{"nrhp_refnum":"05000681","name":"Wilson Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BMT)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Chauncey St. at Wilson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.688837686000056,"lon":-73.90430150299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-07-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Engineering","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-level, two-track subway station on the BMT Canarsie Line (L train) in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn, New York, at Chauncey Street and Wilson Avenue. It was completed in 1928 as part of the BMT Dual Contracts system.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A for transportation, community planning and development, and social history, and under Criterion C for engineering and architectural design. Its two-level layout was a response to a narrow right-of-way between a cemetery and a freight rail line. It was designed by chief architect Squire J. Vickers and is one of the last subway stations built with a mosaic tile frieze, one of the most elaborate and colorful in the system.","narrative":"Wilson Avenue Station in Bushwick, Brooklyn, is a subway stop on the BMT Canarsie Line, completed in 1928 during the large Dual Contracts expansion of rapid transit. Squeezed into a narrow strip between Most Holy Trinity Cemetery and a Long Island Rail Road freight line, it has two levels, each with a single track. Manhattan-bound trains use the lower platform, while Canarsie-bound trains use an upper platform at the same grade as the freight line. A small beige brick control house on a granite base leads to an enclosed ramp to the platforms. Inside, white tile walls carry colorful mosaic friezes and eleven large mosaic plaques naming the station. Chief architect Squire J. Vickers designed it, with Robert Ridgeway as engineer. It is listed for its role in transportation and neighborhood growth and for its engineering and design, including one of the system's most elaborate late mosaic friezes. Most original fabric survives.","period_of_significance":"1928","architect_builder":"Ridgeway, Robert (engineer); Vickers, Squire J. (chief architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century American Movements: Arts & Crafts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in transit use, with a control house, platforms and tile work largely intact apart from some replaced or missing tiles, a replaced metal roof and water damage on the lower platform ceilings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.977088-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000681.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000681/abd5a4fe77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000681/abd5a4fe77-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Adam Moss from Kenmore, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilson_Av_upper_platform_vc.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Moss from Kenmore, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilson_Av_upper_platform_vc.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313339","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Avenue_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2616774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/wilson-avenue-subway-station-dual-system-bmt-05000681/"}