Ocean Parkway (BMT Brighton Line)

Ocean Parkway
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Ocean Parkway & Brighton Beach Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Brighton Beach
Coordinates 40°34′35″N 73°58′07″W / 40.576252°N 73.968587°W / 40.576252; -73.968587Coordinates: 40°34′35″N 73°58′07″W / 40.576252°N 73.968587°W / 40.576252; -73.968587
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Brighton Line
Services       Q  (all times)
Transit connections New York City Bus: B1, B68
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened April 22, 1917 (1917-04-22)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 1,022,215[1] Increase 5.5%
Rank 363 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Brighton Beach (local): Q 
Brighton Beach (express): no regular service
Next south West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium: Q 
Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT)
MPS New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference # 05000749[2]
Added to NRHP July 29, 2005

Ocean Parkway is an express station on the New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line. Located at Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, it is served by the Q train at all times.[3]

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Brighton Beach
End of layup tracks
from Brighton Beach
Unused trackways
to W 8 St lower level
to W 8 St upper level
Northern stair
P
Platform level		 Southbound local ← toward Stillwell Avenue (West 8th Street)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound express ← No regular service
Northbound express → No regular service
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound local → toward 57th Street–Seventh Avenue (Brighton Beach) →
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G Street Level Entrances/Exits

This elevated station has two island platforms and four tracks with the center express tracks not normally used.[4] It is built on a decorated masonry viaduct to keep with Ocean Parkway's status as a city parkway. Both platforms have red canopies with black frames and support columns along their entire length except for a section at their east (railroad north) end.

The 1996 artwork here is called Coney Island Reliefs by Deborah Masters. It was installed in 2009 and consists of 128 reliefs on the station's concrete structure.

Between this station and Brighton Beach, two layup tracks begin at bumper blocks adjacent to the platforms and run between the local and express tracks, making this section the only six-track elevated structure in the subway system. The two tracks merge with either adjacent track on approach to Brighton Beach.[4]

Exits

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks and platforms.

History

Southern stair

When the Ocean Parkway station opened on April 22, 1917, it was served only by a single-track shuttle that ran to Brighton Beach, which was the southern terminal for all trains on the Brighton Line.

When West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium opened in 1919, all four tracks were extended west to serve the two-level station. The local tracks remained level and connected to the lower level (which was also served by the IND Culver Line) while the express tracks rose up and connected to the upper level. As a result, all Brighton Line train service was extended to Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue.

A reconfiguration in 1954 resulted in the discontinuation of Brighton Line service on the lower level of West Eighth Street, as well as express service at Ocean Parkway. West of this station, the local tracks merge into the express tracks, which continue to serve the upper level of West Eighth Street. The structures connecting the Brighton Line to the lower level, which the Culver Line continues to serve, remain intact, but are trackless.

References

  1. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  2. ↑ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Q Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Marrero, Robert (2015-09-13). "469 Stations, 846 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
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