The Clinton-Washington Avenues Station is a minor Crosstown Line Station that has kept its full-length mezzanine, although the design of areas outside and inside fare control are extremely confusing. At each end extreme end of the platforms a free change of directions crossover is present with unstaffed High Entrance and Exit Turnstiles to either Clinton Avenue (with two staircases up to street level to the NE and SW corners), or Washington Avenue (with two staircases up to street level at the NE and SE corners) leading down to a single staircase down to each platform, these are the fare control areas that most people at least enter the subway system via and MVMs are present at both of them.
These exits are also connected outside of fare control via a central corridor. In the middle of the mezzanine, not anywhere close to any actual station exit with the station's single token booth is in the middle of this mezzanine with two separate banks of turnstiles for the separated fare control areas down either platform, quite far away from either exit so its rare people actually wonder down to use it.
A mixture of chainlink and standard fare control fencing separates the portions of the middle of the mezzanine within fare control that has two staircases down to each platform. The station was designed this way so both station exits could always be open even though it required circuitous routings of walking half the length of the platform just to enter the subway before high entrance turnstiles become reliable. At each end of the area within fare control are high exit turnstiles, closer to the exits at each end of the station. The station platforms have yellow columns at frequent intervals, light and dark green colors to the name tablets, and the standard Crosstown Green colored trim that have Clinton and Washington tiled one full tile beneath it.
Photos 1-8: December 29, 2004; 9-19: December 22, 2008
The outside of fare control side of a high exit turnstile at Clinton-Washington Avs.
Washington text underneath the trim at Clinton-Washington Avs.
A column sign at Clinton-Washington Avs.
Looking down the Queens-bound platform at Clinton-Washington Avs.
A view down the floor of the Queens-bound platform at Clinton-Washington Avs.
One exit of the station is only through high exit turnstiles and High Entrance turnstiles. The mezzanine is still full length mostly outside of fare control.
Another view of unstaffed fare control devices at one end of the mezzanine at Clinton-Washington Avs.
Looking out at the mezzanine that is mostly outside of fare control at Clinton-Washington Avs.
Clinton tiling beneath the stations trim at Clinton-Washington Avs.
A Clinton-Washingto Av name tablet with a tiled arrow for the Washington Ave exit underneath it.
Passengers begin leaving the subway at the unstaffed entrance and exit and free crossover at the Washington Av end of the station.
Looking down the long mezzanine outside of fare control from the Washington Av exit towards the token booth and its set of turnstiles.
Approaching the middle of the long mezzanine where the turnstiles and token booth are, a high exit turnstile from one side of the platform is in view here.
Beyond the token booth, a sign on the chain-linked fence that is the barrier between inside fare control and outside there is a sign directing passengers to the two different station exits as well as another High Exit Turnstile.
There is a short staircase towards the Clinton Avenue end of the mezzanine at Clinton-Washington Avs.
One of the staircases to Clinton Av is visible as well as a sign pointing towards that exit as well as the one to Washington Av, and the 24 hour booth way down the mezzanine.
A High Entrance/Exit Turnsile and exit turnstile provide the closest way to enter the subway from the Clinton Av exit and a free crossover at one end of the very long mezzanine.
The platform has a much higher cieling at the Clinton Av end of it, the mezzanine goes up a couple steps because of it.
Looking across the two track line at Clinton-Washington Avs, a name tablet on the opposite platform is visible.
Last Updated: March 17, 2022
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