Beverley Road (BMT Brighton Line)
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Beverley Road |
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New York City Subway station |
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| Line | BMT Brighton Line |
| Services | Q  (all times) |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 4 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Opened | original station: c. 1900 current station: 1907 |
| Next north | Church Avenue: Q |
| Next south | Cortelyou Road: Q |
Beverley Road is a local station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over private right-of-way at Beverley Road between Marlborough Road (East 15th Street) and East 16th Street in the neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn.
The original station at this location was opened c.1900 as a two-track street-level side-platform station running south from a grade crossing at Beverley Road. The station was established to serve the then-new upscale planned community of Prospect Park South. The current station house and below-grade platforms were completed at the end of 1907.
This station is spelled with three "e"s, unlike its Nostrand Avenue counterpart, which is spelled with two. The 1907 stationhouse was the focus of an early 1990s in-house renovation. Sitting on the open cut portion of the Brighton Line, another gentle curve to the right is at the far north end along with clearly visible platform extensions, allowing passengers to watch trains between Church Avenue to Newkirk Avenue. The stationhouse features artwork called Garden Stops by Patsy Norvell, which has etched images of leaves on the glass windows inside the fare control facing the south. The artwork can be seen from both inside the mezzanine and while standing on either platform to the south of it. A very intriguing secret of this station is the emergency exit on the southbound platform; a small ladder leads to a manhole cover at sidewalk level across the street from the stationhouse. Colors at this station are green and beige.
The northbound platform of Cortelyou Road, the next station south, is less than 600 feet away from Beverley Road's platform. This is the shortest distance between stations in the entire system. It is possible for a full length train to successfully use both platforms for an emergency exit. The first car would be on one station, while the last car would be on the other station, although only the first and last pair of doors of the entire train would be platformed. The stations were placed so close together because the Beverley Road station served Prospect Park South while the Avenue C (Cortelyou Road) station served a business commercial avenue.
