[4]: 203–219 [5] In late 1915, the Public Service Commission began receiving bids for the construction of the 14th Street Line.

[6][7] MacArthur Brothers Co. had received a $1.336 million contract for the construction of section 5 in Brooklyn, which included a station at Grand Street, by June 1916.

In 1922, Mayor John Francis Hylan blocked some construction contracts, claiming that the costs were excessively high.

[21][22] In 2024, the MTA installed low platform-edge fences at the Grand Street station and several others on the Canarsie Line to reduce the likelihood of passengers falling onto the tracks.

As part of the MTA Arts & Design program, an artwork titled Gratitudes off Grand, by Glendalys Medina, was installed in the station in 2023.

[25][26] It is composed of two mosaic-glass panels made by Miotto Mosaic Art Studios, each measuring 40 feet (12 m) wide and placed on opposite platforms.

[25] The panel on the eastbound platform depicts various ethnicities who have lived in the Bushwick and East Williamsburg neighborhoods, including the native Lenape, Pan-Africans, Italians, Irish, Dominicans, and Puerto Ricans.