Avenue U station (BMT Sea Beach Line)

For other uses, see Avenue U (disambiguation).

Avenue U
Southbound platform in 2025
Station statistics
Address	Avenue U & West Seventh Street Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Gravesend
Coordinates	40°35′47.38″N73°58′44.28″W / 40.5964944°N 73.9789667°W / 40.5964944; -73.9789667
Division	B (BMT) [1]
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line
Services	N   (all times) ​   W   (selected rush-hour trips)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B3
Structure	Open-cut
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915(110 years ago) (1915-06-22) [2]
Closed	January 18, 2016;9 years ago (2016-01-18) (northbound reconstruction) July 31, 2017;8 years ago (2017-07-31) (southbound reconstruction)
Rebuilt	May 22, 2017;8 years ago (2017-05-22) (northbound reopening) October 29, 2018;6 years ago (2018-10-29) (southbound reopening)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Other entrances/ exits	at Avenue U and Avenue T
Traffic
2024	1,533,782 [3]   3.5%
Rank	207 out of 423 [3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Kings Highway N   ​ W   toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Local 86th Street N   ​ W   toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Kings Highway to 86th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000675 [4]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

The Avenue U station is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Avenue U and West Seventh Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It is served by the N train at all times. During rush hours, several W trains also serve this station.

History

The southbound platform prior to its renovation

This station opened on June 22, 1915, along with the rest of the Sea Beach Line. ^[2]

In 2005, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ^[5]

From January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed for renovations. ^{[6] [7] [8]} The Coney Island-bound platform was closed from July 31, 2017 ^{[9] [10]} to October 29, 2018. ^[11]

Station layout

G	Station house	Entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard machines
P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (or 96th Street select weekday trips) (Kings Highway) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) (Kings Highway)
	Northbound express	← No regular service
	Southbound express	← No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (86th Street) → → toward 86th Street (select weekday trips) (Terminus) →
	Side platform

This station has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are not normally used, but both are available for rerouted trains. The platforms are in an open cut. ^[12] The concrete walls and columns are painted beige (prior to renovations the columns were blue-green). Alternating columns display the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

The 2018 artwork at this station is "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky", a series of 14 glass mosaics made by Sally Gil. The artwork represent the local community of Gravesend and the diversity of its residents. ^[13]

Exits

This station has two entrances, both of which are beige station houses at street-level between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets above the tracks and have a single staircase leading to each platform at either ends. The main exit at the south end has a turnstile bank and token booth and leads to Avenue U while the exit at the north end leads to Avenue T and is un-staffed, containing just HEET turnstiles and exit-only turnstiles. ^[14]

References

1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
2. "Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . June 22, 1915. Retrieved June 29, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
4. "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service . Retrieved December 12, 2011.
5. Kings County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places: NRHP #05000675
6. Romano, Denise (October 4, 2013). "Two elevators coming to the N line during massive rehabilitation". The Brooklyn Reporter. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
7. • Harshbarger, Rebecca (January 14, 2016). "9 Brooklyn N train stations to shut down for 14 months". am New York. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
   • "N Line Sea Beach - 2016". web.mta.info. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
   • Katinas, Paula (December 18, 2014). "Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
8. "New York City Subway Map" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 1, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
9. DeJesus, Jaime (May 17, 2017). "Manhattan-bound service to return to N stations on Sea Beach Line". The Brooklyn Reporter. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
10. "Manhattan-Bound Service Returns to N Stations on Sea Beach Line". www.mta.info (Press release). New York City, NY: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 17, 2017. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
11. "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting - November 2018" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 13, 2018. p. 164. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
12. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC   49777633 – via Google Books.
13. "Avenue U Derek Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky, 2018". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
14. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Coney Island" (PDF). mta.info . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.

External links

• nycsubway.org – BMT Sea Beach Line: Avenue U
• Station Reporter — N Train
• The Subway Nut — Avenue U Pictures
• Avenue U entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Avenue T entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Uptown Platform from Google Maps Street View