(1) OVERVIEW: Flushing Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the very busy intersection of Flushing Avenue and Broadway in Brooklyn. There are many big and small commercial stores and banks in this very lively area.
It is served by the J train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction and the M train at all times except late nights. (The Z train skips this station when it operates.)
The actual pair of the subway station platforms are on the elevated level (2nd floor level) from the ground. You can get there by the stairs or an elevator. (See my attached photos.)
(2) ATTRACTIONS: PUBLIC ARTWORKS
Flushing Avenue subway station is an average dirty subway station, which requires serious cleanings and repairs, just as the most of the poorly maintained subway stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx (I have not used any train stations in Staten Island so far, so that I can not comment about it). Nevertheless, unlike the most of those "skeleton stations", this station has the publicly funded (tax money paid) artworks on display. They are the stained glass-like colorfully abstract-shaped plastic pictures. They grace the area walls from the platform to the elevator on the second level of this station. These are really NOT impressive artworks at all whatsoever. Nevertheless, I think they are still better than nothing for this colorless, tasteless, and boring outdated, very old station. So, for this, I gave 4 stars, which means very slightly above the average "skeleton style" Brooklyn subway station level.
NOTE: Flushing Avenue subway station opened on June 25, 1888. It really needs serious cleanings, repairs, modifications ---- or at least some degree of re-painting the entire surfaces here!
(3) MY PERSONAL STORIES: I used Flushing Avenue subway station for visiting about a half dozen of thrift/vintage/second hand/antique shops nearby. (See my review of them including Urban Jungle, Le Point Value, ReUse America, L Train Vintage, etc.) There are also several discount stores and department stores, that I shopped. In addition, I also dined at Mirakuya (Chinese-owned small Japanese restaurant) near the station. You can read my extensive reviews and many photos of them here in yelp.
Dr. Takeshi Yamada and Seara (Coney Island sea rabbit)
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