Bay Parkway station (BMT West End Line)

Bay Parkway
Bay Parkway
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	Bay Parkway & 86th Street; Brooklyn, NY 11214
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bensonhurst, Bath Beach
Coordinates	40°36′10″N 73°59′39″W / 40.602655°N 73.994293°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT West End Line
Services	D (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B1, B6, B82
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms; cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	December 29, 1916; 107 years ago
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Bay Parkway–22nd Avenue
Traffic
2023	1,714,685 9.8%
Rank	184 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times
	Bay Parkway Station (Dual System BRT)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000670
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

Bay Parkway (formerly Bay Parkway–22nd Avenue) is an express station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn at the intersection of Bay Parkway and 86th Street. The station is served by the D train at all times.

Station layout

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Track layout

Legend

					to 62 St
					to 20 Av










					to 25 Av
					to Stillwell Av

P Platform level	Northbound local	← toward Norwood–205th Street (20th Avenue)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service (No service: 62nd Street (north) or Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (south))
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (25th Avenue) →
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines Elevator on northwest corner of Bay Parkway and 86th Street
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

This elevated station, opened on December 29, 1916, has two island platforms and three tracks. The center track is not normally used in revenue service. Both platforms have brown canopies with green frames and support columns in their center as well as wooden benches surrounded by green windscreens. On either sides, there are windscreen-style station signs and round lampposts. There is a railroad tower at either end of the station.

This station was the terminus for the M train from 1987 to 2010 during rush hours. Although both platforms had signs indicating M trains used the center express track, they actually operated from the local tracks because there are no switches north of the station to allow trains to switch to the express track.^[5] South of the platforms, two diamond crossovers were used for M trains to relay or be stored on the center track before switching to the Manhattan-bound local one for the trip northbound.

A concrete structure was built over the steel at this station. On July 6, 2005, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 2012, the station was rehabilitated and three passenger elevators (one from each platform to the mezzanine, and one from the mezzanine to street level) were added with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.^[6]

Exits

This station has one metal station house with concrete floors below the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and four staircases going down to all corners of Bay Parkway and 86th Street. The station house formerly had windows on all four sides. However, all of them except the ones on the west side have been covered with tar.^[7]

Gallery

Elevated station house and structure
Southeastern street stair
Street stair before M train service to the station was discontinued
The station as seen from the 20th Avenue station down the line
One of three new elevators

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 "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ Marrero, Robert (January 1, 2017). "472 Stations, 850 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
^ "MTA completes seven station rehabilitation projects along D Line". Railway Track & Structures. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Coney Island" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.

External links

nycsubway.org – BMT West End Line: Bay Parkway
Station Reporter — D Train
Bay Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-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.

[riderref-2] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[focus-3] "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 12, 2011.

[4] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[tracks-5] Marrero, Robert (January 1, 2017). "472 Stations, 850 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

[6] "MTA completes seven station rehabilitation projects along D Line". Railway Track & Structures. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.

[maps-7] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Coney Island" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.

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