BROOKLYN — Almost 100,000 more commuters took the F and G trains from the renovated Smith-9th Street subway station in Carroll Gardens last year as compared to 2014, the MTA said.
The elevated station, the highest in the world at 88 feet, saw 1.63 million commuters in 2015, according to new data released this week. That's 97,012 straphangers more than the previous year, which recorded 1.53 million commuters.
Construction at the Smith-9th Street station was part of a $389 million project to rehabilitate the Culver Viaduct. It left the station closed for two years before finally reopening in 2013.
Throughout the city, more than 1.76 billion commuters rode the subway, the highest figure since 1948.
At the Carroll Street station on Smith Street, 3.67 million commuters hopped onto F/G trains in 2015. (That number will come as no surprise to rush-hour commuters who pack the platform, especially during train delays).
Nearby in Boerum Hill at Bergen and Smith streets, the local station saw a 0.1 percent decrease in ridership, from 3.711 million in 2014 to 3.708 million in 2015.
In Gowanus at Fourth Avenue-Ninth Street, which is also a stop for the R train, the station saw 78,262 more commuters last year as compared to 2014, leaving the annual total at 4.12 million.
According to the MTA, the G train, which runs through Brooklyn and Queens, gained popularity last year with an 8.9 percent increase in weekday ridership.
