Union Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

 Union Street
 "R" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Manhattan bound platform
Station statistics
Address Union Street & Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Park Slope
Coordinates 40°40′41″N 73°59′02″W / 40.678108°N 73.98391°W / 40.678108; -73.98391Coordinates: 40°40′41″N 73°59′02″W / 40.678108°N 73.98391°W / 40.678108; -73.98391
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services       D  (late nights)
​      N  (late nights)
​      R  (all times)
​      W  (limited rush hour service only)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B37 (on Third Avenue); B63 (on Fifth Avenue)
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened June 22, 1915 (June 22, 1915)[1]
Station code 028[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 1,935,724[3] Decrease 4.4%
Rank 254 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center: D  ​N  ​R  ​W 
Next south Ninth Street: D  ​N  ​R  ​W 

Union Street is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Union Street in Brooklyn, New York City, serving the communities of Park Slope, Gowanus and Carroll Gardens. It is served by the R train at all times. The D and N trains also stop here during late nights, and a few rush-hour W trains stop here in the peak direction.

History

The colored tilework forms part of the station art installation

Union Street opened on June 22, 1915 as part of the initial portion of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line to 59th Street.[4]

The station was renovated twice. The first time was in the late 1970s. The repairs includied repairing the staircases and platform edges, replacing the incandescent lighting with fluorescent lighting, and replacing the original platform wall tiles and mosaic signs with cinderblock tiles. The wall tiles are colored white except for small recesses where the platform signs (in the standard white lettering and black background) are, where they are colored gray.

The station was renovated again from 1990 to 1994. In addition to upgrading the same elements that were replaced in the previous overhaul, tiling on floors and track walls, the public announcement system, and safety treads along platform edges and track-beds were replaced. It also included an art installation by Emmett Wigglesworth called CommUnion.[5] It features twenty-two panels of various designs in the recessed area of the platform tiles above the station signs and other designs on the openings in the track walls.

Station layout

Track layout
to Atlantic Av
to 9 St
G Street level Exit/entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← "R" train toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Whitehall Street nights) (Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center)
← "D" train toward Norwood–205th Street late nights (Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center)
← "N" train late nights, "W" train rush hours toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center)
Northbound express ← "D" train "N" train do not stop here
Southbound express → "D" train "N" train do not stop here →
Southbound local → "R" train toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Ninth Street) →
→ "D" train via West End, "N" train via Sea Beach toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (Ninth Street) →
→ "W" train toward Bay Parkway rush hours (Ninth Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Entrance

This underground station has four tracks and two side platforms. The center express tracks are used by the D and N during daytime hours. A black and white curtain wall separates them from the local tracks.

Both platforms are columnless except for a section at their extreme north ends, where they were extended in the 1950s to accommodate the standard length of a B Division train (600 feet). Here, the columns are cream colored I-beams.

Exits

Each platform has one same-level fare control area in the center and there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfer between directions. The Manhattan-bound side has a fare control area, a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The one on the Manhattan-bound platform goes up to the southeast corner of Union Street and Fourth Avenue while the one on the Bay Ridge-bound platform goes up to the southwest corner. The Bay Ridge-bound side has a fare control area, a turnstile bank without a token booth, and two street stairs.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "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 29 June 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  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. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Arts for Transit: CommUnion". MTA Arts for Transit. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  6. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Park Slope" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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