New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street (New York City Subway)

New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station complex
Station statistics
Address	New Utrecht Avenue & 62nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11219
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bensonhurst, Borough Park
Coordinates	40°37′34″N 73°59′52″W / 40.626086°N 73.997887°W / 40.626086; -73.997887Coordinates: 40°37′34″N 73°59′52″W / 40.626086°N 73.997887°W / 40.626086; -73.997887
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line BMT West End Line
Services	D  (all times)       N  (all times)       W  (selected rush-hour trips)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B9
Levels	2
Other information
Station code	615[1]
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; currently undergoing renovations for ADA access
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	1,784,812 (station complex)[2]  3.9%
Rank	273 out of 422
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the open-cut BMT Sea Beach Line and the elevated BMT West End Line. It is located at New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street in Brooklyn, in the neighborhood of Bensonhurst, and is served by the D and N trains at all times, as well as by some W trains during rush hours.

Prior to the rebuilding of the two current subway lines at this location during the second decade of the 20th century, this location was known as Bath Junction. Until that time, there was a track connection between the lines, primarily to enable Sea Beach trains to and from Coney Island to access West End Line trackage to reach the Brooklyn Bridge and the Park Row elevated lines terminal in downtown Manhattan.

This entire station complex, along with eight other stations along the Sea Beach Line, is scheduled for a rehabilitation, which began in 2015 with 4 ADA-accessible elevators.^[3]

History

Bath Junction was located near the present site of the station. It took the name as a railroad junction of the New York & Sea Beach Railway (Sea Beach Line) with the Brooklyn, Bath Coney Island Railroad (West End Line). The NY&SB called the station at the junction Bath Junction, while the BB&CI called it Sea Beach Junction. Soon, however, they settled on the common name. Bath Junction was located at grade near the current intersection of New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street.

The junction included a switching track connecting the two lines, so that NY&SB trains might reach the Brooklyn Bridge via the BB&CI tracks. Both lines merged with the BMT Culver Line at Ninth Avenue and later the BMT Fifth Avenue Line and BMT Myrtle Avenue Line.

After both lines were rebuilt as rapid transit lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, the name Bath Junction was dropped. A connector was no longer necessary, as the West End Line was able to reach Manhattan on its own, and was not even realistic to plan, as one line dropped into a cut and the other became elevated. The multi-level station complex was created to allow passenger transfer between the two lines.

In 1985, this station had only 189 paying daily riders on a typical weekday, not counting farebeaters, making it one of the least used stations in the system.^[4] As of 2016, the station had 5,602 paying riders on a typical weekday,^[5] equating to 1,784,812 total riders in 2016.^[2]

Station layout

2F Platform level	Northbound local	← toward Norwood–205th Street (55th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service (No service: Ninth Avenue (north) or Bay Parkway (south))
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via West End (71st Street) →
1F	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits
B1 Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (Fort Hamilton Parkway)
	Reversible express	← do not stop here →
	Center track	→ Trackbed
	Southbound local	→ No service (18th Avenue)
	Side platform, being renovated until Fall 2018

BMT West End Line platforms

62nd Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT West End Line
Services	D  (all times)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 24, 1916 (1916-06-24)
Station code	063[1]
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; currently undergoing renovations for ADA access
Station succession
Next north	Ninth Avenue (express): no regular service 55th Street (local): D
Next south	71st Street (local): D  Bay Parkway (express): no regular service
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

Track layout
to 9 Av to 55 St to 71 St to Bay Pkwy

62nd Street is an express station on the BMT West End Line that opened on June 24, 1916 as the terminal station of the first phase of the opening of the West End Line.^[6][7]

The station has three tracks and two island platforms. The middle express track is only used for re-routings and non-revenue movements.

Exits

There are two fare control areas. The full-time side is at 62nd Street (south end of station) and has the transfer to the BMT Sea Beach Line. The part-time side is at 60th Street (north end).^[8] The 60th Street exit is where the famous chase scene in the 1971 film, The French Connection ends. This side was renovated and is HEET access for most of the day. A booth formerly existed here, but is now mostly empty space in the station house. New windows and lighting restored this mezzanine to good condition. However, the staircases from the street still have wooden boards. The station-house for the BMT Sea Beach Line used to have a newsstand and two additional doors on the left side. From October 2010 to May 2012, this station was renovated with two new fare controls, new canopy and platform edges, and repainted side roof and beams.

On the street, the southern station entrance is set back from New Utrecht Avenue. It is to the left when facing the Tomche Shabbos food pantry warehouse; there is a small, fenced-in overgrown area separating them, with a small MTA informational sign on the chain link. The station house is also visible from 62nd Street, but there is a small MTA lot for separating street from station, designated for bus turnarounds, MTA maintenance, and MTA employee parking only. A staircase leads to the second floor of the station house, where one may use a covered, open-air passageway to reach the west end of the Sea Beach platform.^[8]

BMT Sea Beach Line platforms

New Utrecht Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Eastern end of platforms
Station statistics
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line
Services	N  (all times)       W  (selected rush-hour trips)
Structure	Open-cut
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915 (1915-06-22)[9]
Station code	073[1]
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; currently undergoing renovations for ADA access
Station succession
Next north	Fort Hamilton Parkway: N  W
Next south	18th Avenue: ZZZtemporarily closed for renovation
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
New Utrecht Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000678[10]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

Track layout
to Ft Hamilton Pkwy to 18 Av

Northbound platform

New Utrecht Avenue on the BMT Sea Beach Line has four tracks and two side platforms. Platform extensions are to the north end of the station and beyond the main staircase. Although most of the station is in an open cut, both ends of both platforms are underneath tunnels. This segment of the station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2005.^[11]

As part of a renovation project at nine stations along the Sea Beach Line, the Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed from January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017.^[12][13] The Coney Island-bound platforms closed on July 31, 2017, with an expected reopening in Fall 2018.^[14][15]

Exits

The north end has two staircases to the full-time booth, where the transfer to the elevated BMT West End Line is available. The south end at 15th Avenue and 63rd Street is HEET access and formerly had a booth.^[8] The north end has unusual bricks on the staircase walls, suggesting the staircases were redone when the platform was extended. The original entrance had only one staircase to platform level. After the platform extension, the staircase was redone in a T formation along with the installation of brick walls.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street (New York City Subway).

• nycsubway.org – BMT Sea Beach Line: New Utrecht Avenue
• nycsubway.org – BMT West End Line: 62nd Street
• Station Reporter — 62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue Complex
• The Subway Nut — New Utrecht Avenue Pictures
• 62nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 60th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 15th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Sea Beach Line platforms from Google Maps Street View
• West End Line platforms from Google Maps Street View

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