Sutter Av Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

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

1,732riders a day
#374 of 424busiest stations
-2.2%vs last year so far
7 AMbusiest hour

How busy is Sutter Av?

About 1,732 riders a day enter Sutter Av (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #374 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at Sutter Av is down 2.2% 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 7 AM, with about 235 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 4).

  • 12 AM11
  • 1 AM4
  • 2 AM5
  • 3 AM12
  • 4 AM22
  • 5 AM67
  • 6 AM130
  • 7 AM235
  • 8 AM178
  • 9 AM100
  • 10 AM70
  • 11 AM63
  • 12 PM72
  • 1 PM83
  • 2 PM89
  • 3 PM108
  • 4 PM116
  • 5 PM109
  • 6 PM71
  • 7 PM52
  • 8 PM38
  • 9 PM41
  • 10 PM30
  • 11 PM16

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 201960% 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 17% of subway trips that start at Sutter Av.

  1. 1
    Canarsie-Rockaway PkwyL · Brooklyn5.1%
  2. 2
    Myrtle-Wyckoff AvsM L · Brooklyn4.6%
  3. 3
    14 St-Union Sq4 5 6 L N Q R W · Manhattan2.6%
  4. 4
    Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R W S · Manhattan2.5%
  5. 5
    Bedford AvL · Brooklyn2.1%

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.

Sutter Av is served by the L train.

L train · 87.1% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
Livonia AvL1,8230.4 mi
Junius St31,5590.4 mi
Atlantic AvL1,6400.4 mi
Liberty AvC1,7640.5 mi
Pennsylvania Av32,1610.5 mi

Questions

How many people use Sutter Av station?

About 1,732 riders a day enter Sutter Av (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #374 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is Sutter Av station busiest?

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 235 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 4).

Is Sutter Av getting busier?

Ridership at Sutter Av is down 2.2% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at Sutter Av?

Sutter Av is served by the L 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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