45th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

45th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	45th Street & Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Sunset Park
Coordinates	40°38′58.01″N 74°0′33.77″W / 40.6494472°N 74.0093806°W / 40.6494472; -74.0093806Coordinates: 40°38′58.01″N 74°0′33.77″W / 40.6494472°N 74.0093806°W / 40.6494472; -74.0093806
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	N  (late nights)       R  (all times)       W  (limited rush hour service only)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B63 (on Fifth Avenue)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915 (1915-06-22)[1]
Station code	033[2]
Wireless service	[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	2,228,315[4]  4%
Rank	223 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	36th Street: N  R  W
Next south	59th Street (local): N  R  W  53rd Street (local): ZZZtemporarily closed for renovation
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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45th Street is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 45th Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, it is served by the R train at all times, several W trains during rush hours, and the N train during late nights only.^[5][6]

History

This station opened on June 22, 1915 as part of the initial portion of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line to 59th Street, two stations to the south from here.^[1]

Station layout

Track layout
to 36 St to 53 St

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward 71st Avenue (Whitehall Street late nights) (36th Street) ← late nights, rush hours toward Ditmars Boulevard (36th Street)
	Northbound express	← does not stop here
	Southbound express	→ does not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward 95th Street (59th Street) → → toward Stillwell Avenue late nights (59th Street) → → toward 86th Street–Gravesend rush hours (59th Street) → Temporarily closed, no service: 53rd Street
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Eastern street stair

This underground station has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center tracks are used by N trains during daytime hours. The platforms are offset as the Manhattan-bound platform is more to the north than the Bay Ridge-bound one.^[7]

This station was overhauled in the late 1970s. The Transit Authority repaired the station's structure and appearance, particularly the staircases and platform edges. The overhaul also replaced the original wall tiles, trim line, signs, and incandescent lighting with cinder block tiles (colored gray with dark gray indentation), black and white signs, and fluorescent lights.

On the platforms, street signs and arrows leading to the station's exits are painted white on the wall tiles. Columns run along the entire length of both platforms and are painted dark blue. Every other column has a "45 Street" sign on it in black with white text. All are round except for the ones near the staircases to the station's main entrance, which was where the platforms were extended in the 1960s. These columns are I-beams.

Exits

The station's main entrance is a mezzanine above the platforms and tracks at the south end. It has two staircases to the Manhattan-bound platform and one to the Bay Ridge-bound one at the extreme south end, a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases to the northern corners of 45th Street and 4th Avenue.^[8] The mezzanine contains some of the original mosaic directional and arrow signs. The one by the staircases to the southbound platform says "Down Town trains" while the one by the Manhattan-bound platform staircases says "Up Town Trains."

The southbound platform formerly had an exit-only at the center that led to 46th Street. Evidence of this includes a gated door on the platform wall and adjacent "EXIT" signs.

References

External links

• nycsubway.org – BMT 4th Avenue: 45th Street
• Station Reporter — R Train
• The Subway Nut — 45th Street Pictures
• 45th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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	71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street–Northern Boulevard Queens Plaza Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street South Ferry–Whitehall Street Court Street Jay Street–MetroTech DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street Ninth Street Prospect Avenue 25th Street 36th Street–Fourth Avenue 45th Street 53rd Street 59th Street–Fourth Avenue Bay Ridge Avenue 77th Street 86th Street Bay Ridge–95th Street
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