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Exit-only stair at 68th Street |
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| Address | Bay Ridge Avenue & Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Bay Ridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Fourth Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | R (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 13, 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 2,483,394[1] 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 184 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | 59th Street: R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | 77th Street: R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bay Ridge Avenue is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Bay Ridge Avenue and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It is served by the R train at all times.
This station has two tracks and two side platforms with space for an additional trackway under the northbound platform. The station's mezzanine is above the platforms with two staircases leading to each. Outside of the turnstile bank and token booth, two staircases lead to either southern corners of Bay Ridge and Fourth Avenues.
The 95th Street-bound platform has an additional exit-only near the north end. A single-platform level turnstile leads to a small landing, where a double-flight staircase goes up to the northwest corner of 68th Street and Bay Ridge Avenue.
This station was overhauled in the late 1970s, which included fixing the station's structure and overall appearance. The original trim lines were replaced with gray and blue cinderblock tiles. The staircases were repaired and new platform edges were installed.
The blue cinderblock field contains the station signs and white text pointing to the exits. The landing in the exit-only is the only area in the station that contains the original 1915 trim line with "B.R." tiled on it.
Only the 95th Street-bound platform has columns. All are painted blue and except towards either ends (where the platform was extended to accommodate ten-car trains). Those are in the standard I-beams. All columns have "Bay Ridge Av" signs on them.
North of this station the subway is carried in the lower deck of a bridge (Fourth Avenue) over the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch cut,[2] and here it can be seen that the bridge has four trackways of which only the western two are used. The tunnel leading up to each side of the bridge was built for two tracks only.