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36th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

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 36th Street
 "D" train​"N" train​"R" train​"W" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address36th Street & Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleSunset Park
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services   D all times (all times)
​   N all times (all times)
​   R all times (all times)
​   W limited rush hour service only (limited rush hour service only)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B70
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedJune 22, 1915 (109 years ago) (1915-06-22)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20233,458,960[2] Increase 8.4%
Rank92 out of 423[2]
Station succession
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Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only

36th Street is an express station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 36th Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It is served by the D, N and R trains at all times.

Station layout

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Track layout
Legend
to Atlantic Av
to 25 St
to 9 Av
Unused 40 St
trackways
to 45 St
to 59 St
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
P
Platform level 		Northbound local ← "D" train toward Norwood–205th Street, "N" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (late nights) (25th Street)
← "R" train toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Whitehall Street late nights) (25th Street)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Northbound express ← "D" train toward Norwood–205th Street (Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center)
← "N" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center)
Southbound express → "D" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via West End (Ninth Avenue) →
→ "N" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Sea Beach (59th Street) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Southbound local → "D" train "N" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (late nights) (Ninth Avenue (D) or 45th Street (N)) →
→ "R" train toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (45th Street) →

36th Street is an express station with four tracks and two island platforms.[4] R trains provide local service, while D and N trains run express (except during nights when they run local). South of here, N and R trains continue on Fourth Avenue, while D trains diverge east onto the BMT West End Line.

This is one of two "36th Street" stations served by the R train. The other is 36th Street on the IND Queens Boulevard Line.

This station opened on June 22, 1915.[5][5]

The station was overhauled from 1996 to 1998. The changes included rebuilt staircases, retiled walls, new tiling on the floors, upgrading the station's lights, installing ADA yellow safety treads along the platform edge, new track-beds for local and express trains and also installing some artwork around the entrance.

There was another mezzanine somewhere south of the present station, but it was closed, "stranded," and converted into a relay room when the present ramps from the West End Line were built and the station was extended northward.

Proposed subway under 40th Street

There are three abandoned trackways south of 36th Street station. One trackway merges with the southbound local track, and the other two trackways are south of the tracks that ramp up to the BMT West End Line. The triple trackway ramps down to a lower level, under the mainline tracks, and curves slightly east before ending. On the main track level, a bellmouth going east is visible from a Manhattan-bound local train,[6] just south of this station. When the subway was planned as part of the Triborough System, use of the South Brooklyn cut was not anticipated, and instead a four-track subway was to be built in 40th Street to reach the equivalent of the Culver and West End lines. The unused junction is to the east side of Fourth Avenue.

References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  4. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b "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 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPjuw5I22To&feature=related The bellmouth can be seen at 58 seconds (0:58) into this video, just before the 36th Street Station.
Station entrance
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