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Court Square Complex

Court Square (G) has two tracks and an island platform. It has been reconfigured to allow service as a terminal and is the  permanent north terminal for the G Line. Stairways have been relocated and the south Mezzanine reopened with HEETs to serve as a MetroCard transfer to the 7

45th Rod Courthouse Square (7) has two tracks and two wall platforms. The crossunder is at the Manhattan end and has a booth and windows.

23rd Street Ely Avenue (E, V) has two tracks and a crossover at both ends .The South end leads to 21st Street and is full-time, with the original IND sings " Manhattan" and "Jamaica" still inside fare control. The North end connects to the Passageway to the G which was built by Citibank when their Court Square building was built. This passageway has lots of glass at the escalators near the building entrance and the only moving walkways (horizontal escalators) in the system.

Just before entering this passageway is the original f/t booth area on 44th  Drive near 23rd Street, the only remains of this area being a lone HEET. The only staircase on the Manahan bound side, while different tile shapes are used for NYCT storage space. Prior to construction of the transfer passageway, the 23rd Street side was a f/t booth while the 21st Street end  was p/t with iron maidens. There are two different artworks in this complex, one is "Temple Quad Reliefs" by Frank Olt  and features a quartet of  ceramic and glass mosaic wall reliefs that was installed when the 23rd Street/Ely Avenue underwent a slight renovation in 1992 along the 23rd Street mezzanine area and just downstairs  both platforms. The second and larger artwork is present at the Queens Mezzanine of the 23rd Ely station and in the passageway to the G. The title is "Stream" by Elizabeth Murray (2001) which depicts boots along the mixture of sun and rain clouds and the NYC skyline. This artwork occupies entire lengths of the wall opposite the horizontal escalator. 

An enclosed in system transfer is being built courtesy of Citigroup as a condition set by the City of New York in exchange for approval of their new building.

The City allows bigger or taller buildings if the owner/management company builds a new subway entrance or improves the station serving their building. This could include added stairways, wider stairways, elevators, escalators, wider/longer platforms, etc. The proposed project(s) must be approved by MTA and the City and will be maintained by the private company. MTA has started putting up signs at outside maintained entrances, stairways, etc stating "this Blank is maintained by x company 555-555-5555."

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Last revised 01/30/2011

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