Bay Parkway (BMT Sea Beach Line)

 Bay Parkway
 "N" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Manhattan-bound platform
Station statistics
Address Bay Parkway & West Seventh Street
Brooklyn, NY 11223
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Bensonhurst
Coordinates 40°36′46.39″N 73°58′55.17″W / 40.6128861°N 73.9819917°W / 40.6128861; -73.9819917Coordinates: 40°36′46.39″N 73°58′55.17″W / 40.6128861°N 73.9819917°W / 40.6128861; -73.9819917
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Sea Beach Line
Services       N  (all times)
​      W  (selected rush-hour trips)
Transit connections New York City Bus: B6
Structure Open-cut
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened June 22, 1915 (1915-06-22)[1]
Station code 076[2]
Former/other names 22nd Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 2,950,253[3] Decrease 14.1%
Rank 176 out of 425
Station succession
Next north 20th Avenue: N  ​W 
Next south (Terminal): W 
Kings Highway: ZZZtemporarily closed for renovation
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue: N 

Bay Parkway (formerly known as 22nd Avenue) is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Bay Parkway and West Seventh Street. It is served by the N train at all times, as well as some W trains during rush hours.

Station layout

Track layout
to 20 Av
to Kings Hwy
G Station house Entrances/Exits
Station agent, MetroCard vending machines
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← "N" train "W" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (20th Avenue)
Reversible express "N" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Terminus) →
→ "W" train termination track →
temporary wooden side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound local → No service (Kings Highway)
Side platform, being renovated until 2018
Bay Parkway Headhouse
The temporary middle platform in 2016

This open-cut station, which opened on June 22, 1915,[1] has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are not normally used. The Coney Island-bound track has been disconnected from the line and the Manhattan-bound track is signaled for trains in both directions. Both platforms are carved into the Earth's crust with the concrete walls painted beige. Light green I-beam columns run along both platforms for the entire length with every other one having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

As of 2012, all 3 tracks have been replaced with a new track bed and new track panels.[4] From January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed for renovations and a temporary wooden platform was placed over the Coney Island-bound express track for the Manhattan-bound service.[5][6] The Coney Island-bound platforms closed on July 31, 2017, with an expected reopening in Fall 2018. During this time, all southbound trains use the northbound express track and the temporary platform, with short-turn W trains terminating here instead of their normal terminus at Gravesend–86th Street.[7][8]

Exits

This station has two entrances/exits at either extreme ends, both of which are station houses on the overpass above the tracks. The full-time one is at the west (railroad north) end. It has a single staircase from platform, a crossover, and waiting area. Outside the turnstiles, there is a token booth before doors lead out to Bay Parkway and 66th Street. The station house is made of tile and stucco and built within other businesses.[9]

The other station house at the south end is made of patchwork and is un-staffed, containing just HEET turnstiles and exit-only turnstiles. Inside fare control, there is a waiting area, crossover, and one staircase to each platform. The doors outside fare control lead to Avenue O.[9] The distance between Avenue O and Bay Parkway make the platforms much longer than the standard B Division train length of 600 feet.

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.
  2. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Two elevators coming to the N line during massive rehabilitation". October 4, 2013. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ "N Line Sea Beach - 2016". web.mta.info. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
    • "9 Brooklyn N train stations to shut down for 14 months". am New York. January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
    • Katinas, Paula (December 18, 2014). "Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ "New York City Subway Map" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 1, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ DeJesus, Jaime (May 17, 2017). "Manhattan-bound service to return to N stations on Sea Beach Line". brooklynreporter.com. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Manhattan-Bound Service Returns to N Stations on Sea Beach Line". www.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bensonhurst" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
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