Kosciuszko St Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

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

3,658riders a day
#261 of 424busiest stations
-7.8%vs last year so far
8 AMbusiest hour

How busy is Kosciuszko St?

About 3,658 riders a day enter Kosciuszko St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #261 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at Kosciuszko St is down 7.8% 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 503 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 10).

  • 12 AM28
  • 1 AM16
  • 2 AM10
  • 3 AM15
  • 4 AM31
  • 5 AM79
  • 6 AM170
  • 7 AM340
  • 8 AM503
  • 9 AM317
  • 10 AM187
  • 11 AM171
  • 12 PM168
  • 1 PM169
  • 2 PM225
  • 3 PM193
  • 4 PM218
  • 5 PM229
  • 6 PM189
  • 7 PM133
  • 8 PM97
  • 9 PM76
  • 10 PM60
  • 11 PM47

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 201964% 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 20% of subway trips that start at Kosciuszko St.

  1. 1
    Delancey St-Essex StF M J Z · Manhattan6.1%
  2. 2
    Fulton St2 3 4 5 A C J Z · Manhattan3.9%
  3. 3
    Canal St6 J Z N Q R W · Manhattan3.7%
  4. 4
    Marcy AvM J Z · Brooklyn3.4%
  5. 5
    BoweryJ Z · Manhattan2.8%

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.

Kosciuszko St is served by the J train.

J train · 88.5% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
Central AvM2,8650.3 mi
Gates AvJ Z4,3910.4 mi
Myrtle AvM J Z8,6510.4 mi
Knickerbocker AvM3,1250.6 mi
Flushing AvM J5,7400.8 mi

Questions

How many people use Kosciuszko St station?

About 3,658 riders a day enter Kosciuszko St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #261 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is Kosciuszko St station busiest?

The busiest hour is 8 AM, with about 503 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 10).

Is Kosciuszko St getting busier?

Ridership at Kosciuszko St is down 7.8% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at Kosciuszko St?

Kosciuszko St is served by the J train.

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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