Bay Parkway (BMT West End Line)

Bay Parkway
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Bay Parkway & 86th Street Brooklyn, NY 11214
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bensonhurst, Bath Beach
Coordinates	40°36′10″N 73°59′39″W / 40.602655°N 73.994293°W / 40.602655; -73.994293Coordinates: 40°36′10″N 73°59′39″W / 40.602655°N 73.994293°W / 40.602655; -73.994293
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT West End Line
Services	D  (all times)
Connection	New York City Bus: B1, B6, B82
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	December 29, 1916 (1916-12-29)
Accessible
Former/other names	Bay Parkway – 22nd Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	2,362,284[1]  2.8%
Rank	210 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	20th Avenue (local): D  62nd Street (express): no regular service
Next south	25th Avenue (local): D  Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (express): no regular service
Next north	Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center: D
Next south	Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue: D
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)
Bay Parkway Station (Dual System BRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000670[2]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

Bay Parkway (formerly Bay Parkway – 22nd Avenue) is an express station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn at the intersection of Bay Parkway and 86th Street. The station is served by the D train at all times.

This elevated station, opened on December 29, 1916, has two island platforms and three tracks. The center track is not normally used in revenue service. Both platforms have brown canopies with green frames and support columns in their center as well as wooden benches surrounded by green windscreens. On either sides, there are windscreen-style station signs and round lampposts. There is a railroad tower at either end of the station.

This station has one metal station house with concrete floors below the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and four staircases going down to all corners of Bay Parkway and 86th Street. The station house formerly had windows on all four sides. However, all of them except the ones on the west side have been covered with tar.

Northwestern arch

This station was the terminus for the M train from 1987 to 2010 during rush hours. Although both platforms had signs indicating M trains used the center express track, they actually operated from local track because there are no switches north of the station to allow trains to switch to the express track. South of the platforms, two diamond crossovers were used for M trains to relay or be stored on the center track before switching to the Manhattan-bound local one for the trip northbound.

A concrete structure was built over the steel at this station. On July 6, 2005, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 2012, the station was rehabilitated and three passenger elevators (one from each platform to the mezzanine, and one from the mezzanine to street level) were added with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.^[3]

Station layout

P Platform level	Northbound local	← toward Norwood – 205th Street (20th Avenue)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service (No service: 62nd Street (north) or Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (south))
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (25th Avenue) →
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines (Elevator on NW corner of Bay Parkway and 86th Street)
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

Gallery

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  Southeastern street stair

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  The Bay Parkway station as seen from the 20th Avenue station down the line

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  One of three new elevators

References

External links

Media related to Bay Parkway (BMT West End Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org—BMT West End Line: Bay Parkway
• Station Reporter — D Train
• Bay Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View

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