Fourth Avenue / Ninth Street (New York City Subway)

Fourth Avenue / Ninth Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station complex
Station statistics
Address Fourth Avenue & Ninth Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Park Slope, Gowanus
Division B (BMT/IND)
Line BMT Fourth Avenue Line
IND Culver Line
Services       D  (late nights)
      F  (all times)
      G  (all times)
      N  (late nights)
      R  (all except late nights)
Connection
Levels 2
Other information
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 3,672,622[1]  5.1%
Rank 125 out of 422

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

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BMT Fourth Avenue Line platforms

Ninth Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Platform towards Manhattan
Station statistics
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services       D  (late nights)
      N  (late nights)
      R  (all except late nights)
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened September 13, 1915; 96 years ago (September 13, 1915)
Station succession
Next north Union Street: D  N  R 
Next south Prospect Avenue: D  N  R 

Ninth Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, opened on September 13, 1915, is a local station that has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are used by the D and N trains at all times except late nights, when they replace the R as the local along Fourth Avenue. A black and white curtain wall separates the local and express tracks.

Both platforms have cinder-block tiles installed during a 1970s renovation that replaced the original mosaic trim line and name tablets. They are colored white except for the areas that have the stations signs. In this case, they are colored yellow. Beige columns run along both platforms at either ends where they were extended in the 1960s to accommodate lengthened trains.

Each platform has one same-level fare control area in the middle. The one on the Manhattan-bound platform has a turnstile bank, token booth, and one staircase going up to the northeast corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue. This fare control area still has the station's original trim line with "9" tablets at regular intervals. The fare control area on the Bay Ridge-bound platform is unstaffed, containing one High Entry/Exit Turnstile and one exit-only turnstile and a staircase to the northwest corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue.

The Bay-Ridge bound platform has a staircase at the extreme south end going up to the fare control area of Fourth Avenue on the IND Culver Line. The Manhattan-bound platform has a staircase at the same location going up to a now-closed entrance/exit of the IND station, where two staircases go up to either IND platforms.


IND Culver Line platforms

Fourth Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Division B (IND)
Line IND Culver Line
Services       F  (all times)
      G  (all times)
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened October 7, 1933; 78 years ago (October 7, 1933)
Station succession
Next north Carroll Street: F  G 
(Smith–Ninth Streets: ZZZclosed for construction)
Next south

Seventh Avenue: F  G 
4th Avenue Station (IND)
MPS: New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference#: 05000673[2]
Added to NRHP: July 6, 2005

Fourth Avenue, opened on October 7, 1933, is a local station on the IND Culver Line that has four tracks and two side platforms. The center express tracks are not used in regular service.

Both platforms have tan brick windscreens and column-less cantilevered windscreens along their entire lengths except for a small portion of the west (railroad north) end. The station has a crew quarters structure over both platforms which is constructed of brick with evidence of covered windows.

This station's fare control area is at street level underneath the platforms and tracks and built within the viaduct's concrete structure. Two staircases from each platform near their east end go down to a balcony (where mosaics reading "MEN" and "WOMEN" for two now-closed restrooms are visible) before three staircases go down to the turnstile bank. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two sets of entry/exit doors, one to the west side of Fourth Avenue directly underneath the viaduct and the other to the north side of Tenth Avenue. Both entrances have their original lit-up IND "SUBWAY" sign while mosaic direction tiles reading "To Coney Island" and "To Manhattan" are in the mezzanine.

The fare control area has a single staircase going down to the extreme south end of the Bay Ridge-bound platform of Ninth Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. The extreme east (railroad south) ends of each platform have a single staircase going down to a now-abandoned entry/exit that led to the east side of Fourth Avenue underneath the viaduct at ground level. Another staircase goes down to the Manhattan-bound platform of Ninth Street. The staircase and mezzanine areas have tile accents of green.

West of this station is a stub-end reversing spur entered only from this station. It remains level between the two express tracks while the other tracks ramp up towards Smith–Ninth Streets. East of this station, the line enters a tunnel towards Seventh Avenue. That station is underground, but at a higher altitude than this elevated station due to the steep slope of the land (hence the neighborhood name of Park Slope).

In 2007, the MTA announced a three-year renovation project of the elevated Culver Viaduct.[3] The work area covers from south of Carroll Street station to south of Church Avenue station. Reconstruction began in 2008 and will last into 2012.

References

  1. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-02. 
  2. ^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov. Retrieved December 24, 2011. 
  3. ^ McLaughlin, Mike (November 24, 2007). "Fix for Fourth Avenue station looks F’ing great". The Brooklyn Paper. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/46/30_46finggreat.html. Retrieved 2007-11-27. 

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