Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line)

The Church Avenue station is an express station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway, located at Church Avenue near East 18th Street in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times and by the B train on weekdays only.

 Church Avenue
 "B" train"Q" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View of the southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressChurch Avenue & East 18th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11226
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleFlatbush
Coordinates40.64966°N 73.963646°W / 40.64966; -73.963646
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Brighton Line
Services   B weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings (weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings)
   Q all times (all times)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B16, B35
StructureOpen-cut
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Other information
Openedoriginal station: July 2, 1878 (1878-07-02)
Rebuiltcurrent station: 1907 (1907)
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
20195,061,013[2]Decrease 1.9%
Rank90 out of 424[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Prospect Park
B Weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings

Express
Newkirk Plaza
B Weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings
Parkside Avenue
Q all times

Local
Beverley Road
Q all times
Location
Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line) is located in New York City Subway
Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line)
Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line) is located in New York City
Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line)
Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line) is located in New York
Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line)
Track layout

Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

History

Early history

The original station at this location was a two-track side platform station that ran south from Church Avenue, whereas the current station runs to the north. At a point about 150 feet (46 m) south of Church Avenue, a clear difference in the form of the concrete retaining wall is visible on both sides of the right-of-way. This marks the point where the original Brighton Beach Line transitioned from an open-cut line depressed below ground level to a surface railroad for the remainder of the run to Coney Island. The line south of this point was converted from a two-track surface line to a four-track grade-separated line in 1907, and the portion north of this point was rebuilt from a two-track open cut to a four-track open cut in 1919.

After August 1, 1920, through service was shifted from the current BMT Franklin Avenue Line to a new subway alignment under Flatbush Avenue, which permitted direct access to Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge and the Montague Street Tunnel.[3]

Renovations

During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Church Avenue, along with those at six other stations on the Brighton Line, were lengthened to 615 feet (187 m) to accommodate a ten-car train of 60 foot (18 m)-long IND cars, or a nine-car train of 67 foot (20 m)-long BMT cars.[4]

In 1981, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[5] In 1982, the MTA began renovating the station.[6]

In 2019, as part of an initiative to increase the accessibility of the New York City Subway system, the MTA announced that it would install elevators at the Church Avenue station as part of the MTA's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[7] In November 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $965 million contract for the installation of 21 elevators across eight stations,[8] including Church Avenue.[9][10]:81 A joint venture of ASTM and Halmar International would construct the elevators under a public-private partnership.[9][10]:80

Station layout

G Street level Entrances/exits, station house and agent, MetroCard machines
P
Platform level
Northbound local "Q" train toward 96th Street (Parkside Avenue)
Island platform
Northbound express "B" train weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (Prospect Park)
Southbound express "B" train weekdays toward Brighton Beach (Newkirk Plaza)
Island platform
Southbound local "Q" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Beverley Road)
Station house

Church Avenue is an open-cut express station with short tunnels at each end to carry the line between cross streets. The station has four tracks and two island platforms.[11] Each platform has two staircases, leading to a station-house at each end.

Exits

There are two exits and entrances to the station, both through station houses.[12] The full-time end of the station is at Church Avenue, to the south. The original station-house was demolished and replaced with the current structure. Plain white tiles dot the interior and exterior of this entrance. There are restrooms inside fare control to the right side.[12] The part-time entrance is at the north end of the station by Caton Avenue and St. Pauls Place, and the station-house there retains the original c.1918 exterior. This end of the station originally had a part-time booth during the morning rush; a high-exit turnstile was open at all other times.[12]

After the 1980s renovation, the station was converted to booth operations from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM every day. All of the platform columns were covered with steel supports during the renovation. At the midpoint, the southbound platform has an abandoned exit to East 18th Street between Church and Caton Avenues. The exterior of the station-house was made with brick and stucco, and was added in the early 1960s. The boarded-up staircase still stands.

Exit location[12] Number of exits Platform served
NW corner of E 18th Street & Church Avenue 1 Both
SE corner of St Pauls Place & Caton Avenue 1 Both

See also

References

  1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. "New Subways Add Seven More Miles to BRT on Aug 1". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 25, 1920. Retrieved August 19, 2016 via newspapers.com.
  4. Annual Report 1964–1965. New York City Transit Authority. 1965.
  5. Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "Agency Lists Its 69 Most Deteriorated Subway Stations". The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  6. Davila, Albert (October 7, 1982). "Rebuilding to shut Marcy Ave. station". New York Daily News. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  7. "MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Press release). New York City. December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  8. Nessen, Stephen (November 28, 2022). "MTA to spend more than $1B on accessibility upgrades". Gothamist. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  9. Brachfeld, Ben (November 29, 2022). "MTA to spend $1 billion on subway, commuter rail accessibility upgrades". amNewYork. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  10. "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting November 2022". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 29, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  11. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 via Google Books.
  12. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Flatbush" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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