Sheepshead Bay (BMT Brighton Line)

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Coordinates: 40°35′14″N 73°57′12″W / 40.587168, -73.953266


Sheepshead Bay
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	BMT Brighton Line
Services	B (weekdays until 9:30 p.m.) Q (all times)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other
Borough	Brooklyn
Opened	1908
Next north	Neck Road (local): Q Kings Highway (express): B
Next south	Brighton Beach: B Q

Sheepshead Bay is an express station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn.

This station was renovated by New York City Transit’s in-house MOW forces in 1997-98. The full time entrance at Sheepshead Bay Road and East 16th Street has a "Welcome to Sheepshead Bay" sign next to the doors along with two circular windows that allow you to peek from the outside and see the mezzanine and vice-versa. A bench sits facing fare control here and has two overhead heaters that provide comfort during the winter months. This side has two stairs to each platform. Prior to the renovation, there was a small passageway behind the booth area that led to a restaurant and small arcade of stores. It is now sealed.

The part time entrance is at Voorhies Avenue at the very south end of the platforms and each has one staircase to the mezzanine. This side has a booth that is open only during weekday mornings and is HEET access other times. Both mezzanines have BMT fax style directional mosaics tablets that says "To Manhattan" and "To Coney Island."

The platforms curve to the west at the south end and were extended to the north on both sides. There is clear evidence of this extension by looking underneath the platforms. This station originally was a terminal stop as the extension to Brighton Beach was not built until 1917. Outside and to the east of the Voorhies Avenue side entrance, there is a pedestrian overpass running alongside the Manhattan-bound side of line, but it only crosses the Belt Parkway to the south side.

The 1998 artwork here is called Postcards from Sheepshead Bay by Deborah Goletz. Made of ceramic tile, it draws the faces and life on the "Bay" (as Brooklyn residents call it short for Sheepshead Bay). The three artwork designs are a diner, some people wearing 17th century clothing near a boat dock, and a fisherman. A closer examination of the tile band at the mezzanine level has seashells and Pisces fish.

The station was featured in the film version of Glengarry Glen Ross.