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."