Avenue U station (BMT Sea Beach Line) explained
| Avenue U |
| Address: | Avenue U & West Seventh Street
Brooklyn, NY |
| Other Exits: | at Avenue U and Avenue T |
| Borough: | Brooklyn |
| Locale: | Gravesend |
| Coordinates: | 40.5965°N -73.979°W |
| Division: | BMT |
| Line: | BMT Sea Beach Line |
| Service: | Sea Beach local |
| Service Header: | Sea Beach header |
| Connection: | NYCT Bus: |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 4 (2 in regular service) |
| Structure: | Open-cut |
| Close Date: | (northbound reconstruction)
(southbound reconstruction) |
| Rebuilt: | (northbound reopening)
(southbound reopening) |
| Embedded: |
| Embed: | yes | | Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT) | | Added: | July 6, 2005 | | Mpsub: | New York City Subway System MPS | | Refnum: | 05000675[1] |
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The Avenue U station is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Avenue U and West Seventh Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It is served by the N train at all times. During rush hours, several W trains also serve this station.
History
This station opened on June 22, 1915, along with the rest of the Sea Beach Line.[2]
In 2005, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
From January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed for renovations.[4] [5] [6] The Coney Island-bound platform was closed from July 31, 2017[7] [8] to October 29, 2018.[9]
Station layout
| G | Station house | Entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard machines |
P
Platform level | Side platform |
| Northbound local | ← toward (or select weekday trips) (Kings Highway)
← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) (Kings Highway) |
| Northbound express | No regular service |
| Southbound express | No regular service |
| Southbound local | toward →
toward 86th Street (select weekday trips) (Terminus) → |
| Side platform | |
This station has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are not normally used, but both are available for rerouted trains. The platforms are in an open cut. The concrete walls and columns are painted beige (prior to renovations the columns were blue-green). Alternating columns display the standard black station name plate with white lettering.
The 2018 artwork at this station is "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky", a series of 14 glass mosaics made by Sally Gil. The artwork represent the local community of Gravesend and the diversity of its residents.[10]
Exits
This station has two entrances, both of which are beige station houses at street-level between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets above the tracks and have a single staircase leading to each platform at either ends. The main exit at the south end has a turnstile bank and token booth and leads to Avenue U while the exit at the north end leads to Avenue T and is un-staffed, containing just HEET turnstiles and exit-only turnstiles.[11]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: NPS Focus . National Register of Historic Places . . December 12, 2011.
- News: Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes. June 22, 1915. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 29, 2015. Newspapers.com.
- http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/Kings/state.html Kings County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places: NRHP #05000675
- News: Romano. Denise. 2013-10-04. Two elevators coming to the N line during massive rehabilitation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190110143915/https://brooklynreporter.com/2013/10/two-elevators-coming-to-the-n-line-during-massive-rehabilitation/. 2019-01-10. 2020-07-27. The Brooklyn Reporter. en-US.
- News: Harshbarger. Rebecca. January 14, 2016. 9 Brooklyn N train stations to shut down for 14 months. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727083940/https://www.amny.com/transit/n-train-closings-9-brooklyn-station-platforms-close-for-14-months-1-11325586/. 2020-07-27. 2020-07-27. am New York.
- Web site: N Line Sea Beach - 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160118015523/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/NLine2016/. 2016-01-18. January 18, 2016. web.mta.info.
- News: Katinas. Paula. December 18, 2014. Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727084303/https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/12/18/commuter-headache-mta-to-renovate-n-train-stations/. 2020-07-27. January 18, 2016. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. mdy-all.
- Web site: New York City Subway Map . May 1, 2017 . mta.info . Metropolitan Transportation Authority . https://web.archive.org/web/20170502011736/http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subway_map.pdf . May 2, 2017 . dead . May 2, 2017 .
- News: DeJesus. Jaime. May 17, 2017. Manhattan-bound service to return to N stations on Sea Beach Line. The Brooklyn Reporter. live. May 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20181027143109/https://brooklynreporter.com/2017/05/manhattan-bound-service-return-n-stations-sea-beach-line/. 2018-10-27.
- Manhattan-Bound Service Returns to N Stations on Sea Beach Line. May 17, 2017. www.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 26, 2017. New York City, NY. https://web.archive.org/web/20170730064618/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/manhattan-bound-service-returns-n-stations-sea-beach-line. 2017-07-30. live.
- Web site: Transit & Bus Committee Meeting - November 2018. November 13, 2018. mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 164. November 10, 2018.
- Web site: Avenue U Derek Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky, 2018. web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. en. November 29, 2018.
- Web site: MTA Neighborhood Maps: Coney Island. 2015. mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 15, 2016.
