Avenue U station (BMT Brighton Line)

Coordinates: 40°35′56″N 73°57′21″W / 40.598875°N 73.955841°W / 40.598875; -73.955841
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For other uses, see Avenue U (disambiguation).

 Avenue U
 
Embankment
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
Opened(surface station): c. 1902
(current station): c. 1908
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2023877,440[2] Increase 11.3%
Rank313 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Kings Highway
toward 96th Street
Local 		Neck Road
toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
"B" train does not stop here
Location
Avenue U station (BMT Brighton Line) is located in New York City Subway
Avenue U station (BMT Brighton Line)
Avenue U station (BMT Brighton Line) is located in New York City
Avenue U station (BMT Brighton Line)
Avenue U station (BMT Brighton Line) is located in New York
Avenue U station (BMT Brighton Line)
Track layout

Legend
to Kings Highway
to Neck Road
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The Avenue U station is a local station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway, located at Avenue U between East 15th and East 16th Streets in Homecrest and Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times.[3]

History

The original station was opened on the surface Brighton Beach Railroad at Avenue U near East 15th Street, c.1902, coincident with the building of the community of Homecrest, It was closed during elevation of the Brighton Line and the current station opened around 1908.

On August 1, 1920, a tunnel under

Fulton Street Elevated were severed. Subway trains from Manhattan and elevated trains from Franklin Avenue served Brighton Line stations, sharing the line to Coney Island.[5][6]

It underwent more recent reconstruction from December 2008 to January 2010. Both platforms were rebuilt with new windscreens, canopies, and tactile strip edges.[7]

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Northbound local ← "Q" train toward 96th Street (Kings Highway)
Northbound express ← "B" train does not stop here
Southbound express "B" train does not stop here →
Southbound local "Q" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Neck Road) →
Side platform
Ground Street level Entrances/exits, station building and agent, MetroCard and OMNY vending machines

The station is located 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.[8]

Both platforms have beige windscreens with green outlines and frames along their entire lengths and red canopies with green frames in the center. The station signs are in the standard black plates in white lettering and lamp posts are on all support columns of the windscreens in the non-canopied areas. The Coney Island-bound platform has a storage area above the mezzanine staircase.

The 2011 artwork here is called Brooklyn Wildfires by Jason Middlebrook and Miotto Mosaic Art Studio. It is installed on the walls of the Coney Island-bound platform's staircase and consists of ceramic tiling and glass mosaic depicting various species of wildflowers.

Exit

The station has one ground-level station house directly underneath the tracks and platforms on the north side of Avenue U. It has a token booth,

exit-only turnstiles leading directly to the sidewalk. The Coney Island-bound platform also has a metal door leading to a closed staircase that goes down to the north side of Avenue U.[9]

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. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Q Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  4. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
    from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  5. ^
    newspapers.com
    .
  6. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
    from the original on May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  7. ^ "Press Release - NYC Transit - Temporary Loss of Brighton Line Express". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 29, 2009. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  8. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books
    .
  9. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Midwood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
Artwork by Jason Middlebrook
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