20th Avenue station (BMT West End Line)
20 Avenue NYCT Bus: B1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 29, 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022 | 1,032,840[3] 32.4% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 275 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 20th Avenue station is a local
History
20th Avenue opened on July 29, 1916, as part of an extension of the BMT West End Line from
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 | ← toward Norwood–205th Street (18th Avenue}}) | |
Peak-direction express | No regular service | |
Southbound local | toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Bay Parkway}}) → | |
Side platform | ||
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines | |
Ground | Street level | Entrance/exit |
This elevated station has two
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
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ "Opening of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad" (PDF). The New York Times. June 9, 1864. p. 2. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- ^ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (January 1, 1917). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bensonhurst" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
External links
- nycsubway.org – BMT West End Line: 20th Avenue
- Station Reporter — D Train
- 20th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View
- 20th Avenue at TheSubwayNut Archived 2020-07-06 at the Wayback Machine