20th Avenue (BMT Sea Beach Line)
20th Avenue | |||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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| Station statistics | |||||||
| Address |
20th Avenue & 64th Street Brooklyn, NY 11204 | ||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
| Locale | Bensonhurst | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°37′1.79″N 73°59′5.44″W / 40.6171639°N 73.9848444°WCoordinates: 40°37′1.79″N 73°59′5.44″W / 40.6171639°N 73.9848444°W | ||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||
| Line | BMT Sea Beach Line | ||||||
| Services |
N  (all times) | ||||||
| Structure | Open-cut | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Opened | June 22, 1915[1] | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,279,525[2]  2% | ||||||
| Rank | 331 out of 422 | ||||||
| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north |
18th Avenue: N | ||||||
| Next south |
Bay Parkway: N | ||||||
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20th Avenue is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn on 20th Avenue between 63rd and 64th Streets. It is served by the N train at all times.
Station layout
| G | Station house | Entrances/Exits Station agent, MetroCard vending machines |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, not in service | |
| Northbound local | → No regular service (18th Avenue) | |
| Northbound express | ← does not stop here | |
| Southbound express | → No regular service | |
| Southbound local | → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Bay Parkway) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
This open-cut station opened on June 22, 1915.[1] It has four tracks and two side platforms, but the two center express tracks are not normally used. The Coney Island-bound track has been disconnected from the line and the Manhattan-bound track is signaled for trains in both directions. Both platforms are carved within the Earth's crust and made of concrete. They have beige walls and blue-green columns and the station signs are in the standard black plates in white lettering. There are also some non-working old lights and 1960s-era benches.
This station has one entrance/exit towards the east (railroad south) end. Two staircases from each platform go up to an enclosed concrete crossover before a set of doors lead to the waiting area of the stucco and tile station house. Outside the turnstile bank, there is a token booth and a set of doors leading to the east side of the 20th Avenue overpass/tunnel above the platforms and tracks.
By September 2013, the Coney Island-bound tracks had been replaced with a new trackbed and rubber board protection. This station, along with eight others along the Sea Beach Line, is scheduled for a rehabilitation starting in 2015.[3] The Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed on January 18, 2016, with an expected reopening in spring 2017.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 22, 1915. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "Two elevators coming to the N line during massive rehabilitation". October 4, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- ↑ "N Line Sea Beach - 2016". web.mta.info. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- "9 Brooklyn N train stations to shut down for 14 months". am New York. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- Katinas, Paula (2014-12-18). "Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
External links
- nycsubway.org – BMT Sea Beach Line: 20th Avenue
- Station Reporter — N Train
- The Subway Nut — 20th Avenue Pictures
- 20th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View