Brighton Beach (BMT Brighton Line)

This article is about the subway station in New York City. For the station in Melbourne, see Brighton Beach railway station, Melbourne.

Brighton Beach New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Brighton Sixth Street & Brighton Beach Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11235
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Brighton Beach
Coordinates	40.577598°N 73.961565°W / 40.577598; -73.961565
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Brighton Line
Services	B  (weekdays until 11 p.m.)       Q  (all times)
Connection	New York City Bus: B1, B68
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	original station: July 2, 1878 (July 2, 1878)
Rebuilt	current station: 1917 (1917)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	3,995,043  0.1%
Rank	112 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Sheepshead Bay: B  Q
Next south	Ocean Parkway (local): Q  Ocean Parkway (express): no regular service (Terminal): B
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Brighton Beach is an express/terminal station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over Brighton Beach Avenue at Brighton Sixth Street in the community of Brighton Beach on Coney Island in Brooklyn.

Description

Brighton Beach has two island platforms and four tracks. The weekday-only B train (Brighton – Sixth Avenue Express) terminates here on the inner express tracks while the full-time Q train (Brighton Local – Broadway Express) stops here on the outer local tracks and continues to Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue. The platforms are canopied for their entire length except for small portions at either ends. There are two elevated structures above the express tracks used for office and maintenance space.

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks. The full-time side is at the north end and has two staircases from each platform, a large waiting area inside fare control, regular turnstile bank, and token booth. Outside of fare control, there are three street stairs, two that join together at the station house balcony and go down to either southern corners of Brighton Seventh Street and Brighton Beach Avenue and one to the northwest corner. Instead of a staircase, the northeast corner has a narrow, enclosed escalator that always go up and thus can only be used to enter the station.

The second station house has a single staircase from each platform and a pair of twin staircases going down to either side of Brighton Beach Avenue between Brighton Fifth and Brighton Sixth Streets. The token booth and regular turnstile bank here is only open weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Two HEET turnstiles provide access to/from this entrance at other times.

Between this station and Ocean Parkway, the line becomes six tracks. The local and express tracks split into an extra storage track in-between them in both directions. These tracks are commonly used for storing B trains during midday hours or when service is about to start or end and each ends at a bumper block next to the platforms at Ocean Parkway.

East of this station, there are crossovers and switches used by terminating B trains. The Brighton Line curves north and becomes an embankment after crossing Neptune Avenue on the approach to Sheepshead Bay.

This station was renovated in the mid to late 1990s and included installation of decorative awnings on all street stairs. The 1999 artwork here is called Mermaid/Dionysus and the Pirates by Dan George and features aluminum sculptures on both platforms.

Gallery

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  Street stair

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  Escalator to mezzanine

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  Turnstiles on the part-time mezzanine

External links

• nycsubway.org — BMT Brighton Line: Brighton Beach
• Station Reporter — B Train
• Station Reporter — Q Train
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Brighton Beach (BMT Brighton Line)
• The Subway Nut — Brighton Beach Pictures
• Brighton 7th Street — Coney Island Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Brighton 5th Street — Brighton 6th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View