86th Street (BMT Sea Beach Line)
86th Street | |||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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South end | |||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||
| Address |
86th Street & West Seventh Street Brooklyn, NY 11223 | ||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
| Locale | Gravesend | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°35′33.56″N 73°58′41.74″W / 40.5926556°N 73.9782611°WCoordinates: 40°35′33.56″N 73°58′41.74″W / 40.5926556°N 73.9782611°W | ||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||
| Line | BMT Sea Beach Line | ||||||
| Services |
N  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit connections |
 New York City Bus: B1, B4 | ||||||
| Structure | Open-cut | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Opened | June 22, 1915[1] | ||||||
| Former/other names | Gravesend – 86th Street | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| Passengers (2014) |
837,472[2]  4.5% | ||||||
| Rank | 379 out of 421 | ||||||
| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north |
Avenue U: N | ||||||
| Next south |
Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue: N | ||||||
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86th Street is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 86th Street and West Seventh Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn. This station is served by the N train at all times.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Entrances/Exits |
| M | Station house | to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard (Avenue U) | |
| Northbound express | ← No regular service | |
| Southbound express | → No regular service | |
| Southbound local | → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Terminus) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
 Southbound platform |
The station has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are not normally used, but both are available for rerouted trains. To the south of the station, the four tracks merge into two tracks and there is a connection to the Coney Island Complex. As of 2013, the Manhattan and Coney Island express tracks have been replaced with new track beds and new third rail protection boards.
History
The station opened on June 22, 1915, as part of an expanded Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company operation to Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue.[1] Between 2001 and 2005, the station was known as Gravesend – 86th Street when N trains originated/terminated here while the Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue terminal was reconstructed.
This station, along with eight others along the Sea Beach Line, is scheduled for a rehabilitation starting in 2015.[3] The Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed on January 18, 2016, with an expected reopening in spring 2017.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 22, 1915. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ↑ "Two elevators coming to the N line during massive rehabilitation". October 4, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- ↑ "N Line Sea Beach - 2016". web.mta.info. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- "9 Brooklyn N train stations to shut down for 14 months". am New York. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- Katinas, Paula (2014-12-18). "Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 86th Street (BMT Sea Beach Line). |
- nycsubway.org—BMT Sea Beach Line: 86th Street
- Station Reporter — N Train
- The Subway Nut — 86th Street Pictures
- 86th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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