20th Avenue station (BMT West End Line)

Coordinates: 40°36′17″N 73°59′55″W / 40.6047°N 73.9985°W / 40.6047; -73.9985
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 20 Avenue
 
NYCT Bus: B1
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedJuly 29, 1916 (107 years ago) (1916-07-29)
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
20221,032,840[3]Increase 32.4%
Rank275 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
18th Avenue
Local
Bay Parkway
Location
20th Avenue station (BMT West End Line) is located in New York City Subway
20th Avenue station (BMT West End Line)
20th Avenue station (BMT West End Line) is located in New York City
20th Avenue station (BMT West End Line)
20th Avenue station (BMT West End Line) is located in New York
20th Avenue station (BMT West End Line)
Track layout

Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The 20th Avenue station is a local

20th Avenue and 86th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. It is served by the D
train at all times.

History

20th Avenue opened on July 29, 1916, as part of an extension of the BMT West End Line from

Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad, which was established in 1862, but did not reach Coney Island until 1864.[4] Under the Dual Contracts of 1913, an elevated line was built over New Utrecht Avenue, 86th Street and Stillwell Avenue, replacing the surface railway.[5]

The platforms were extended in the 1950s to accommodate the current standard B Division train length of 615 feet (187 m).

In 2012, the station was rehabilitated with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[6]

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Northbound local "D" train toward Norwood–205th Street (18th Avenue}})
Peak-direction express No regular service
Southbound local "D" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Bay Parkway}})
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Entrance/exit
Southwestern stair

This elevated station has two

Coney Island-bound platform is slightly to the south of the Manhattan
-bound platform, which accounts for the locations where the platforms were extended.

Both platforms have beige windscreens along their entire length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns in the center. The exposed section of the platforms have black, full-height lampposts at regular intervals. The station signs feature the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

The 2012 artwork here is called Kaleidoscope by Odili Donald Odita. It features abstract laminated glass windows on the platform windscreens based on Odita's visual memories of the Bensonhurst neighborhood.[7]

Exits

This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a

fare control, there is a token booth and four staircases going down to all corners of 20th Avenue and 86th Street.[8]

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. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Opening of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad" (PDF). The New York Times. June 9, 1864. p. 2. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (January 1, 1917). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York.
  6. ^ Nunez, Jenifer (August 3, 2012). "MTA completes seven station rehabilitation projects along D Line". Railway Track & Structures. Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  7. ^ "20th Avenue - Odili Donald Odita - Kaleidoscope, 2012". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bensonhurst" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.

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