Avenue U (BMT Sea Beach Line)

Avenue U
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Avenue U & West Seventh Street Brooklyn, NY 11223
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Gravesend
Coordinates	40°35′47.38″N 73°58′44.28″W / 40.5964944°N 73.9789667°WCoordinates: 40°35′47.38″N 73°58′44.28″W / 40.5964944°N 73.9789667°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line
Services	N  (all times)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B3
Structure	Open-cut
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,253,349[2]  0.2%
Rank	333 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Kings Highway: N
Next south	86th Street: N
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location
Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000675[3]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

Avenue U is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Avenue U and West Seventh Street, it is served by the N train at all times.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Kings Hwy to 86 St

G	Station house	Entrances/Exits Station agent, MetroCard vending machines
P Platform level	Side platform, not in service
	Northbound local	→ No regular service (Kings Highway)
	Northbound express	← does not stop here
	Southbound express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (86th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Southbound platform

This station, which opened on June 22, 1915,^[1] has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are not normally used, but both are available for rerouted trains. The platforms are in an open cut. The concrete walls are painted beige and the columns are blue.

This station has two entrances, both of which are beige station houses at street-level between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets above the tracks and have a single staircase leading to each platform at either ends. The main exit at the south end has a turnstile bank and token booth and leads to Avenue U while the exit at the north end leads to Avenue T and is un-staffed, containing just HEET turnstiles and exit-only turnstiles.

In 2005, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

This station, along with eight others along the Sea Beach Line, is scheduled for a rehabilitation starting in 2015.^[5] The Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed on January 18, 2016, with an expected reopening in spring 2017.^[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.
2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
3. "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
4. Kings County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places: NRHP #05000675
5. "Two elevators coming to the N line during massive rehabilitation". October 4, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
6. "N Line Sea Beach - 2016". web.mta.info. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
   • "9 Brooklyn N train stations to shut down for 14 months". am New York. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
   • Katinas, Paula (2014-12-18). "Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

External links

• nycsubway.org – BMT Sea Beach Line: Avenue U
• Station Reporter — N Train
• The Subway Nut — Avenue U Pictures
• Avenue U entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Avenue T entrance from Google Maps Street View