page_title: List of New York City Subway yards
section_title: Canarsie Yard
hierarchical_section_title: List of New York City Subway yards / B Division yards / Canarsie Yard
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking northeast into en:Canarsie Yard from terminal station on a sunny midday
context_page_description: The New York City Transit Authority operates a total of 24 rail yards for the New York City Subway system. There are 10 active A Division yards, 11 active B Division yards, two shared yards, one yard for the Staten Island Railway, and two non-revenue equipment yards. Of these yards, rolling stock are assigned to seven A Division yards and seven B Division yards. Within the yards are 14 maintenance and cleaning facilities, and two yards perform heavy maintenance and overhaul.
context_section_description: The Canarsie Yard (also known as AY or Atlantic Yard from its telegraphy letters) is located on the south end of the BMT Canarsie Line adjacent to Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway. Opened on October 26, 1917, it is the primary layup yard for the R160s and R143s on the L train and hosts the only car wash for the BMT Eastern Division.
  New signals were installed in 2003 in conjunction with the BMT Canarsie Line automation project.
caption: South end of Canarsie Yard
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