86th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

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Coordinates: 40°37′21.70″N, 74°1′42.18″W


86th Street
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	R (all times)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other
Borough	Brooklyn
Opened	April 14, 1916
Next north	77th Street: R
Next south	Bay Ridge–95th Street: R

86th Street is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 86th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It serves the 86th Street shopping area for Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton.

There are two tracks and a single island platform. The principal entrance, at the south end of the station, is from 86th Street and Fourth Avenue. Stairs lead down to a fare control area and mezzanine, which has historically had a modest retail space (used for a grocery/department store as of August 2006). An additional entrance is located at the station's north end, at 85th Street.

The station was built to allow expansion it to a four-track express station, possibly serving a connection to Staten Island. The present platform is located where the northbound tracks would be, and there is unused additional mezzanine space hidden behind doors that are normally closed.

In 2007, Congressman Vito Fossella and State Senator Marty Golden secured funding for an $8.5 million renovation, to be finished in 2010.^[1] The plans call for repairing staircases, new tiling for walls and floors, as well as installing ADA-compliant yellow safety treads along the platform edges.