Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street (New York City Subway)

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Coordinates: 40°40′15.44″N, 73°59′29.03″W


Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street
New York City Subway station

Station information
Services	F (all times) D (late nights) M (rush hours until 7:30 p.m.) N (late nights) R (all except late nights)
Other
Borough	Brooklyn

Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IND Culver Line and the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. It is located at the intersection of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, and is served by:

F trains at all times
R trains at all times except late nights
D and N trains late nights
M trains rush hours.

From fare control, which is at street level, sets of stairs lead downstairs to the BMT station. Heading to the IND station, stairs lead to a crossunder which connects both of the IND platforms before leading to the platforms themselves. The station is located at a viaduct and is at level ground. One side of the station is elevated while the other side immediately descends towards the tunnel portal.

1 BMT Fourth Avenue Line platforms
2 IND Culver Line platforms
3 Bus connections
4 References
5 External links

[edit] BMT Fourth Avenue Line platforms

Station information
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	D (late nights) M (rush hours until 7:30 p.m.) N (late nights) R (all except late nights)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other
Opened	September 13, 1915
Next north	Union Street: D M N R
Next south	Prospect Avenue: D M N R

Ninth Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line has four tracks and two side platforms. The northbound platform has one exit to 9th Street and an indoor transfer section that leads upstairs to the 4th Avenue F train station. The southbound platform has two exits, one is a part-time exit/entrance at 9th Street and the other is a full time station booth at 10th Street and 4th Avenue, transferring to the F train at that section.

This station was overhauled in the late 1970s. MTA did fix the station's structure and the overhaul appearance. It replaces the original wall tiles, old signs, and incandescent lighting to the 70's modern look wall tiles, signs and fluorescent lights. It also fixed staircases and platform edges.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] IND Culver Line platforms


Station information
Line	IND Culver Line
Services	F (all times)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other
Opened	October 7, 1933
Next north	Smith–Ninth Streets: F
Next south	Seventh Avenue: F

Fourth Avenue on the IND Culver Line has four tracks and two side platforms, with the express tracks seeing no regular service, although they are used for southbound G trains reversing direction after leaving Smith–Ninth Streets to begin the journey back to Queens.

West of this station is a stub-end reversing spur entered only from this station. It is level, between the two express tracks, while the rest of the line ramps up toward Smith-Ninth Streets. East of this station, the line enters a tunnel towards Seventh Avenue. While this station is elevated and Seventh Avenue is underground, this station is actually at a lower elevation and altitude than Seventh Avenue. The reason why this station is elevated and Seventh Avenue is underground is because Brooklyn's topography slopes downwards towards the west (hence the neighborhood name of Park Slope).

The MTA has announced a three-year rehabilitation of the station from 2009–2012. The arch that crosses Fourth Avenue will be restored, and windows (which were boarded up in the 1970s) will be re-installed. The G service, which currently terminates at Smith–Ninth Streets, will be permanently be extended to Church Avenue, including a new stop at Fourth Avenue.^[1]^[2]