Gates Av Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

Brooklyn · J Z trains · From MTA open data, Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026 · Not affiliated with the MTA

4,391riders a day
#216 of 424busiest stations
-2.3%vs last year so far
8 AMbusiest hour

How busy is Gates Av?

About 4,391 riders a day enter Gates Av (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #216 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at Gates Av is down 2.3% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

When is it busiest?

Average riders entering per hour, last 56 days (from Aug 28, 2026).

The busiest hour is 8 AM, with about 640 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 8).

  • 12 AM22
  • 1 AM11
  • 2 AM8
  • 3 AM11
  • 4 AM34
  • 5 AM100
  • 6 AM199
  • 7 AM454
  • 8 AM640
  • 9 AM394
  • 10 AM239
  • 11 AM220
  • 12 PM219
  • 1 PM226
  • 2 PM247
  • 3 PM259
  • 4 PM280
  • 5 PM280
  • 6 PM224
  • 7 PM163
  • 8 PM107
  • 9 PM77
  • 10 PM63
  • 11 PM39

Station report card

Elevators and escalators: share of hours in service over 24 hours, October 2025 – September 2026 (MTA availability). Entrapments = times riders were stuck inside an elevator. Riders vs 2019 compares the last 12 months with 2019, the last full year before the pandemic.

Accessible (ADA)No
Riders vs 201950% of the 2019 level (October 2025 – September 2026)

Where do riders from here go?

Share of subway trips starting here that end at each station, September 2026 (MTA origin-destination ridership estimate).

The top 5 destinations take 19% of subway trips that start at Gates Av.

  1. 1
    Delancey St-Essex StF M J Z · Manhattan5.3%
  2. 2
    Fulton St2 3 4 5 A C J Z · Manhattan4%
  3. 3
    Canal St6 J Z N Q R W · Manhattan3.7%
  4. 4
    Marcy AvM J Z · Brooklyn3.2%
  5. 5
    34 St-Herald SqB D F M N Q R W · Manhattan3.1%

Lines at this station

On time = share of each line's trips reaching the last stop within 5 minutes of schedule (MTA terminal on-time performance), October 2025 – September 2026. The MTA measures this per line, not per station.

Gates Av is served by the J, Z trains.

J train · 88.5% on time Z train · 88.5% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
Halsey StJ4,0490.4 mi
Kosciuszko StJ3,6580.4 mi
Central AvM2,8650.6 mi
Knickerbocker AvM3,1250.6 mi
Ralph AvC3,7350.7 mi

Questions

How many people use Gates Av station?

About 4,391 riders a day enter Gates Av (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #216 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is Gates Av station busiest?

The busiest hour is 8 AM, with about 640 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 8).

Is Gates Av getting busier?

Ridership at Gates Av is down 2.3% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at Gates Av?

Gates Av is served by the J, Z trains.

Data: MTA Subway Hourly Ridership (data.ny.gov). Riders are entries at the turnstiles and OMNY readers, so transfers inside the station are not counted. Updated Oct 29, 2026. All stations ranked → · All subway ridership →
Source code: github.com/MantieReid/mta-data-analysis · Analysis by Mantie Reid II (CC BY 4.0).

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