45th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

 45 Street
 "R" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address 45th Street & Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11220
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Sunset Park
Coordinates 40°38′58.01″N 74°0′33.77″W / 40.6494472°N 74.0093806°W / 40.6494472; -74.0093806Coordinates: 40°38′58.01″N 74°0′33.77″W / 40.6494472°N 74.0093806°W / 40.6494472; -74.0093806
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services       N  (all times)
​      R  (all times)
​      W  (limited rush hour service only)
Transit connections New York City Bus: B37 (on Third Avenue); B63 (on Fifth Avenue)
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened June 22, 1915 (1915-06-22)[1]
Station code 033[2]
Wireless service [3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 2,390,684[4] Increase 7.3%
Rank 205 out of 425
Station succession
Next north 36th Street: N  ​R  ​W 
Next south 53rd Street: N  ​R  ​W 

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 N and R trains at all times, as well as several W trains during rush hours.[5][6]

History

This station opened on June 22, 1915 as part of the initial portion of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line to 59th Street, two stations to the south from here.[1] 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.

Station layout

Track layout
to 36 St
to 53 St
G Street level Exit/entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
P
Platform
level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← "R" train toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Whitehall Street nights) (36th Street)
← "N" train ("W" train rush hours) toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (36th Street)
Northbound express → No regular service
Southbound express → No regular service
Southbound local → "R" train toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (53rd Street) →
→ "N" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (53rd Street) →
→ "W" train toward Bay Parkway rush hours (53rd Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Eastern street stair

This underground station has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center tracks are normally used by N trains during daytime hours, but closed for column reconstruction until summer 2019. The platforms are offset as the Manhattan-bound platform is more to the north than the Bay Ridge-bound one.[7] The station contains cinder block tile walls (colored white with small recesses painted dark gray), 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.[8] 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

  1. 1 2 "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 June 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ "N Subway Timetable, Effective June 24, 2018" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "R Subway Timetable, Effective June 24, 2018" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Sunset Park" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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