY |date=March 6, 2020|website=ABC7 New York|language=en|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref>

== History ==

[[File:R160 L train @ Broadway Junction.jpg|thumb|[[R160 (New York City Subway car)|R160]] L train leaving Broadway Junction for Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway bound]]

===Early history===
==== 1924–1967 ====
{| width="90"

|<div class="thumbcaption">November 26, 1967&nbsp;–&nbsp;June 1979&nbsp;bullet
[[File:LL Train (1967-1979).svg|dark gray "LL" train symbol in use from 1967 to 1979]]</div>
|<div class="thumbcaption">June 1979&nbsp;–&nbsp;May 6, 1985&nbsp;bullet
[[File:LL Train (1979-1985).svg|Slate gray "LL" train symbol in use from 1979 to 1985]]</div>
|<div class="thumbcaption">Original 16 designation for the BMT Canarsie Line service
[[File:R1 BMT 16 14th.gif|100px]]</div>
|}

The L was originally given the LL designation when letters were assigned to the BMT division. From 1928 to 1967, the same service was assigned the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation|BMT]] number 16.

In 1924, part of the eventual [[BMT Canarsie Line|14th Street–Canarsie Line]] opened, called the "14th Street–Eastern District Line" (commonly the "14th Street–Eastern Line"), and was given the number 16. This was extended east, and in 1928 it was joined to the existing [[BMT Canarsie Line]] east of [[Broadway Junction (BMT Canarsie Line)|Broadway Junction]]. Since that time, the 14th Street–Canarsie Line service has operated as it is today, except for an extension from [[Sixth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Sixth Avenue]] to [[Eighth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Eighth Avenue]], which opened on May 30, 1931, to connect to the new [[IND Eighth Avenue Line|Eighth Avenue Subway]]. The [[Eighth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Eighth Avenue Terminal]] was originally built in IND style and has been restored to BMT style like Fulton Street and Broad Street. During rush hours, express service ran nonstop between [[Lorimer Street (BMT Canarsie Line)|Lorimer Street]] and [[Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues (BMT Canarsie Line)|Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues]]. (Locals usually ran from [[Eighth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Eighth Avenue]] to [[Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues (BMT Canarsie Line)|Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues]] or [[Atlantic Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Atlantic Avenue]] at these times.)<ref>[http://www.erictb.info/linehistory.html#l Line by line history L train]</ref>

Before the 14th Street–Eastern and Canarsie Lines were connected, the Canarsie part of the line already had a number, [[BMT 14|14]], running from [[Lower Manhattan]] via the [[Broadway Elevated]] and called the ''Canarsie Line''.<ref>{{cite web | title=CELEBRATE OPENING OF SUBWAY LINK; Civic and City Officials Ride in First Train Over 14th St. Line to Brooklyn. | website=The New York Times | date=June 1, 1924 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1924/07/01/archives/celebrate-opening-of-subway-link-civic-and-city-officials-ride-in.html | access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> When the 14th Street–Eastern Line was connected in 1928, this was renamed the ''[[BMT Jamaica Line|Broadway (Brooklyn) Line]]'', but continued to operate to Rockaway Parkway.<ref>{{cite web | title=EXPECT GAIN ON B.M.T. LINE; Officials Say Old Habits of Patrons Hold Down Canarsie Traffic. | website=The New York Times | date=July 17, 1928 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/07/17/archives/expect-gain-on-bmt-line-officials-say-old-habits-of-patrons-hold.html | access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref>

Starting on September 23, 1936, express trains ran to Lefferts Boulevard via the connection with the Fulton Street Elevated at [[Atlantic Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Atlantic Avenue]].<ref>{{cite web | title=B.M.T. TO SPEED UP QUEENS SERVICE; New Multi-Section Cars to Be Used for Special Rush-Hour Trips Starting Wednesday. | website=The New York Times | date=September 21, 1936 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/09/21/archives/bmt-to-speed-up-queens-service-new-multisection-cars-to-be-used-for.html | access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> This connection was severed on April 30, 1956, then the service ran to Rockaway Parkway again, but was discontinued on August 23. The R27 to R38's roll signs had both L and LL for express and local service, even though the express never ran thereafter.

==== 1967–1985 ====
On November 26, 1967, with the opening of the [[Chrystie Street Connection]], the BMT Eastern Division lines were given letters. The 14 to Canarsie was given the label {{NYCS|JJ}} (though the 14 main line was designated {{NYCS|KK}}, continuing east from [[Broadway Junction (BMT Canarsie Line)|Broadway Junction]] towards Jamaica). On the other hand, the 16 became the LL.<ref name="NYTimes-ChrystieStChanges-1967">{{cite web |last1=Perlmutter |first1=Emanuel |title=SUBWAY CHANGES TO SPEED SERVICE: Major Alterations in Maps, Routes and Signs Will Take Effect Nov. 26 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/11/16/90418352.pdf |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 7, 2015 |date=November 16, 1967}}</ref>  Canarsie service to [[Lower Manhattan]] was discontinued in 1968.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E07E6DD1131E034BC4953DFB1668383679EDE&legacy=true|title=SKIP-STOP SUBWAY BEGINS RUN TODAY; KK Line Links 3 Boroughs—Other Routes Changed|last=Hofmann|first=Paul|date=July 1, 1968|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref> When double letters were dropped on May 5, 1985, the LL became the L, and it still has that designation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/27733842265/|title=Hey, What's a "K" Train? 1985 Brochure|website=Flickr – Photo Sharing!|date=June 17, 2016|access-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref>

=== Skip-stop service proposal ===

In January 1991, skip-stop service was proposed to speed service during the height of rush hours in the peak direction which would have reduced the running time from 41 minutes to 37 minutes. Under this plan, the K designation, which was previously used as the [[K (Broadway Brooklyn Local)|Broadway Brooklyn Local]] from 1967 to 1976, and as the [[K (Eighth Avenue Local)|Eighth Avenue Local]] from 1985 to 1988, would be repurposed and would appear in a gray bullet similar to the color the L uses. Both services would have common stops at [[Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (BMT Canarsie Line)|Rockaway Parkway]], [[Broadway Junction (BMT Canarsie Line)|Broadway Junction]] (then called Eastern Parkway), [[Myrtle Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Myrtle Avenue]], [[Lorimer Street (BMT Canarsie Line)|Lorimer Street]], [[First Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|First Avenue]], [[Union Square (BMT Canarsie Line)|Union Square]], [[Sixth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Sixth Avenue]] and [[Eighth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Eighth Avenue]]. L trains would stop at [[East 105th Street (BMT Canarsie Line)|East 105th Street]], [[Livonia Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Livonia Avenue]], [[Atlantic Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Atlantic Avenue]], [[Wilson Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Wilson Avenue]], [[DeKalb Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|DeKalb Avenue]], [[Morgan Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Morgan Avenue]], [[Grand Street (BMT Canarsie Line)|Grand Street]], and [[Bedford Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Bedford Avenue]]; K trains would stop at [[New Lots Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|New Lots Avenue]], [[Sutter Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Sutter Avenue]], [[Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street (BMT Canarsie Line)|Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street]], [[Halsey Street (BMT Canarsie Line)|Halsey Street]], [[Jefferson Street (BMT Canarsie Line)|Jefferson Street]], [[Montrose Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Montrose Avenue]], [[Graham Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Graham Avenue]] and [[Third Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Third Avenue]]. This change was proposed as a service improvement alongside other changes that would have either reduced or eliminated service to balance the MTA's operational budget and would have been implemented in October 1991, pending approval from the MTA board.<ref>{{cite web |title=1991 Service Capacity Plan |url=http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/pages/FileBrowser.aspx?LinkToFile=FILES_DOC/QUEENS_FILES/03.012.0231.030147.2.PDF#undefined |publisher=New York City Transit Authority |access-date=February 11, 2020 |page=207 |date=January 4, 1991}}</ref>

===Modernization and rehabilitation===
==== Ridership and CBTC ====
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|title = Ridership
|quote=
Annual ridership for the L service:<ref name="nydn 2006"/>
* 1994 . . . 16,968,025
* 1996 . . . 18,107,243
* 1998 . . . 21,196,693
* 2000 . . . 26,155,806
* 2005 . . . 30,452,319

Headways:<ref name="nydn 2006"/>
* Morning and evening rush hours: 4 minutes
* Midday: 6–8 minutes
* Overnight: 20 minutes

The 5 busiest stations in 2005:<ref name="nydn 2006">{{cite news |title=Oh, L, Not Enuf Trains! |first=Pete |last=Donohue |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2006/07/07/2006-07-07_oh__l__not_enuf_trains___ta_.html |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |date=July 7, 2006 |access-date=March 20, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
# [[First Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|First Avenue]], Manhattan
# [[Bedford Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Bedford Avenue]], Williamsburg, Brooklyn
# [[Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (BMT Canarsie Line)|Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway]], Canarsie, Brooklyn
# [[DeKalb Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|DeKalb Avenue]], Bushwick, Brooklyn
# [[Graham Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Graham Avenue]], Williamsburg, Brooklyn

The stations with greatest ridership increases in 2014:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150421/williamsburg/map-see-how-much-subway-ridership-increased-at-your-station | title=MAP: See How Much Subway Ridership Increased at Your Station | work=DNA Info | date=April 21, 2015 | access-date=May 5, 2015 | author=Mays, Jeff | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423215105/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150421/williamsburg/map-see-how-much-subway-ridership-increased-at-your-station | archive-date=April 23, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street (BMT Canarsie Line)|Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street]], Bushwick, Brooklyn
* [[Wilson Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Wilson Avenue]], Bushwick, Brooklyn
* [[Jefferson Street (BMT Canarsie Line)|Jefferson Street]], Bushwick, Brooklyn

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Ridership on the L has increased dramatically since 2000 since many neighborhoods along the route have experienced [[gentrification]]. The [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]'s $443 million fleets of subway cars on the L was introduced in 2002, but by 2006 was already too small to handle growing ridership. The Transit Authority had projected that 212 Kawasaki-made [[R143 (New York City Subway car)|R143]] subway cars would be enough to accommodate ridership demands for years to come, but ridership has risen higher than expected. Therefore, sixty-four new [[R160 (New York City Subway car)|R160A]] cars manufactured by [[Alstom]] were equipped with CBTC so they could run on the L.

The [[BMT Canarsie Line]] tracks [[Signaling of the New York City Subway#Automation|underwent an extensive retrofit]] over to [[Communications-based train control|CBTC]], a system that controls the trains via a computer onboard, as opposed manually operated by a human operator.  This was completed in early 2009.<ref>[http://mta.info/capitaldashboard/pdf/Milestones_Report.pdf MTA Capital Program Milestones Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716064023/http://www.mta.info/capitaldashboard/pdf/Milestones_Report.pdf |date=July 16, 2012 }}</ref> While the retrofit has resulted in nearly two years of service changes and station closings, this system will eventually allow trains to run closer together and enables in-station "countdown clock" displays to note the exact time until the next train arrives. The line also used OPTO ([[one person train operation]]) beginning in June 2005, but a combination of public outcry regarding perceived safety issues, which increased after the [[July 2005 London bombings|July 2005 London tube bombings]], heavy lobbying by the [[Transport Workers Union of America]] (TWU), as well as an arbitration ruling that MTA had breached its contract with TWU caused the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] to end OPTO the following September. However, the MTA's successful implementation of countdown clocks on the L was the first in the system.<ref>[http://www.mail-archive.com/nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net/msg05204.html MTA/Siemens train-arrival sign]</ref>

On April 27, 2003, midday L service was reduced to run every 8 minutes instead of every 6 minutes.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |date=July 2003 |title=New BMT-IND Schedules |url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2000s/2003/2003-07-bulletin.pdf |journal=The New York Division Bulletin |publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association |volume=46 |issue=7 |pages=20}}</ref>

==== 14th Street Tunnel shutdown ====
{{Further|14th Street Tunnel shutdown}}

Starting April 27, 2019,<ref>{{cite web | title=L Train Shutdown to Begin on April 27 | website=Spectrum News NY1 &#124; New York City | date=October 30, 2018 | url=http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/10/30/l-train-shutdown-date-for-brooklyn-manhattan-tunnel-set | access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref> [[14th Street Tunnel shutdown|L service was limited]] between [[Third Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Third Avenue]] and [[Bedford Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Bedford Avenue]] on late nights and weekends to allow for repairs on the Canarsie Line tunnels under the East River, which were badly [[Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York|damaged]] by [[Hurricane Sandy]] in 2012. Trains in both directions operated on one tube between Third and Bedford Avenues while late night and weekend work was done on the other tube.<ref name="NYTimes-LShutdownHalted-2019">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/nyregion/l-train-shutdown.html|title=Full Shutdown of L Train to Be Halted by Cuomo|last1=Fitzsimmons|first1=Emma G.|date=January 3, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 3, 2019|last2=Goldmacher|first2=Shane|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The original plan was for a full 15-month closure with both tubes closed simultaneously west of Bedford Avenue,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/nyregion/mta-l-train-shutdown-15-months.html|title=M.T.A. Shortens L Train Shutdown to 15 Months|last=Fitzsimmons|first=Emma G.|date=April 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 4, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/nyregion/new-york-today-the-plan-for-the-l-train-shutdown.html|title=New York Today: The Plan for the L Train Shutdown|last=Wolfe|first=Jonathan|date=December 14, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 16, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> but the plans were revised in January 2019.<ref name="NYTimes-LShutdownHalted-2019"/> On April 26, 2020, New York governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] announced the completion of the project, months ahead of schedule.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Governor Cuomo Announces Completion of Nation-Leading L Project Tunnel Rehabilitation With No Shutdown|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-completion-nation-leading-l-project-tunnel-rehabilitation-no-shutdown|date=April 26, 2020|publisher=New York State – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo|location=Albany, NY|access-date=April 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427110938/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-completion-nation-leading-l-project-tunnel-rehabilitation-no-shutdown|archive-date=April 27, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html#link-10b01d9|title=Cuomo Announces That the L Train Will Reopen|date=April 26, 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 27, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Route==
===Service pattern===
The L uses the following lines with the same service pattern at all times.<ref>{{NYCS const|serviceguide}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Line
! From
! To
! Tracks
|-
| [[BMT Canarsie Line]]
| [[Eighth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)|Eighth Avenue]]
| [[Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (BMT Canarsie Line)|Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway]]
| all
|}

=== Stations ===
The L runs on the BMT Canarsie Line in its entirety.<ref name="timetable"/>

{{NYCS service legend
| alltimes = show
| allexceptnights = show
| nightsonly = show
| nightsweekends =
| weekdaysonly = show
| allexceptrush =
| allexceptweekdays =
| dailyexceptrush =
| rushonly =
| rushpeak =
| closed = show
| custom_icon_1 = rushpeak
| custom_text_1 = Stops rush hours/weekdays in the peak direction only
| custom_icon_2 =
| custom_text_2 =
}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="font-size:90%" summary="Service information for the L train and its stations, including service times, ADA-accessibility, subway transfers, and non-subway connections."
! style="width:3%;"| [[File:NYCS-bull-trans-L-Std.svg|20px|L service]]
! style="width:28%;"| Stations
! style="width:3%;"| {{Access icon}}
! style="width:36%;"| Subway transfers
! style="width:30%;"| Connections
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center" colspan="5"| [[Manhattan]]
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center" colspan=5 | [[BMT Canarsie Line|Canarsie Line]]
|-
| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Eighth Avenue|Canarsie}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}
| {{NYCS Eighth south|time=show}} ([[IND Eighth Avenue Line]] at {{stl|NYCS|14th Street|Eighth}})
| [[M14 (New York City bus)|M14A / M14D Select Bus Service]]
|-
| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Sixth Avenue}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}
| {{NYCS Sixth local|time=show}} ([[IND Sixth Avenue Line]] at {{stl|NYCS|14th Street|Sixth}})<br>{{NYCS Broadway-Seventh south|time=show}} ([[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]] at {{stl|NYCS|14th Street|Broadway-Seventh}})
| [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] at {{stl|PATH|14th Street}}<br>[[M14 SBS (New York City bus)|M14A / M14D Select Bus Service]]
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Union Square}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}
| {{NYCS Lexington|time=show}} ([[IRT Lexington Avenue Line]])<br>{{NYCS Broadway|time=show}} ([[BMT Broadway Line]])
| [[M14 (New York City bus)|M14A / M14D Select Bus Service]]
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| {{stl|NYCS|Third Avenue}}
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| [[M14 (New York City bus)|M14A / M14D Select Bus Service]]
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| {{stl|NYCS|First Avenue}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}
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| [[M14 (New York City bus)|M14A / M14D Select Bus Service]]<br>Northbound [[M15 SBS (New York City bus)|M15 Select Bus Service]]
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| style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center" colspan="5"| [[Brooklyn]]
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Bedford Avenue}}
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| {{Ferry icon}} '''[[NYC Ferry]]''': East River Route (at North Sixth Street west of Kent Avenue)
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| {{stl|NYCS|Lorimer Street|Canarsie}}
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| {{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}} ([[IND Crosstown Line]] at {{stl|NYCS|Metropolitan Avenue|Crosstown}})
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| {{stl|NYCS|Graham Avenue}}
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| {{stl|NYCS|Grand Street|Canarsie}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Montrose Avenue}}
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Morgan Avenue}}
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| {{stl|NYCS|Jefferson Street}}
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| {{stl|NYCS|DeKalb Avenue|Canarsie}}
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| {{stl|NYCS|Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues|Canarsie}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}
| {{NYCS Myrtle north|time=show}} ([[BMT Myrtle Avenue Line]])
| Some a.m. rush hour trips begin or end their runs to/from Eighth Avenue at this station
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Halsey Street|Canarsie}}
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Wilson Avenue}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}&nbsp;↑
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| Station is [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA-accessible]] in the northbound direction only.
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street}}
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Broadway Junction|Canarsie}}
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| {{NYCS Fulton|time=show}} ([[IND Fulton Street Line]])<br>{{NYCS Jamaica center|time=show}} ([[BMT Jamaica Line]])
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Atlantic Avenue}}
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| [[Long Island Rail Road|LIRR]] [[Atlantic Branch]] at {{stl|LIRR|East New York}}
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Sutter Avenue}}
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Livonia Avenue}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}
| Out-of-system transfer with [[MetroCard]]/[[OMNY]]:<br>{{NYCS New Lots|time=show}} ([[IRT New Lots Line]] at {{stl|NYCS|Junius Street}})
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|New Lots Avenue|Canarsie}}
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| [[B15 (New York City bus)|B15]] bus to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK Int'l Airport]]
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|East 105th Street}}
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| Some northbound rush hour trips begin at this station
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| align=center | {{NYCS SSI|alltimes}}
| {{stl|NYCS|Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway}}
| align=center | {{Access icon}}
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| [[B82 SBS (New York City bus)|B82 Select Bus Service]]; free in-station transfer to [[B42 (New York City bus)|B42]] bus and westbound [[B6 (New York City bus)|B6]] and [[B82 (New York City bus)|B82]] buses.
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== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|L (New York City Subway service)}}
* [http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/lline.htm MTA NYC Transit – L 14th Street – Canarsie Local]
* {{NYCS const|traintime|L}}
* {{NYCS const|timetable|L}}

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