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Address | Avenue J & East 16th Street Brooklyn, NY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borough | Brooklyn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Midwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°37′31″N73°57′41″W / 40.625276°N 73.961372°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division | B (BMT) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line | BMT Brighton Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | Q (all times) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transit | NYCT Bus: B6, B11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure | Embankment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | c. 1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former/other names | Manhattan Terrace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 1,169,052 [2] 4.4% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 265 out of 423 [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Avenue J station is a local station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway, located on Avenue J between East 15th and East 16th Streets in Midwood, Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times. [3]
The station was opened around 1900 as a two-track surface station and named Manhattan Terrace. It was renamed "Avenue J" in 1907, the same year the railroad line was grade separated. Vestiges of the spur built to reconnect the Brighton Line and Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge Branch after grade separation still exist to this day.
This station underwent reconstruction from September 2009 to December 2011. Both platforms were rebuilt with new windscreens, canopies, and tactile strip edges. A temporary platform over the express tracks was used to provide service on the side that was under rebuilding. [4] The new windscreens were controversial with nearby community members, since the windscreens contained gaps that allowed trash and noise through while causing privacy issues for residents whose backyards faced the station. [5]
Platform level | Side platform | |
Northbound local | ← toward 96th Street (Avenue H) | |
Northbound express | ← does not stop here | |
Southbound express | does not stop here → | |
Southbound local | toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Avenue M) → | |
Side platform | ||
Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits, station building and agent, MetroCard machines |
The station is on a raised earthen embankment. There are four tracks and two side platforms. The two center tracks are used by the B express train on weekdays. [6]
The 2011 artwork here is called Bird Laid Bare by Rita MacDonald. It consists of murals and mosaics on the walls of the Coney Island-bound platform's main staircase depicting various species of birds.
The station's main house is located underneath the right-of-way on the south side of Avenue J and has a full-time turnstile bank and token booth. There is a double-wide staircase facing north going up to the Coney Island-bound platform and one narrow staircase facing south going up to the Manhattan-bound platform. The Coney Island-bound staircase's landing has two exit-only turnstiles leading directly to the street. [7]
Both platforms have an unstaffed bank of turnstiles leading to a staircase that goes down to the north side of Avenue J. The Coney Island-bound one is double-wide. [7]
The Brighton Beach station is an elevated express and terminal station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over Brighton Beach Avenue between Brighton 5th Street and Brighton 7th Street in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times and is the southern terminal for the B train on weekdays only.
The Franklin Avenue station is a station complex shared by the BMT Franklin Avenue Line and the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It is served by the:
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