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Montrose Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)

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Montrose Avenue Station · Opened 9/21/1924

Montrose Avenue station certainly qualifies as having among the most beautiful mosaics in the entire subway system. The mosaic band here is of exquisite cut porcelain, with vivid pastel shades of sky blue, cerulean blue, rose, yellow, maize and white, on a background of black, raspberry and greyed lavender. Brilliant blue stripes adorn the top and bottom of the tile band. View the hexagon "M" icon up close at the center stairs of the citybound platform. There is a single entrance with a mezzanine in the center of the station. Somewhere just beyond, on the citybound side, is a long-forgotten ramp leading to the street. This is where BMT Standard cars were fed directly into the subway back in the twenties. Long closed off and forgotten, remnants can be seen from the front of the passing train.


(image 83190) (199k, 1044x790)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/12/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 596


(image 83188) (219k, 1044x790)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/12/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 870


(image 83189) (215k, 1044x790)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/12/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 645


(image 83184) (219k, 1044x790)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Route: L
Car: R143 8190
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/12/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1326


(image 83186) (217k, 1044x790)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/12/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 565


(image 83185) (211k, 1044x790)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/12/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 504


(image 83187) (205k, 1044x790)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/12/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 524


(image 85112) (169k, 1044x705)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Photo by: Filip Matuska
Date: 6/7/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1143


(image 39196) (148k, 697x946)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 6/19/2005
Notes: Note stairs under the platform - probable evidence of platform extension on the Canarsie-bound side.
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 2487


(image 1569) (92k, 749x496)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Route: L
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 8/1/1998
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 1864


(image 1570) (212k, 1044x613)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Route: L
Collection of: David Pirmann
Date: 8/1/1998
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 2441


(image 1571) (100k, 743x497)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Route: L
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 8/1/1998
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 1881


(image 1563) (92k, 732x499)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Route: L
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 9/14/1997
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 2137


(image 1565) (96k, 725x502)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Route: L
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 9/14/1997
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 2098


(image 1566) (103k, 726x503)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Route: L
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 9/14/1997
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 2037


(image 5545) (161k, 1024x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Route: L
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4849
Photo by: Eric Oszustowicz
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/15/1986
Viewed (this week/total): 9 / 5942


(image 6492) (171k, 1024x664)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Montrose Avenue
Route: LL
Car: BMT Std.
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Viewed (this week/total): 8 / 3532

     
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