45th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||||||||
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| Address | 45th Street & Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220 | ||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | Sunset Park | ||||||||
| Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||||||||
| Line | BMT Fourth Avenue Line | ||||||||
| Services | N  (late nights, and limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction) R  (all times) W  (limited rush hour service only) | ||||||||
| Transit |  New York City Bus: B63 (on Fifth Avenue) | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | June 22, 1915[2] | ||||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| 2023 | 1,884,446[3]  17% | ||||||||
| Rank | 174 out of 423[3] | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north | Template:NYCS next | ||||||||
| Next south | Template:NYCS next | ||||||||
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45th Street is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 45th Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It is served by the R train at all times except late nights northbound and the N train during late nights only.
Station layout
| Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
| Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent | |
| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Whitehall Street–South Ferry late nights) (36th Street) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard late nights (36th Street)← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) (36th Street)
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| Northbound express | ← does not stop here
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| Southbound express | does not stop here →
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| Southbound local | toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (53rd Street) → toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (53rd Street) → toward 86th Street (select weekday trips) (53rd Street) →
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This underground station, opened on June 22, 1915,[2] has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center tracks are used by N trains during daytime hours as well as late-night northbound R trains. The platforms are offset as the Manhattan-bound platform is more to the north than the Bay Ridge-bound one.
This station was overhauled in the late 1970s. The Transit Authority repaired the station's structure and appearance, particularly the staircases and platform edges. The overhaul also replaced the original wall tiles, trim line, signs, and incandescent lighting with cinder block tiles (colored gray with dark gray indentation), black and white signs, and fluorescent lights.
On the platforms, street signs and arrows leading to the station's exits are painted white on the wall tiles. Columns run along the entire length of both platforms and are painted dark blue. Every other column has a "45 Street" sign on it in black with white text. All are round except for the ones near the staircases to the station's main entrance, which was where the platforms were extended in the 1960s. These columns are I-beams.
Exits
The station's main entrance is a mezzanine above the platforms and tracks at the south end. It has two staircases to the Manhattan-bound platform and one to the Bay Ridge-bound one at the extreme south end, a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases to the northern corners of 45th Street and 4th Avenue. The mezzanine contains some of the original mosaic directional and arrow signs. The one by the staircases to the southbound platform says "Down Town trains" while the one by the Manhattan-bound platform staircases says "Up Town Trains."
The southbound platform formerly had an exit-only at the center that led to 46th Street. Evidence of this includes a gated door on the platform wall and adjacent "EXIT" signs.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes". http://bklyn.newspapers.com. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 22, 1915. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
External links
- nycsubway.org – BMT 4th Avenue: 45th Street
- Station Reporter — R Train
- The Subway Nut — 45th Street Pictures
- 45th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View
