Ocean Parkway (BMT Brighton Line)

Ocean Parkway (BMT Brighton Line)
Ocean Parkway
NYCS Q
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Q-OceanPlat.jpg
Station statistics
Address Ocean Parkway & Brighton Beach Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Brighton Beach
Coordinates 40°34′35″N 73°58′07″W / 40.576252°N 73.968587°W / 40.576252; -73.968587Coordinates: 40°34′35″N 73°58′07″W / 40.576252°N 73.968587°W / 40.576252; -73.968587
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Brighton Line
Services       Q all times (all times)
Connection
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks 4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened April 22, 1917
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 1,057,060[1] increase 8.6%
Rank 345 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Brighton Beach (local): Q all times
Brighton Beach (express): no regular service
Next south West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium: Q all times

Ocean Parkway is an express station on the New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line. Located at Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, it is served by the Q train at all times.

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Layout

This elevated station has two island platforms and four tracks with the center express tracks not normally used. It is built on a decorated masonry viaduct to keep with Ocean Parkway's status as a city parkway. Both platforms have red canopies with black frames and support columns along their entire length except for a section at their east (railroad north) end.

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks and platforms. The full time one is at the east end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to each eastern corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway.

The other station house at the west end also has one staircase from each platform, a waiting area/crossunder, and two staircases facing in opposite directions and going down to the northwest corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway. However, it is un-staffed, containing two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles.

The 1996 artwork here is called Coney Island Reliefs by Deborah Masters. It was installed in 2009 and consists of 128 reliefs on the station's concrete structure.

Between this station and Brighton Beach, two layup tracks begin at bumpers adjacent to the platforms and run between the local and express tracks, making this section the only six-track elevated structure in the subway system. The two tracks merge with either adjacent tracks on approach to Brighton Beach.

History

When Ocean Parkway opened on April 22, 1917, it was served only by a single-track shuttle that ran to Brighton Beach, which was the southern terminal for all trains on the Brighton Line.

When West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium opened in 1919, all four tracks were extended west to serve the two-level station. The local tracks remained level and connected to the lower level (which was also served by the IND Culver Line) while the express tracks rose up and connected to the upper level. As a result, all Brighton Line train service was extended to Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue.

A reconfiguration in 1954 resulted in the discontinuation of Brighton Line service on the lower level of West Eighth Street as well as express service at Ocean Parkway. East of this station, the local tracks merge into the express tracks, which continues to serve to upper level of West Eighth Street. The structures connecting the Brighton Line to the lower level, which the Culver Line continues to serve, remain intact, but are trackless.

References

  1. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 

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