Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street station
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The Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street station is a
- F, G and R trains at all times
- D and N trains late nights
- W train during rush hours only, with some trips in the peak direction
The Ninth Street portion of the station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, which was approved in 1905. Construction on the segment of the line that includes Union Street started on December 20, 1909, and was completed in September 1912. The station opened on June 22, 1915, as part of the initial portion of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line to
History
Fourth Avenue Line
Construction and opening
The Ninth Street station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, and was the first part of this station complex to open. The plan for the line was initially adopted on June 1, 1905.
As part of negotiations between New York City, the
1920s platform extensions
On June 27, 1922, the New York State Transit Commission commissioned its engineers to examine platform-lengthening plans for 23 stations on the lines of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), the successor to the BRT, to accommodate eight-car trains. As part of the project, Ninth Street's platforms would have been lengthened from 435 feet (133 m) to 530 feet (160 m).[13][14] Though the Transit Commission ordered the BMT to lengthen these platforms in September 1923, no further progress was made until February 16, 1925, when the New York City Board of Transportation (NYCBOT) commissioned its engineers to examine platform-lengthening plans for this and eleven other stations along the Fourth Avenue Line. It estimated the project would cost $633,000 (equivalent to $10,998,000 in 2023).[15] The NYCBOT received bids for the project on February 25, 1926.[16] The contract was awarded to the Corson Construction Company for $345,021 (equivalent to $5,938,000 in 2023).[17] The extensions opened on August 1, 1927.[4]
Culver Line
The Fourth Avenue station was constructed as part of the
In 1925, the IND finalized plans to build the line.
Station complex and subsequent years
The city government took over the BMT's operations on June 1, 1940.[26][27] A free transfer point was established between the two stations on May 28, 1959, to compensate for the loss of through Culver service via the Fourth Avenue Line.[28]
Fourth Avenue Line renovation
In July 1959, the
In the 1960s, the NYCTA started a project to lengthen station platforms on its lines in Southern Brooklyn to 615 feet (187 m) to accommodate 10-car trains.
As part of the renovation project, the station's platforms were extended,[5] and the station's elaborate mosaic tile walls were covered over with 8-by-16-inch (20 by 41 cm) white cinderblock tiles. The latter change, which was also made to 15 other stations on the BMT Broadway and Fourth Avenue Lines, was criticized for being dehumanizing. The NYCTA spokesman stated that the old tiles were in poor condition and that the change was made to improve the appearance of stations and provide uniformity. Furthermore, it did not consider the old mosaics to have "any great artistic merit".[33]
Culver Viaduct renovation
In 2007, the
Before 2009, G service terminated at
Station layout
3rd floor Culver platforms |
Side platform | |
Northbound local | ← toward Jamaica–179th Street (Smith–Ninth Streets) ← toward Court Square (Smith–Ninth Streets) | |
Northbound express | ← does not stop here | |
Southbound express | does not stop here → | |
Southbound local | toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Seventh Avenue) → toward Church Avenue (Seventh Avenue) → | |
Side platform | ||
2nd floor | Mezzanine | Connection between platforms, fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines |
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
Basement Fourth Avenue platforms |
East mezzanine | Northbound fare control, MetroCard machines |
Side platform | ||
Northbound local | ← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Whitehall Street–South Ferry late nights) (Union Street) ← toward Norwood–205th Street late nights (Union Street) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard late nights (Union Street) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) (Union Street) | |
Northbound express | ← do not stop here | |
Southbound express | do not stop here → | |
Southbound local | toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Prospect Avenue) → toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (Prospect Avenue) → toward 86th Street (select weekday trips) (Prospect Avenue) | |
Side platform | ||
West mezzanine | Southbound fare control, MetroCard machines |
Exits
Exit location[40][41] | Exit type | Number of exits | Platform served |
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West side of 4th Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets | Staircase | 1 | Southbound Fourth Avenue Line
Both Culver Line platforms |
East side of 4th Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets | Staircase | 1 | Northbound Fourth Avenue Line
Both Culver Line platforms |
NW corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street | Staircase | 1 | Southbound Fourth Avenue Line |
NE corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street | Staircase | 1 | Northbound Fourth Avenue Line |
NW corner of 4th Avenue and 10th Street (in viaduct) | Staircase | 1 | Southbound Fourth Avenue Line
Both Culver Line platforms |
This station has five entrances. There is one entrance each in the vestibules on both sides of 4th Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets. There is also an entrance on the north side of 10th Street west of Fourth Avenue, which leads to the southbound BMT Fourth Avenue Line and both IND Culver Line platforms. The other two are entrances on either northern corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street, and lead directly to the BMT Fourth Avenue Line platforms.[40][41]
IND Culver Line platforms
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The Fourth Avenue station is a local station on the
The station has a crew quarters structure over both platforms which is constructed of buff brick with evidence of covered windows. These structures contain granite bases. Characteristic of the Art Deco style, the crew quarters towers contain small setbacks. Repeating chevron designs are located along the center of each tower, while limestone bands are located atop the parapets and setbacks on each tower.[45]: 4
This station's
The western fare control area has a single staircase going down to the extreme south end of the Bay Ridge-bound platform of
West of this station was a short stub-end reversing spur entered only from this station. It remained level between the two express tracks while the other tracks ramped up toward
Service patterns
The station was originally served by the
The station acted as a local-only station from 1968 to 1976, when F trains ran express in both directions between Bergen Street and Church Avenue during rush hours.[55] G trains were extended from Smith–Ninth Streets to Church Avenue to provide local service.[56][20] 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.[56][20][57]
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.[56][37] The G extension was made permanent in July 2012.[58] 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.[59][60]
Gallery
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The IND Culver Line's bridge over 4 Avenue, prior to the renovations in 2010
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Demolition of the old platform during construction
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One of two entrances under the bridge to the IND Culver Line platforms
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Smith–Ninth Streetsprior to July 2009
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The platforms during snowfall in 2006
BMT Fourth Avenue Line platforms
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Line | BMT Fourth Avenue Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | D (late nights) N (late nights, and limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction) R (all times) W (limited rush hour service only) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ninth Street station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line is a local station that has four tracks and two side platforms.[43] The station is between Union Street to the north and Prospect Avenue to the south.[44] White tiled curtain walls separate the express tracks from the local tracks, with several openings that allow a view of the tracks from the platforms.[7]: 854 [61] The walls were intended to improve ventilation, as passing trains would push air forward, rather than to the sides of the tunnel.[7]: 854 Beige columns run along both platforms at the station's northern end where they were extended in 1970. The ceiling is lower in this section.[62]
Prior to the station's 1970 renovation, it was finished all in white and marble tile, and it had its own color scheme to allow regular passengers to identify the station based only on the color of the marble trimmings.[7] Since the renovation, the station walls have consisted of white cinderblock tiles, except for small recesses in the walls, which contain yellow-painted cinderblock tiles. The yellow cinderblock field contains the station-name signs and black text pointing to the exits.[63]
Each platform has one same-level
At the extreme south end of both platforms, staircases lead up to exit/entrance areas at street level.
Gallery
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Original mosaic trim remnant in the southbound fare area
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Stairs leading up to street level and the IND station
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Evidence of platform extensions
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Blocked off doors at the northbound fare control area
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A MVM fronting the original tiled wall at the northbound fare control area
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External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Crosstown: 4th Avenue
- nycsubway.org – BMT 4th Avenue: 9th Street
- Station Reporter — 4th Avenue/Ninth Street Complex
- The Subway Nut — 9th Street (M, R) Pictures
- The Subway Nut — 4th Avenue (F, G) Pictures
- Ninth Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Fourth Avenue west entrance under viaduct from Google Maps Street View
- Fourth Avenue east entrance under viaduct from Google Maps Street View
- Other entrance on 10th Street from Google Maps Street View
- IND platforms from Google Maps Street View
- BMT platform from Google Maps Street View