86th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

86th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	86th Street & Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11209
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bay Ridge
Coordinates	40°37′21.70″N 74°1′42.18″W / 40.6226944°N 74.0283833°W / 40.6226944; -74.0283833Coordinates: 40°37′21.70″N 74°1′42.18″W / 40.6226944°N 74.0283833°W / 40.6226944; -74.0283833
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	R  (all times)
Connection	New York City Bus: B1, B16, B63 (on Fifth Avenue), S53, S79 SBS, S93
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 14, 1916 (1916-04-14)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	3,753,132[1]  2.5%
Rank	137 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	77th Street: R
Next south	Bay Ridge – 95th Street: R
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

86th Street is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 86th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It is served by the R train at all times.

This underground station, opened on April 14, 1916, has two tracks and a single island platform. The platform and mezzanines above have dark green columns, some of which have the standard black station name plate with white lettering. The track walls are fully black with dark green and brown paint except for a small section at the extreme north end, where they have white tiling. The platform has several employee-facilities that have a mosaic trim line.

This station has two entrance/exits. The full-time one is at the south end. Two staircases from the platform go up to a mezzanine that has a turnstile bank and bodega within fare control. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going up to either southern corners of 86th Street and Fourth Avenue. The station's other fare control area is unstaffed. Two staircases from the platform, one of which is now closed, go up to a mezzanine that has two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles and a single staircase going up to the southwest corner of 85th Street and Fourth Avenue. Both mezzanines have their original mosaic trim line.

The station was originally planned to be a four-track express station. The platform is located between what would be the two southbound tracks as north of this station, the current southbound track swings out around the platform while the northbound one remains straight. There are also large portions of the mezzanines that are now used for employees only.

This station was the original terminal for the BMT Fourth Avenue Line until Bay Ridge – 95th Street opened in 1925.

In 2007, then-13th District Congressman Vito Fossella and 22nd District State Senator Marty Golden secured funding for an $8.5 million renovation, to be finished in 2010.^[2] The plans call for repairing staircases and installing new tiling for walls and floors as well as ADA-compliant yellow safety treads along the platform edges.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
B2	Northbound	← toward Forest Hills – 71st Avenue, (36th Street late nights) (77th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→ toward Bay Ridge – 95th Street (Terminus) →

References

External links

Media related to 86th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org—BMT 4th Avenue: 86th Street
• Station Reporter — R Train
• The Subway Nut — 86th Street Pictures
• 86th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 85th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View