Avenue U (BMT Brighton Line)

 Avenue U
 "Q" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Coney Island bound platform
Station statistics
Address Avenue U & East 16th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11229
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Homecrest, Sheepshead Bay
Coordinates 40°35′56″N 73°57′21″W / 40.598875°N 73.955841°W / 40.598875; -73.955841Coordinates: 40°35′56″N 73°57′21″W / 40.598875°N 73.955841°W / 40.598875; -73.955841
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Brighton Line
Services       Q  (all times)
Transit connections New York City Bus: B3
Structure Embankment
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened 1908 (1908)
Station code 052[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 2,360,833[2] Increase 1.2%
Rank 210 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Kings Highway: Q 
Next south Neck Road: Q 

Avenue U is a local station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway, located at Avenue U between East 15th and East 16th Streets in Homecrest and Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. It is served by the Q train at all times.[3]

Station layout

Track layout
to Kings Hwy
to Neck Rd
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← "Q" train toward 96th Street (Kings Highway)
Northbound express ← "B" train does not stop here
Southbound express → "B" train does not stop here →
Southbound local → "Q" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Neck Road) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Entrances/exits
Station building To entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines

The station is located on a raised earthen embankment. There are four tracks and two side platforms. The two center tracks are used by the B express train on weekdays.[4]

The station was opened around 1908. It underwent reconstruction from December 2008 to January 2010. Both platforms were rebuilt with new windscreens, canopies, and tactile strip edges. A temporary platform over the express tracks was used to provide service on the side that was under rebuilding.[5]

Both platforms have beige windscreens with green outlines and frames along their entire lengths and red canopies with green frames in the center. The station signs are in the standard black plates in white lettering and lamp posts are on all support columns of the windscreens in the non-canopied areas. The Coney Island-bound platform has a storage area above the mezzanine staircase.

The 2011 artwork here is called Brooklyn Wildfires by Jason Middlebrook and Miotto Mosaic Art Studio. It is installed on the walls of the Coney Island-bound platform's staircase and consists ceramic tiling and glass mosaic depicting various species of wildflowers.

Exit

The station has one ground-level station house directly underneath the tracks and platforms on the north side of Avenue U. It has a token booth, turnstile bank, and double-wide staircase going up to the Coney Island-bound platform and two standard width staircases to the Manhattan-bound one. The Coney Island-bound staircase landing splits below a landing, one side leading to the station house and the other bypassing it with two exit-only turnstiles leading directly to the sidewalk. The Coney Island-bound platform also has a metal door leading to a closed staircase that goes down to the north side of Avenue U.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Q Subway Timetable, Effective June 24, 2018" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Press Release - NYC Transit - Temporary Loss of Brighton Line Express". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  6. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Midwood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
Artwork by Jason Middlebrook
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