Bay Ridge Avenue station
Bay Ridge Avenue  | |||||||
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||||||
 Manhattan-bound platform | |||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||
| Address | Bay Ridge Avenue & Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220 | ||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
| Locale | Bay Ridge | ||||||
| Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||||||
| Line | BMT Fourth Avenue Line | ||||||
| Services | R  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit |  New York City Bus: B9, B63 (on Fifth Avenue), B64, B70 | ||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Opened | January 15, 1916[2] | ||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| 2023 | 1,784,703[3]  17.4% | ||||||
| Rank | 178 out of 423[3] | ||||||
| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
| Next south | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
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Bay Ridge Avenue is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Bay Ridge Avenue and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It is served by the R train at all times.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| B1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
| B2 | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound | ← Template:NYCS-bull-small toward Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (36th Street late nights) (59th Street) | |
| Southbound | → Template:NYCS-bull-small toward Bay Ridge – 95th Street (77th Street) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
This underground station, which opened on January 15, 1916,[2] has two tracks and two side platforms. The station's mezzanine is above the platforms with two staircases leading to each. Only the 95th Street-bound platform has columns, except for the extreme ends of the platform, which have no columns. All of the columns are painted blue and are standard I-beams. All columns have "Bay Ridge Av" signs on them.
There is space for an additional trackway under the northbound platform. The station is built on the west side of Fourth Avenue due to plans for a possible extension of the express tracks south of 59th Street.[5] As a result of the possibility of the extension of the express tracks, there is space underneath the northbound platform for an additional trackway at this station for the Bay Ridge-bound express track. This also can be found at 77th Street. Further evidence of the provisions for tracks on the east side of Fourth Avenue can be seen north of this station, where the subway is carried in the lower deck of a bridge (Fourth Avenue) over the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch cut.[6] On this cut it can be seen that the bridge has four trackways of which only the western two are used. The tunnel leading up to each side of the bridge was built for two tracks only.
This station was overhauled in the late 1970s, which included fixing the station's structure and overall appearance. The original trim lines were replaced with gray and blue cinderblock tiles. The staircases were repaired and new platform edges were installed. The blue cinderblock field contains the station signs and white text pointing to the exits. The landing in the southbound platform's exit-only is the only area in the station that contains the original 1915 trim line with "B.R." tiled on it.
Exits
From the mezzanine outside of fare control, two staircases lead to either southern corners of Bay Ridge and Fourth Avenues. The 95th Street-bound platform has an additional exit-only near the north end; a single-platform level turnstile leads to a small landing, where a double-flight staircase goes up to the northwest corner of 68th Street and Fourth Avenue.
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 "Subway Running To Eighty-Sixth Street Starts Building Boom In Bay Ridge". http://bklyn.newspapers.com. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 15, 1916. 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.
- ^ "Brooklyn Subway Extension Plan: Fourth Ave. Line to 86th St., Tunnel to Staten Island, and Eventually a Through Route to Coney Island". nytimes.com. The New York Times. February 16, 1912. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UoyQwQHJC0&feature=related
External links
- nycsubway.org – BMT 4th Avenue Line: Bay Ridge Avenue
- Station Reporter — R Train
- The Subway Nut — Bay Ridge Avenue Pictures
- Bay Ridge Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 68th Street exit only stairs from Google Maps Street View
