Fort Hamilton Parkway station (BMT West End Line)

Fort Hamilton Parkway is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Fort Hamilton Parkway and New Utrecht Avenue, in the neighborhood of Borough Park. It is served by the D train at all times.

For other uses, see Fort Hamilton Parkway (disambiguation).
 Fort Hamilton Parkway
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressFort Hamilton Parkway & New Utrecht Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBorough Park
Coordinates40.6407°N 73.9944°W / 40.6407; -73.9944
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT West End Line
Services      D  (all times)
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedJune 24, 1916 (1916-06-24)
Station code060[1]
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)1,207,971[2]  1.4%
Rank331 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next northNinth Avenue: D 
Next south50th Street: D 

History

Fort Hamilton Parkway opened on the former location of the Brooklyn, Bath, & West End Railroad’s West Brooklyn Station[3] on June 24, 1916 along with the first portion of the BMT West End Line from 36th Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line to 18th Avenue station.[4][5] The line was originally a surface excursion railway to Coney Island, called the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad, which was established in 1862, but did not reach Coney Island until 1864.[6] Under the Dual Contracts of 1913, an elevated line was built over New Utrecht Avenue, 86th Street and Stillwell Avenue.[7]

The platforms were extended in the 1950s to accommodate the current standard B Division train length of 615 feet (187 m).

Station layout
Track layout
to 9 Av
to 50 St
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound local ← toward 205th Street (Ninth Avenue)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Southbound local → toward Coney Island (50th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Entrance/exit
Northwestern stair

This elevated station has three tracks and two slightly offset side platforms. The center express track is not used in revenue service. Both platforms have cream-colored windscreens and red canopies, both supported by green frames and columns, for most of their centers. Their ends have steel waist-high fencing.

The station's artwork, installed during a 2012 renovation, is called Gardens of Fort Hamilton Parkway Station by Portia Munson. It consists of stained glass murals on the platform windscreens depicting various plants.

Exits

This station has two station houses beneath the platforms and tracks. The full-time one is at the south end. It has two staircases to each platform, a waiting area/crossunder, turnstile bank, token booth, and staircases going down to either northern corners of New Utrecht Avenue and 45th Street.[8] The northern station house is abandoned. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a walkway on either side of the building, where a turnstile provides access to and from the station. Two staircases go down to either side of New Utrecht Avenue between 44th and 43rd Streets.[8]

References
  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. Robinson, Elisha (1890). "Image 15 of Robinson's atlas of Kings County, New York" – via U.S. Library of Congress.
  4. "Parade, Pageant Mark Celebration: Borough Park Civic Bodies and School Children Join in Festivities: West End Line Opened: First Train From Manhattan Over New "L" Extension of Dual System to Sixty-Second Street". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 24, 1916. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  5. "Realty Boom Is Predicted for Borough Park Section". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 24, 1916. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  6. Opening of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad, The New York Times June 9, 1864 page 2
  7. Senate, New York (State) Legislature (January 1, 1917). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York.
  8. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Sunset Park" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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