36th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

36th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address	36th Street & Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11232
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Sunset Park
Coordinates	40°39′16″N 74°00′16″W / 40.65445°N 74.00455°WCoordinates: 40°39′16″N 74°00′16″W / 40.65445°N 74.00455°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	D  (all times)       N  (all times)       R  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B70
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	4,138,929[1]  4.2%
Rank	121 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	25th Street (local): D  N  R  Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (express): D  N  (Terminal): R
Next south	45th Street (local): N  R  59th Street (express): N  R  Ninth Avenue (West End): D  Ninth Avenue (Culver): no regular service
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only
Location

36th Street is an express station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 36th Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P Platform level	Northbound local	← toward Norwood – 205th Street, toward Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard (late nights) (25th Street) ← toward Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (25th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound express	← toward Norwood – 205th Street (Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center) ← toward Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard (Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center) ← alighting passengers only (late nights)
	Southbound express	→ toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue via West End (Ninth Avenue) → → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue via Sea Beach (59th Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (late nights) (Ninth Avenue (D) or 45th Street (N)) → → toward Bay Ridge – 95th Street (45th Street) →

Station entrance

36th Street is an express station with four tracks and two island platforms. R trains provide local service, while D and N trains run express (except during nights when they replace R trains). During nights, this station is the northern terminal for the R shuttle to Bay Ridge – 95th Street. South of here, N and R trains continue on Fourth Avenue, while D trains diverge east onto the BMT West End Line.

This is one of two "36th Street" stations served by the R train. The other is 36th Street on the IND Queens Boulevard Line.

This station opened on June 22, 1915.^[2][2]

The station was overhauled from 1996 to 1998. The changes included rebuilt staircases, retiled walls, new tiling on the floors, upgrading the station's lights, installing ADA yellow safety treads along the platform edge, new track-beds for local and express trains and also installing some artwork around the entrance.

There was another mezzanine somewhere south of the present station, but it was closed, "stranded," and converted into a relay room when the present ramps from the West End Line were built and the station was extended northward.

Proposed subway under 40th Street

There are three abandoned trackways south of 36th Street station. One trackway merges with the southbound local track, and the other two trackways are south of the tracks that ramp up to the BMT West End Line. The triple trackway ramps down to a lower level, under the mainline tracks, and curves slightly east before ending. On the main track level, a bellmouth going east is visible from a Manhattan-bound local train,^[3] just south of this station. When the subway was planned as part of the Triborough System, use of the South Brooklyn cut was not anticipated, and instead a four-track subway was to be built in 40th Street to reach the equivalent of the Culver and West End lines. The unused junction is to the east side of Fourth Avenue.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes". http://bklyn.newspapers.com. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 22, 1915. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPjuw5I22To&feature=related The bellmouth can be seen at 58 seconds (0:58) into this video, just before the 36th Street Station.

External links

• nycsubway.org—BMT 4th Avenue Line: 36th Street
• Station Reporter — D Train
• Station Reporter — N Train
• Station Reporter — R Train
• The Subway Nut — 36th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 36th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
• 36th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View