86th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = 86th Street
font_color = black
font_color_2 = black
bg_color = #FFC800


line = BMT Fourth Avenue Line
service = Fourth far south
platforms = 1 island platform
tracks = 2
borough = Brooklyn
open_date = April 14, 1916
north_station = 77th Street
north_line = BMT Fourth Avenue Line
north_service = Fourth far south
south_line = BMT Fourth Avenue Line
south_station = Bay Ridge–95th Street
south_service = Fourth far south

86th Street is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 86th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It serves the 86th Street shopping area for Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton.

There are two tracks and a single island platform. The principal entrance, at the south end of the station, is from 86th Street and Fourth Avenue. Stairs lead down to a fare control area and mezzanine, which has historically had a modest retail space (used for a grocery/department store as of August 2006). An additional entrance is located at the station's north end, at 85th Street.

The station was built to allow expansion it to a four-track express station, possibly serving a connection to Staten Island. The present platform is located between what would be the two southbound tracks, and there is unused additional mezzanine space hidden behind doors that are normally closed.

In 2007, Congressman Vito Fossella and State Senator Marty Golden secured funding for an $8.5 million renovation, to be finished in 2010. [ [http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=5&aid=66252 NY1: Transit ] ] The plans call for repairing staircases, new tiling for walls and floors, as well as installing ADA-compliant yellow safety treads along the platform edges.

Bus connections

*B16 to Borough Park, Windsor Terrace and Prospect Park
*B64 to Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Coney Island via 86 Street & Bath Avenue
*S53 to Port Richmond
*S79 to Staten Island Mall by Hylan Boulevard
*S93 to College of Staten Island during weekday rush hours

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?216:404|BMT 4th Avenue|86th Street
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/rtrain.htm R Train]

References