Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station

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 Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
 "2" train"3" train"4" train"5" train"B" train"D" train"N" train"Q" train"R" train"W" train
New York City Subway station complex
Entrance from Barclays Center
Station statistics
AddressAtlantic Avenue, Pacific Street,
Flatbush Avenue & Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleDowntown Brooklyn
DivisionA (IRT), B (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Fourth Avenue Line
BMT Brighton Line
IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services   2 all times (all times)
   3 all except late nights (all except late nights)
   4 all times (all times)
   5 weekdays only (weekdays only)​
   B weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings (weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings)
   D all times (all times)
   N all times (all times)
   Q all times (all times)​
   R all times (all times)
   W limited rush hour service only (limited rush hour service only)​
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B37, B41, B45, B63, B67
Bus transport MTA Bus: B103
Railway transportation LIRR: City Terminal Zone (at Atlantic Terminal)
Levels3
Other information
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Traffic
20239,583,506[2]Increase 13%
Rank20 out of 423[2]
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

Atlantic Avenue Control House
MPSInterborough Rapid Transit Subway Control Houses TR
NRHP reference No.80002643[3]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1980
Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT and BMT)
MPSNew York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.04001023[3]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 2004

Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, the BMT Brighton Line and the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, located at Atlantic, Fourth, and Flatbush Avenues and Pacific Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The complex is served by the:

  • 2, 4, D, N, Q and R trains at all times
  • 3 train at all times except late nights
  • 5 and B trains weekdays only

With nine subway services, this station is second to the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal complex in offering the most transfers to other services.

As of 2015, it is the busiest subway station in Brooklyn, with 13,617,153 passengers, and is ranked 21st overall.[4] The control house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980,[5] while the station complex as a whole has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004,[5] and is ADA-compliant.

History

The IRT Eastern Parkway Line station was built first, in 1908, the terminal of a four-stop subway extension from Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn via the Joralemon Street Tunnel.[6] The station's control house, a grand, ornate entrance to what was then the terminal of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company's Brooklyn lines, was designed by Heins & LaFarge, the architects who also built the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.[7] This control house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980; however, the actual entrance is now removed and now serves as a skylight into the IRT station.[5]

During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the Brighton Line platforms at Atlantic Avenue, along with those at six other stations on the Brighton Line, were lengthened to 615 feet to accommodate a ten-car train of 60-foot IND cars, or a nine-car train of 67-foot BMT cars.[8]

The station was overhauled in the late 1970s. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) fixed the station's structure and overhauled its appearance. It refurbished the wall tilings and replaced the old signs and incandescent lighting with modern fixtures. It also fixed the staircases and platform edges.[citation needed] On January 16, 1978, the ex-IRT and ex-BMT stations were connected into a single station complex, eliminating a "double fare" that formerly was required to transfer between the IRT and BMT sides of the station.[9][10]

The station complex underwent another major overhaul from 1999 to 2003, using funds from the 1987 capital program;[11] the $49 million in funding from that program had been delayed in 1994 due to the MTA's budget issues.[12] This time the station received state of the art repairs and was updated for ADA-accessibility, with the installation of eight elevators in the station, as well as the widening or construction of fifteen staircases.[7] The MTA repaired the staircases, re-tiled the walls and floors, upgraded the station's lights and the public address system, installed ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge, installed new trackbeds for local and express trains entering the IRT station, and widened the 100-year-old passageways between the stations. To achieve this, the entire IRT station had to be supported by large 36-foot-long (11 m)* crossbeams hanging from the roof of the station box, a construction technique that had never been used previously; the station was also supported by conventional columns from below. The entire feat raised the subway infrastructure under Flatbush Avenue, as well as the avenue itself, by less than an inch while the 350-foot-long (110 m)* passageways were widened from 15 to 42 feet (4.6 to 12.8 m).[7] In 2004, the entire station was made a NRHP landmark.[5] Late that year, the MTA installed elevators on both sides of the platform and street level to accommodate wheelchairs and those with disabilities.

In June 2009, the MTA sold the naming rights of the station complex to Forest City Ratner Companies for 20 years at $200,000 per year, one of the few such renames in the system (Willets Point–Shea Stadium, in Queens, was another example of a station with such naming rights, until the MTA simply renamed it to Mets–Willets Point following Shea Stadium's demolition).[13] Barclays Center, whose naming rights were bought by Barclays Bank, opened September 2012 and is part of Forest City Ratner Companies' Pacific Park project. As a result, the station was renamed from Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street to Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center in May 2012. A new mezzanine and fare control area was built near the sports complex.[14][15] Following this rename and the addition of a new exit, the MTA has considered selling the naming rights of other subway stations.[13]

Station layout

Ground Street level Entrances/exits, pavilion, station house, fare control, station agents, LIRR ticket booth, MetroCard machines
Disabled access
Elevators at:
  • SE corner of Pacific Street and Fourth Avenue for the "D" train​​"N" train​​"R" train
  • At Hanson Place and Flatbush Avenue for the "B" train"Q" train "2" train"3" train"4" train"5" train and LIRR
Barclays Center
Connection to Atlantic Terminal shopping mall
Basement 1
Eastern Parkway platforms
Side platform Disabled access
Northbound local "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (Nevins Street)
"3" train toward Harlem–148th Street (Nevins Street)
"4" train toward Woodlawn late nights (Nevins Street)
Northbound express "4" train toward Woodlawn (Nevins Street)
"5" train weekdays toward Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue (Nevins Street)
Island platform Disabled access
Southbound express "4" train toward Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue select rush hour trips) (Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College)
"5" train weekdays toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College)
Southbound local "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Bergen Street)
"3" train ("4" train late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Bergen Street)
Side platform Disabled access
Basement 1
LIRR platforms
Track 1      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue)
Platform A, island platform Disabled access
Track 2      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue)
Track 3      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue)
Platform B, island platform Disabled access
Track 4      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue)
Track 5      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue)
Platform C, island platform Disabled access
Track 6      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue)
Basement 2 Mezzanine Passageway between platforms
Basement 3
Brighton platform
Northbound "B" train weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (DeKalb Avenue)
"Q" train toward 96th Street (DeKalb Avenue)
Island platform Disabled access
Southbound "B" train weekdays toward Brighton Beach (Seventh Avenue)
"Q" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Brighton (Seventh Avenue)
Basement 3
Fourth Avenue platforms
Northbound local "R" train toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Whitehall Street–South Ferry late nights) (DeKalb Avenue)

"D" train toward Norwood–205th Street late nights (DeKalb Avenue)
"N" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard late nights (DeKalb Avenue)
"W" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) (DeKalb Avenue)

Island platform Disabled access
Northbound express "D" train toward Norwood–205th Street (Grand Street)
"N" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard or 96th Street (select weekday trips) (Canal Street)
Southbound express "D" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via West End (36th Street)
"N" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Sea Beach (36th Street)
Island platform Disabled access
Southbound local "R" train toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Union Street)
"D" train"N" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (Union Street)
"W" train toward 86th Street (select weekday trips) (Union Street)

The station consists of three levels. The shallowest below ground, the IRT Eastern Parkway Line platforms, is at the same level as the LIRR's Atlantic Terminal railway platforms and are only 20 feet (6.1 m) below street level. The second level below ground is the BMT Fourth Avenue Line platforms, which are 40 feet (12 m) deep and have a mezzanine, and a connecting passageway to the IRT Eastern Parkway Line and BMT Brighton Line, above the platforms. The deepest is the BMT Brighton Line platform, which are 50 feet (15 m) deep and have a mezzanine above them, which serves both the Brighton Line platform and the Eastern Parkway Line platforms.

IRT Eastern Parkway Line platforms

 Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
 "2" train"3" train"4" train"5" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound local platform
Station statistics
DivisionA (IRT)[1]
LineIRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services   2 all times (all times)
   3 all except late nights (all except late nights)
   4 all times (all times)
   5 weekdays only (weekdays only)
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms (local)
1 island platform (express)
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedMay 1, 1908; 115 years ago (1908-05-01)
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Former/other namesAtlantic Avenue
Traffic
20239,583,506[2]Increase 13%
Rank20 out of 423[2]
Station succession
Next northTemplate:NYCS next
Next southTemplate:NYCS next
Template:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
style="color:white;background:#Template:NYCS color;Template:Linear-gradient;text-align:center;padding:5px"|
Track layout

Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (originally Atlantic Avenue) is an express station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line which has four tracks, one island platform, and two side platforms. On the center platform, there are two old indicator signs which mark the next train, formerly used for non-rush hour short turn trains. An old style sign to the Brooklyn Academy of Music also exists. The trackway to the Long Island Rail Road Atlantic Branch is still visible at the north end of the northbound local track, although much of it is behind corrugated wall; more information about this and other unused trackways is at Bergen Street. The LIRR Atlantic Terminal platforms, slightly lower, are clearly visible through floor-to-ceiling railings.

This station has been completely renovated. The northbound local trackway and track have been completely redone with concrete base and welded rail.

A passageway to the BMT Fourth Avenue and Brighton Lines lies under the platforms, with the Fourth Avenue Line to the southwest and the Brighton Line to the northeast. Another passageway to the Brighton Line is present at the south end of the station, which also leads to an exit immediately adjacent to Barclays Center. The Barclays Center exit features a part-time booth that is staffed during events at the arena and two escalators.

Although the station is wheelchair accessible, the Eastern Parkway Line express platform was formerly too narrow in some areas to accommodate wheelchairs. Passengers were notified of this fact by announcements on trains before reaching the station. The stairs have since been trimmed in width to allow full wheelchair access.

North of this station, there is an unused trackway, splitting from the southbound local track for a proposed subway under Fourth Avenue (later built as the BMT Fourth Avenue Line). It merges with the Manhattan-bound express track and ends on a bumper block between the two express tracks at Nevins Street. When this station originally opened in 1908 it was the terminal for the line, and had two side platforms, an island platform, and two tracks. All the platforms were connected together at their southern ends.

This station is one of three express stations to have side platforms for local services and a center island platform for express services, the other two being the 34th Street–Penn Station stops on the IND Eighth Avenue Line and the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line respectively. The reason for this is that the station is connected to Atlantic Terminal, and the next station west from Atlantic Avenue, Nevins Street, is also an express station with the more common two island platform configuration. This limits overcrowding by preventing cross-platform interchanges between local and express services.

BMT Fourth Avenue Line platforms

 Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
 "D" train"N" train"R" train"W" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Manhattan-bound platform
Station statistics
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)
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedJune 22, 1915; 108 years ago (1915-06-22)[16]
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Former/other namesAtlantic Avenue–Pacific Street
Pacific Street
Traffic
20239,583,506[2]Increase 13%
Rank20 out of 423[2]
Station succession
Next northTemplate:NYCS next
Template:NYCS next
Template:NYCS next
Next southTemplate:NYCS next
Template:NYCS next
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
style="color:;background:#Template:NYCS color;Template:Linear-gradient;text-align:center;padding:5px"|
Track layout

Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (originally Pacific Street then Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street) is an express station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line that has four tracks and two island platforms. It opened on June 22, 1915.[16]

At the north end of the platforms, two staircases and one elevator go up to the main fare control area, where a turnstile bank provides access to/from the station and two staircases going up to either northern corners of Pacific Street and Fourth Avenue. The northeast corner also has an elevator going down to the mezzanine. A pathway connects to the rest of the complex. A wall separates the two platforms.

BMT Brighton Line platform

 Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
 "B" train"Q" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Manhattan-bound "B" train train of R68 cars arrives at the station
Station statistics
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Brighton Line
Services   B weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings (weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings)
   Q all times (all times)
StructureUnderground
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedAugust 1, 1920; 103 years ago (1920-08-01)[17]
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Former/other namesAtlantic Avenue
Traffic
20239,583,506[2]Increase 13%
Rank20 out of 423[2]
Station succession
Next northTemplate:NYCS next
Next southTemplate:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Track layout
to 7 Av

Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (originally Atlantic Avenue) on the BMT Brighton Line has two tracks and an island platform. The platform has seven staircases, three to the main mezzanine, two to the Hanson Place exit at the north end, which is an escalator that leads to a separate mezzanine with no transfers to the other lines and two at the south end, which leads to both an exit immediately adjacent to Barclays Center and another mezzanine that connects to the IRT. The Barclays Center exit features a part-time booth that is staffed during events at the arena and two escalators.

The street staircase on the Hanson Place mezzanine leads to the Williamsburgh Savings Bank. The exit at Hanson Place once had a booth that has since been removed. The lower level of this mezzanine had a passageway, now sealed, that ran above the platform from Hanson Place. The "To Hanson Place" and other signs are covered up. This area is now space used by MTA employees with the entrance at the other side.

The main mezzanine also has an out-of-system passageway to the LIRR's Atlantic Terminal and the full-time fare control at the IRT side of the station. Two of the street staircases lead to the Atlantic Terminal Mall. There is a removed staircase in between the two sets of stairs. The northernmost staircase was added during renovation, while the other two staircases were narrowed in order to comply with ADA guidelines regarding minimum 36-inch width clearances.

The platform extension is clearly visible at the south end of the platform, while the name tablets and "A" are authentic replicas on the northbound platform wall, while the southbound wall was tiled around them. The area on the southbound wall where the platform extends out is made of replicas as well. Since there were no mosaics built, only a green wall was present prior to renovation, which indicates where the platform was extended in the 1964–1965 to fit ten car trains.[8]

North of this station, a bellmouth is visible from a Manhattan-bound train.[18] The bellmouth was for the proposed Ashland Place Connection which would have connected to the now-demolished BMT Fulton Street El.

BMT Fifth Avenue Line station

 Atlantic Avenue
(closed)
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
The Fifth Avenue Line station was located right above the headhouse for this station complex
Station statistics
AddressFifth Avenue and St. Marks Place
Brooklyn, New York
BoroughBrooklyn
Division[1]
ServicesBMT Fifth Avenue Line
BMT Culver Line
StructureElevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedNovember 5, 1888; 135 years ago (November 5, 1888)
ClosedJune 1, 1940; 83 years ago (June 1, 1940)
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
20239,583,506[2]Increase 13%
Rank20 out of 423[2]
Station succession
Next northFulton Street
Next southSt. Mark's Avenue
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops in station at all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekends during the day Stops weekends during the day
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Station closed Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

The station complex formerly had an elevated portion on the BMT Fifth Avenue Line, called Atlantic Avenue. It was served by trains of the BMT Culver Line and BMT Fifth Avenue Line and had two tracks and one island platform. It was located at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, right above the headhouse for the current complex. It also served the St. Johns Place Line, Flatbush Avenue Line, Third Avenue Line, and Seventh Avenue Line streetcars.

On June 25, 1923 two cars of a train coming from 65th Street Terminal derailed and fell towards Flatbush Avenue. Eight passengers died and many were injured.[19][20] With increased use of the subways compared to the elevated lines, and the completion of the unification of the city's three subway systems, the Fifth Avenue Line was closed at midnight on June 1, 1940, and was demolished in 1941.[21][22][23][24]

Gallery

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  5. ^ a b c d "National Register of Historical Places – NEW YORK (NY), Kings County". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com.
  6. ^ "Brooklyn Joyful Over Its Tunnel". The New York Times. January 10, 1908. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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  8. ^ a b Annual Report 1964–1965. New York City Transit Authority. 1965.
  9. ^ "Double Fare to Be Eliminated At 3 Subway Transfer Points". The New York Times. 1977-12-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
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  11. ^ "www.nycsubway.org: The New York Transit Authority in the 1980s". nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
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  13. ^ a b Flegenheimer, Matt (2013-07-19). "M.T.A. Considers Selling Rights to Name Subway Stations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  14. ^ McShane, Larry (2009-06-24). "MTA signs off on sweet Atlantic Yards deal Bruce Ratner: Money down drops from $100M to $20M". Daily News. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  15. ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. (2009-06-23). "M.T.A. Sells Naming Rights to Subway Station". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "New Subways Add Seven More Miles to BRT on Aug 1". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 25, 1920. Retrieved August 19, 2016 – via newspapers.com.
  18. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR6b5KhAtFA&feature=related The provision of the never-built connection north of Atlantic Avenue can be seen towards the right, at the 1:13 mark in the video.
  19. ^ Under the Sidewalks of New York The Story of the Greatest Subway System By Brian J. Cudahy
  20. ^ "The Forgotten Brooklyn Elevated Train Crash Of 1923". Stuff Nobody Cares About. Forgotten New York. June 25, 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  21. ^ Sparberg, Andrew J. (2014-10-01). From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA. Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823261901.
  22. ^ "Photo of the Week: Elevated Train Station |". www.brooklynhistory.org. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  23. ^ "1940: What's Going On". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  24. ^ "B.M.T. 'El' Lines to Shift Service; City to Close 2 Sections This Week; New Schedules Affect Fulton St., Lexington Ave. and Culver Roads--Free Transfers to the Independent System at Some Stations". The New York Times. 1940-05-27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

Further reading

  • Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0

External links