Seventh Avenue (IND Culver Line)

 7 Avenue
 "F" train ​"G" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Seventh Avenue & Ninth Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Park Slope
Coordinates 40°40′0.59″N 73°58′53.76″W / 40.6668306°N 73.9816000°W / 40.6668306; -73.9816000Coordinates: 40°40′0.59″N 73°58′53.76″W / 40.6668306°N 73.9816000°W / 40.6668306; -73.9816000
Division B (IND)
Line IND Culver Line
Services       F  (all times)
​      G  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B61, B67, B69
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks 4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened October 7, 1933 (October 7, 1933)
Station code 240[1]
Accessible not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Wireless service [2]
Former/other names Seventh Avenue–Park Slope
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 3,623,053[3] Decrease 2.1%
Rank 141 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Bergen Street (express): no regular service
Fourth Avenue (local): F  ​G 
Next south 15th Street–Prospect Park (local): F  ​G 
Church Avenue (express): no regular service

Seventh Avenue, occasionally referred to as Seventh Avenue–Park Slope, is an express station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway, located at Seventh Avenue and Ninth Street in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is served by the F and G trains at all times.

Station layout

Track layout
to Bergen St
to 4 Av
to 15 St
to Church Av
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Eighth Avenue intermediate level Landing in Eighth Avenue staircase
B2 Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
B3
Platform level		 Northbound local ← "F" train toward Jamaica–179th Street (Fourth Avenue)
← "G" train toward Court Square (Fourth Avenue)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound express No regular service
(No service: Bergen Street or Jay Street–MetroTech)[note 1]
Southbound express No regular service
(No service: Church Avenue)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound local "F" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (15th Street–Prospect Park) →
"G" train toward Church Avenue (15th Street–Prospect Park) →

This station has two island platforms and four tracks, but only the outer two are normally in revenue service, although a proposal to re-activate the express tracks is being considered.[4][5][6] South of this station, the express tracks separate from the local tracks and rejoin beneath them north of Fort Hamilton Parkway, then rise up again. The tile band is mustard yellow with a sienna brown border, set in a three-high "express station" course. The top border is slightly wider than the bottom and bisects the center of the band at regular intervals. This appears to be a modern aberration done during a renovation sometime in the 1980s as historical images show standard IND style color bands before 1972.[7] There is evidence of water damage on both trackside walls.

While this station is underground and Fourth Avenue is on an elevated trestle, this station is actually at a higher elevation than Fourth Avenue. This is because Brooklyn's topography slopes downwards towards the west (hence the neighborhood name of Park Slope), allowing the line to enter into the hillside between the two stations.

The station contains a full-length mezzanine with exits at 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue. Before January 2018, there was around 500 feet (150 m) of open mezzanine stretching across the station outside of fare control. while much of the space within fare control was fenced in. The full-time fare control area and station booth was located in the middle of the mezzanine, between 7th Avenue at 8th Avenue. Waist-high turnstiles led to single staircases to either platform.[8] Unstaffed entrances were located at the either end of the station, allowing customers to exit the station without having to walk to the middle area. Full-height High Entry-Exit Turnstiles (HEETs) were formerly present at these locations. There was a passageway within fare control from the platform stairs at 7th Avenue to a HEET turnstile leading to the station booth.[8] There are four staircases to each platform, two at the 7th Avenue end and two at the 8th Avenue end.[8] One staircase from each platform formerly led to the mezzanine,[9] but has been closed off.[10] Crossovers between service directions are available at all staircases.[8]

Northern street stair

The station received a $400,000 renovation starting in 2015.[11] In January 2016, it was proposed to relocate the station booth to the 7th Avenue entrance (where 65% of entrances and exits occur). Most of the mezzanine would also be closed off, and the turnstiles would be replaced.[8] Waist-high turnstiles at the 7th and 8th Avenue ends were installed in August 2016, replacing the HEETS.[9] Much of the mezzanine closed permanently on January 23, 2018, at which time the station booth was relocated.[10]

A 2015 proposal to add elevators at the station was rejected because it would have cost $15 million.[12]

Exits

There are eight street stairs – four going up to all four corners of 9th Street and 7th Avenue, and four going up to all four corners of 9th Street and 8th Avenue.[8] The 8th Avenue entrance also has an intermediate level at the first staircase, otherwise a descending hill.[8]

Inside the fare control near the Eighth Avenue entrance is a large scale painting of Prospect Park's The Raven.[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Express trains cannot currently stop at Bergen Street, due to its lower level being out of service.

References

  1. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ Gerberer, Raanan (March 6, 2013). "LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL: F Train Express may return". brooklyneagle.com. Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ Cohen, Ariella (September 15, 2007). "MTA switching tracks; F express on the table". brooklynpaper.com. The Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ Umanov, Ben (September 22, 2014). "F Train Express Service Might be Coming Back to Brooklyn". gowanusyourfaceoff.com. Gowanus Your Face OFf. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Showing Photos 1-24 of 24". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting: January 2016" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  9. 1 2 Culliton, Kathleen (August 5, 2016). "Park Slope's 7th Ave. Subway Station Gets New High-Speed Turnstiles". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on January 21, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  10. 1 2 Rizzi, Nicholas (January 19, 2018). "Mezzanine Of 7th Ave F/G Station To Permanently Close, MTA Says". Park Slope, NY Patch. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  11. ↑ Albrecht, Leslie (September 16, 2015). "7th Avenue F/G Subway Station Up For $400K Renovation". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on January 21, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  12. ↑ Albrecht, Leslie (September 22, 2015). "MTA to Park Slope: If You Want Subway Elevators, Find $15 Million". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  13. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Park Slope/Prospect Park" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.

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