Avenue X (IND Culver Line)

Avenue X
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Avenue X & McDonald Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11223
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Gravesend
Coordinates	40°35′24.51″N 73°58′26.85″W / 40.5901417°N 73.9741250°W / 40.5901417; -73.9741250Coordinates: 40°35′24.51″N 73°58′26.85″W / 40.5901417°N 73.9741250°W / 40.5901417; -73.9741250
Division	B (IND, formerly BMT)
Line	IND Culver Line
Services	F  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B1, B4
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	May 10, 1919 (1919-05-10)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	589,962[1]  33.9%
Rank	401 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Avenue U: F
Next south	Neptune Avenue: F
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Avenue X is a local station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the F train at all times.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Kings Hwy to Av U to CI Yard to Neptune Av

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Jamaica – 179th Street (Avenue U)
	Peak-direction express	→ does not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ No regular service (Neptune Avenue)
	Side platform, not in service
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

It is the southernmost three-track station on the line, with two side platforms. South of this station, the line is reduced to two tracks as it runs to Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue. Alongside the southbound side of the station is the Coney Island Complex, and there are two track yard leads south of this station.

The full-time mezzanine at 86th Street and Avenue X has two staircases to the street, and one staircase to each platform. There was a second mezzanine that was abandoned and removed years ago, but little evidence of it remains. The platform stairs are narrower today than they were when the station first opened. The width is more than two feet shorter than normal at the top half of each staircase.

The southbound side has an exit-only staircase at platform level that was used primarily to direct customers to the F shuttle bus to Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue when it was closed for reconstruction from September 2002 to May 2004, and this station was used as a terminal.

In 2015, this station entered a reconstruction phase, which will last until mid-2016.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Avenue X (IND Culver Line).

• nycsubway.org – BMT Culver Line: Avenue X
• Station Reporter — F Train
• The Subway Nut — Avenue X Pictures
• Avenue X and 86th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• exit to bus stop from Google Maps Street View