Ocean Parkway (BMT Brighton Line)

Ocean Parkway
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Ocean Parkway & Brighton Beach Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11235
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Brighton Beach
Coordinates	40°34′35″N 73°58′07″W / 40.576252°N 73.968587°WCoordinates: 40°34′35″N 73°58′07″W / 40.576252°N 73.968587°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Brighton Line
Services	Q  (all times)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B1, B68
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	April 22, 1917
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,022,215[1]  5.5%
Rank	363 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Brighton Beach (local): Q  Brighton Beach (express): no regular service
Next south	West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium: Q
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location
Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000749[2]
Added to NRHP	July 29, 2005

Ocean Parkway is an express station on the New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line. Located at Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, it is served by the Q train at all times.^[3]

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Brighton Beach End of layup tracks from Brighton Beach Unused trackways to W 8 St lower level to W 8 St upper level

Northern stair

P Platform level	Southbound local	← toward Stillwell Avenue (West 8th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound express	← No regular service
	Northbound express	→ No regular service
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound local	→ toward 57th Street–Seventh Avenue (Brighton Beach) →
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

This elevated station has two island platforms and four tracks with the center express tracks not normally used.^[4] It is built on a decorated masonry viaduct to keep with Ocean Parkway's status as a city parkway. Both platforms have red canopies with black frames and support columns along their entire length except for a section at their east (railroad north) end.

The 1996 artwork here is called Coney Island Reliefs by Deborah Masters. It was installed in 2009 and consists of 128 reliefs on the station's concrete structure.

Between this station and Brighton Beach, two layup tracks begin at bumper blocks adjacent to the platforms and run between the local and express tracks, making this section the only six-track elevated structure in the subway system. The two tracks merge with either adjacent track on approach to Brighton Beach.^[4]

Exits

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks and platforms.

• The full-time one is at the east end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to each eastern corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway.
• The other station house at the west end also has one staircase from each platform, a waiting area/crossunder, and two staircases facing in opposite directions and going down to the northwest corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway. However, it is un-staffed, containing two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles.

History

Southern stair

When the Ocean Parkway station opened on April 22, 1917, it was served only by a single-track shuttle that ran to Brighton Beach, which was the southern terminal for all trains on the Brighton Line.

When West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium opened in 1919, all four tracks were extended west to serve the two-level station. The local tracks remained level and connected to the lower level (which was also served by the IND Culver Line) while the express tracks rose up and connected to the upper level. As a result, all Brighton Line train service was extended to Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue.

A reconfiguration in 1954 resulted in the discontinuation of Brighton Line service on the lower level of West Eighth Street, as well as express service at Ocean Parkway. West of this station, the local tracks merge into the express tracks, which continue to serve the upper level of West Eighth Street. The structures connecting the Brighton Line to the lower level, which the Culver Line continues to serve, remain intact, but are trackless.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
3. "Q Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
4. Marrero, Robert (2015-09-13). "469 Stations, 846 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-10-09.

External links

• nycsubway.org – BMT Brighton Line: Ocean Parkway
• Station Reporter — Q Train
• The Subway Nut — Ocean Parkway Pictures
• Brighton Beach Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• West Brighton Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View