Church Avenue station (IND Culver Line)

Coordinates: 40°38′34″N 73°58′46″W / 40.64278°N 73.97944°W / 40.64278; -73.97944
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For other uses, see Church Avenue station (disambiguation).

 Church Avenue
 
MTA Bus: B103
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedOctober 7, 1933; 90 years ago (1933-10-07)
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20221,917,284[3] Increase 21.4%
Rank159 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
<F> two rush hour trains, peak direction
toward Jamaica–179th Street
Express
<F> two rush hour trains, peak direction​
toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Fort Hamilton Parkway
F all times ​G all times
via Bergen Street
Local

Local 		Terminus
Location
Church Avenue station (IND Culver Line) is located in New York City Subway
Church Avenue station (IND Culver Line)
Church Avenue station (IND Culver Line) is located in New York City
Church Avenue station (IND Culver Line)
Church Avenue station (IND Culver Line) is located in New York
Church Avenue station (IND Culver Line)
Track layout

Legend
to Seventh Avenue
to Fort Hamilton Parkway
to
Church Avenue Yard
to Ditmas Avenue
Church Avenue Yard
to/from platforms
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service) Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service)
Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights

The Church Avenue station is an express

<F>
train during rush hours in the peak direction.

The Church Avenue station was constructed by the Independent Subway System (IND). It opened on October 7, 1933, as the new terminal of the Culver Line, which was known as the Smith Street Line or the South Brooklyn Line at the time. In 1954, this station ceased to be the line's terminal with the completion of the Culver Ramp, which connected the South Brooklyn Line and the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s Culver Line and allowing service to run to Coney Island. Though the Church Avenue station contains four tracks and two island platforms, as with many express stations in the New York City Subway, the inner tracks see limited use, being used only by peak-direction <F> trains.

History

The Church Avenue station was the original southern terminus of the IND Culver Line, which was built as part of Mayor

Bergen Street.[8][9]

The Culver Ramp south of the station

Construction on the Culver Ramp, also referred to as the Culver Line Connection, between this station and the Ditmas Avenue station, began in June 1941 and was scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.

Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal.[18]

In 1958, there was a program in which subway riders could get their clothes dry cleaned at the station for a fee.[19]

Service changes

The station was originally served by the

GG (later renamed the G) trains were extended to Church Avenue, complementing the E. In December 1940, after the IND Sixth Avenue Line opened, E trains were replaced by the F, and the GG was cut back to Smith–Ninth Streets.[8] Following the completion of the Culver Ramp in 1954,[20][21] D Concourse Express trains replaced F service to Coney Island.[21][13] In November 1967, the Chrystie Street Connection opened and D trains were rerouted via the Manhattan Bridge and the BMT Brighton Line to Coney Island. F trains were extended once again via the Culver Line.[13][22]

The center tracks at the station were used for F express service starting in June 1968,[23] while G trains were extended from Smith–Ninth Streets to Church Avenue to provide local service.[24][7] Express service between Bergen and Church ended in 1976 due to budgetary concerns and passenger complaints, and the GG, later renamed the G, was again terminated at the Smith–Ninth Streets station.[24][7][25]

In July 2009, the G was again extended from its terminus at Smith–Ninth Streets to a more efficient terminus at Church Avenue to accommodate the rehabilitation of the Culver Viaduct.[24][26] The G extension was made permanent in July 2012.[27] In July 2019, the MTA revealed plans to restore express service on the Culver Line between Jay Street and Church Avenue. Express service started on September 16, 2019.[28][29]

Incidents

Jack Lovelock, a 1936 Olympic gold medalist from New Zealand, fell onto the tracks at the Church Avenue station on December 28, 1949, after complaining to his wife about dizziness; he was then killed by an oncoming train.[30] On August 2, 1974, a robbery suspect was killed by a plainclothes police officer in the station. The former was suspected to have robbed a token booth in the station shortly beforehand.[31]

Station layout

Tile caption below trim line
Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
Disabled access Elevator on northwest corner of Church Avenue and McDonald Avenue
Platform level Northbound local ← "F" train toward Jamaica–179th Street (Fort Hamilton Parkway)
← "G" train toward Court Square (Fort Hamilton Parkway)
Island platform Disabled access
Northbound express ← "F" express train AM rush toward Jamaica–179th Street (Seventh Avenue)
Southbound express → "F" express train PM rush toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Ditmas Avenue) →
→ (No service: 18th Avenue)
Island platform Disabled access
Southbound local → "F" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Ditmas Avenue) →
→ "G" train termination track[32]→

This underground station, located in Kensington,[33] has four tracks and two island platforms.[34] Both outer track walls have a maroon trim line with a Tuscan red border and small tile captions below them reading "CHURCH" in white lettering on a black background. This tile band is set in a two-tile-high course, an arrangement normally seen at local stations.[35] The tiles were part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND.[36] The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from Lower Manhattan. Because Church Avenue was an express station, it uses a different tile color from the next station to the north, Fort Hamilton Parkway.[37][38] All I-beam columns in the station are colored Hunter green. The station signs are in the standard black name plates with white lettering.[39]

Restrooms on the southern mezzanine

There is a four-track train storage yard known as

Smith-Ninth Streets to Kings Highway. The line then ramps up to become a three-track elevated line before entering the Ditmas Avenue station; the two express tracks merge into a single track. Though this station is a part of the IND Division, the Culver elevated portion directly to the south of this station is controlled by BMT radio dispatch and supervision, so train operators change between the IND (B-2) and BMT (B-1) radio frequencies at this point or station.[34]

During off-peak hours, the express tracks can be used for staging subway cars without interfering with normal service.[41]

Exits

Signal house outside the Church Avenue station

This station has a full-length

fare control areas. The full-time one is at the extreme south end. Two staircases and one elevator from each platform go up to the mezzanine, where public restrooms at the center are available and a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit to/from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and staircases going up to all four corners of Church and McDonald Avenues.[33] There is also a ramp leading to an elevator that goes up to the west side of Church Avenue. The three elevators, installed during a 2008 renovation, make the station ADA accessible.[42]

The station's other fare control area at the north end is un-staffed. Three staircases from each platform go up to a mezzanine, where exit-only and

High Entry/Exit Turnstiles provide entrance/exit to/from the station. Outside fare control, there are two staircases facing in different directions that go up to either southern corners of Albemarle Road and McDonald Avenues. Crew facilities at the center of the mezzanine separate the two fare control areas.[33]


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