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Union Square (BMT Canarsie Line)

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Union Square Station · Opened 9/21/1924

Union Square station is part of a complex with three stations in it - one for the BMT Broadway Line, one for the IRT Lexington Line and one for the Canarsie Line. This station, too, is undergoing renovation. There is a single island platform, with numerous stairways and exits leading from it. There is one mezzanine attached to this station with entrances on the south side of 14th Street between Broadway and University Place. Other entrances around Union Square serve the other lines. The original mosaic band of sky blue, sea green, lime green and yellow ochre stands clearly visible above new green-bordered tile panels; Fall 1999 finds it scoured clean of seventy-five years' dirt and grime, the original colors and details shining brightly beneath a new coat of clear glaze and several missing and damaged pieces repaired and lovingly restored.


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: 6
Car: R142A
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 3/31/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 12 / 449


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Car: R143 8157
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 3/26/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 291


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Car: R143 8243
Photo by: Michael Hodurski
Date: 6/6/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 720


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Car: R160A-1 (Alstom, 2005-2008, 4 car sets) 8393
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 3/5/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 1358


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 3/5/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1303


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Car: R160A-1 (Alstom, 2005-2008, 4 car sets) 8412
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 12/24/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1217


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Car: R143 8288
Photo by: Philip D'Allesandro
Date: 10/13/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 1390


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 4/1/2007
Notes: New train arrival indicator sign.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1779


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Photo by: Lorraine Maruska
Date: 11/17/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 14 / 1832


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Photo by: Lorraine Maruska
Date: 10/23/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1559


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Car: R143 8148
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 8/26/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2611


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 5/17/2005
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 3332


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Car: R143 8113
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 1/2003
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 4713


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Car: R143
Photo by: Michael Korby
Date: 11/4/2002
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 5495


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Car: R143 8101
Photo by: Trevor Logan
Date: 12/4/2001
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 5127


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 11/8/1999
Notes: Original frieze after cleaning and restoration
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 2498


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 11/8/1999
Notes: Another view of the cleaned and restored frieze
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2399


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Car: R40M (St. Louis Car, 1969) 4466
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 8/21/1998
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 5061


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 8/21/1998
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 3127


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Canarsie Line
Location: Union Square
Route: L
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 6/20/1998
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 3413


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