Bay Parkway (BMT Sea Beach Line)
Bay Parkway | |||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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Manhattan-bound platform | |||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||
| Address |
Bay Parkway & West Seventh Street Brooklyn, NY 11223 | ||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
| Locale | Bensonhurst | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°36′46.39″N 73°58′55.17″W / 40.6128861°N 73.9819917°WCoordinates: 40°36′46.39″N 73°58′55.17″W / 40.6128861°N 73.9819917°W | ||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||
| Line | BMT Sea Beach Line | ||||||
| Services |
N  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit connections |
 New York City Bus: B6 | ||||||
| Structure | Open-cut | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Opened | June 22, 1915[1] | ||||||
| Former/other names | 22nd Avenue | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
2,298,369[2]  1.9% | ||||||
| Rank | 216 out of 422 | ||||||
| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north |
20th Avenue: N (no service due to construction) Eighth Avenue: N (next northbound stop due to construction) | ||||||
| Next south |
Kings Highway: N | ||||||
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Bay Parkway (formerly known as 22nd Avenue) is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Bay Parkway and West Seventh Street. It is served by the N train at all times. A temporary platform was built over the southbound express track to allow Manhattan bound N trains that are running on the northbound express track to stop at this station.
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 (20th Avenue) | |
| Northbound express | ← toward Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard (Eighth Avenue) | |
| Southbound express | → No regular service; temporary wooden platform located here | |
| Southbound local | → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Kings Highway) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
This open-cut station, which opened on June 22, 1915,[1] has four tracks and two side platforms. 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 into the Earth's crust with the concrete walls painted beige. Light green I-beam columns run along both platforms for the entire length with every other one having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.
This station has two entrances/exits at either extreme ends, both are which are station houses on the overpass above the tracks. The full-time one is at the west (railroad north) end. It has a single staircase from platform, a crossover, and waiting area. Outside the turnstiles, there is a token booth before doors lead out to Bay Parkway and 66th Street. The station house is made of tile and stucco and built within other businesses.
The other station house at the south end is made of patchwork and is un-staffed, containing just HEET turnstiles and exit-only turnstiles. Inside fare control, there is a waiting area, crossover, and one staircase to each platform. The doors outside fare control lead to Avenue O. The distance between Avenue O and Bay Parkway make the platforms much longer than the standard "B" Division train length of 600 feet. As of 2012, all 3 tracks have been replaced with a new track bed and new track panels. 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; in the meantime, a temporary wooden platform was set up for the Manhattan-bound track.[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: Bay Parkway (22nd Avenue)
- Station Reporter — N Train
- The Subway Nut — Bay Parkway Pictures
- Bay Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Avenue O entrance from Google Maps Street View