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Broadway Junction in Brooklyn, NY draws mixed feedback: 61/100. Reviewers praise the transfer convenience, skyline views, and generally reliable L service, with some noting the station feels functional and well patrolled. Common complaints: dirty platforms/elevators, visible homelessness, no bathrooms, frequent escalator outages, crowding on narrow platforms, long transfer walks, poor snow clearing, and occasional rude staff. Wait times vary—reports of 9–12 min on the J but rush-hour delays on A/C. Little to no info on pricing or “inventory”-style details, so those remain unclear.
I rely on this station a lot to go to my school, and the amount of dirtiness in insanity. Besides the transfers to 5 different lines, The J takes about 9-12 minutes. Anyways, I was expecting MUCH better for Broadway Junction.
The presence of unlawful immigrant vendors and child laborers on trains reflects deeper social and economic inequalities. Across various regions, especially in developing countries, individuals without legal immigration status often resort to informal vending on trains as a means of survival. These vendors, lacking proper permits or identification, sell food, trinkets, and other items—frequently under hazardous conditions and with little to no legal protection.
Alongside this, child labor remains a troubling issue. Children, some trafficked and others forced into work by poverty or familial pressure, are often seen working as vendors, beggars, or cleaners on trains. Exposed to exploitation, abuse, and health risks, these children are denied basic rights to education and safety. Their presence on trains highlights systemic failures in enforcement of labor laws, immigration regulations, and child protection policies.
Efforts to combat these issues must involve coordinated action—strengthening border and labor law enforcement, providing support and rehabilitation for affected children, and addressing the root causes such as poverty, displacement, and lack of education. Without systemic change, trains will continue to be a moving ground for invisible exploitation
This station makes my head spin. Transfer from the L to the A? Let the mob carry you up the staircase, across the tracks, then down an even longer staircase. Make a left by the ‘J’ and ‘Z’ signs, walk by the Bible shouters, to one of the longest, steepest escalators known to mankind. Then pass the cops at the base, and down yet another staircase to the A platform. Going home I have to stare straight down when on the escalator or the my head begins to spin. Also, the entire station seems to be held together with Silly Putty. But it’s NYC transit. It gets you to wherever you need to be for $2.90. Can’t live without it.
There is no other station like this in the system. Three train lines layered on top of each other into one complex. Fun to watch the trains come in from the other stations and has nice views of the train yard nearby. Transferring from the L to the J is also super easy. L service is amazing however the J and Lefferts A service definitely need an increase in service.
It's functional and generally quite well patrolled. The platforms a a bit narrow for the volume of passengers, but its a consequence of a larger ridership and a station built more than 70 years ago. At rush hour it's difficult getting by folks selling snacks from carts.
I have no idea how this train station has more then 1 Star. I take this train everyday since October the amount of homeless people is sad. They expose them selves and I almost got spit on as I was entering the train station for walking by this guy and not give him a dollar. The smell is horrible especially on the A platform.The police are there sometimes but they can’t do much. The escalator go out of service way to often there’s no elevators for handicap people they’re force to walk up the stairs with dragging their walkers up step by step same for parents with carriage. Although the train schedule has improved in the last few days most weeks the A and C are behind due to signal issues and are extremely crowded and a lot of times there’s homeless people sleeping on the train carts. I don’t understand how statistics are saying homelessness is at a low. Something has to be done more shelters near this train station will be a good start instead of these over price closet size development property. #wheresthemayor
I love the Broadway Junction complex. It is a masterpiece of ironwork that has stood atop Brooklyn at the mouth of the Jackie Robinson Pkwy (inter-borough) since 1919. The sunrise from the Canarsie bound L train is spectacular. During a very difficult time in my life I found solace and comrade among the commuters. Broadway Junction looks like 3 elevated platform stations intertwined like a tall pile of hangers.
Broadway Junction is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the elevated BMT Canarsie Line and BMT Jamaica Line, and the underground IND Fulton Street Line. It was also served by trains of the Fulton Street Elevated until that line closed in 1956. It is located roughly at the intersection of Broadway, Fulton Street and Van Sinderen Avenue at the border of Bedford-Stuyvesant and East New York, Brooklyn. The complex is served by the A, J, and L trains at all times; the C train at all times except late nights; and the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction only.
The station is adjacent to the East New York Yard and a complex junction between the tracks leading to the yard, the Canarsie Line and the Jamaica Line. The structure of the elevated station still contains the ironwork for the trackways used by the old Fulton Elevated. The station has a single exit and entrance through a fare control building located at the eastern end of the Fulton Street Line station. There is evidence of closed exits from the Jamaica Line platforms.
The station opened as Manhattan Junction as part of the BMT Lexington Avenue Line in 1885. In 1900, an elevated connection was made with the Fulton Street Elevated, resulting in a change in service patterns. Lexington Avenue and Fulton Street trains were through-routing, going around the East New York Loop, with service to Cypress Hills requiring a transfer. The station started to be used by service to Canarsie in 1906. In 1919, the Manhattan Junction station was replaced by the current station which was then known as Eastern Parkway. The modern-day Canarsie Line platforms, known as Broadway Junction, opened in 1928 when that line was connected to the 14th Street–Eastern District Line. The Independent Subway System's Fulton Street Line was extended to Broadway–East New York in 1946, and the three stations were combined as one station complex on July 1, 1948. The names of the stations in the complex were conformed to Broadway Junction in 2003.
Although Broadway Junction ranked 166th in the system for passenger entries in 2016, with 3,085,401 total entries, it is Brooklyn's third-busiest station in terms of passenger activity. It sees 100,000 passengers per day as of 2017, the vast majority of whom use it to make transfers. In 2017, the New York City Economic Development Corporation started studying options to rezone the surrounding area as a transit hub.
One ofnthw busiest transfer point in the heart of Brooklyn especially with recent the addition of the M that can take you all the way up to midtown manhattan and forest hills
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