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36th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

For other uses, see36th Street (disambiguation).

The36th Street stationis an expressstationon theBMT Fourth Avenue Lineof theNew York City Subway,located at 36th Street and Fourth Avenue inSunset Park, Brooklyn.It is served by theD,N,andRtrains at all times.[4]During rush hours, a limited amount ofWtrains also serve this station.

36 Street
"D" train​​"N" train​​"R" train
New York City Subwaystation (rapid transit)
Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address36th Street & Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleSunset Park
Coordinates40°39′15″N74°00′16″W/ 40.65417°N 74.00444°W/40.65417; -74.00444
DivisionB(BMT)[1]
LineBMT Fourth Avenue Line
ServicesDall times(all times)
​Nall times(all times)
​Rall times(all times)
​Wlimited rush hour service only(limited rush hour service only)
TransitBus transportNYCT Bus:B70;B37(onThird Avenue);B63(on Fifth Avenue)B35(on 39th St)[2]
StructureUnderground
Platforms2island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedJune 22, 1915(109 years ago)(1915-06-22)
AccessiblenotADA-accessible;accessibility planned
AccessibilityCross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20233,458,960[3] Increase8.4%
Rank92 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City SubwayNew York City Subway Following station
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
Dall except late nights​Nall except late nights
northbound
 Ninth Avenue
Dall times
towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue

Express 		59th Street
Nall times except late nights
towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue
25th Street
Dlate nights​Nlate nights, and limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction​Rall times​Wlimited rush hour service only
towardForest Hills–71st Avenue
Local 		45th Street
Nlate nights, and limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction​Rall times​Wlimited rush hour service only
towardBay Ridge–95th Street
Location
36th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
36th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
36th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) is located in New York City
36th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
36th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) is located in New York
36th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
Track layout

Legend
toAtlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
to25th Street
toNinth Avenue
Unused 40 St
trackways
to45th Street
to59th Street
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The 36th Street station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, which was approved in 1905. Construction on the segment of the line that includes 36th Street started on December 10, 1909, and was completed in October 1912. The station opened on June 22, 1915, as part of the initial portion of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line to59th Street.The station's entrances were relocated in 1929, and the platforms were lengthened during a renovation in 1968–1970. The station was renovated again in 1996–1997, and it is planned to receive elevators as part of theMetropolitan Transportation Authority's 2020–2024 Capital Program.

History

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Construction

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The 36th Street station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, the plan for which was initially adopted on June 1, 1905.[5]The Rapid Transit Commission was succeeded on July 1, 1907, by theNew York State Public Service Commission(PSC), which approved the plan for the line in late 1907.[6][7]The contract for the section of the line that included the 36th Street station, Route 11A4, which extended from 27th Street to 43rd Street, was awarded on May 22, 1908, to the E.E. Smith Construction Company for $2,769.913.97 (equivalent to $93,931,000 in 2023). TheNew York City Board of Estimateapproved the contract on October 29, 1909.[6][8]Construction on the segment started on December 10, 1909, and was completed in October 1912.[5]

As part of negotiations between New York City, theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company(BRT), and theInterborough Rapid Transit Companyfor the expansion of the city's transit network, the line was leased to a subsidiary of the BRT. The agreement, known as Contract 4 of theDual Contracts,was signed on March 19, 1913.[6]36th Street opened on June 22, 1915, as part of an extension of the subway toConey Island,which included the Fourth Avenue Line north of59th Streetas well as the entireSea Beach Line.[9][10]The station's opening was marked with a competition between two trains heading fromChambers Street stationin Manhattan to the Coney Island station, one heading via theWest End Lineand the other via the Sea Beach Line; the latter got to Coney Island first.[10]As part of the Dual Contracts, the original southern half of the station was closed to make room for an above-ground connection to the BMT West End Line, and a new northern half was constructed.[11]As an express station, the station was originally 480 feet (150 m) to accommodate eight-car trains.[12]

Modifications and later changes

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1910s to 1930s

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In 1915, the Sunset Park Civic Association petitioned for the construction of an entrance to the station from 33rd Street and Fourth Avenue.[13]This request was turned down by the New York State Transit Commission.[14]In 1929, the entrances to the station, along with those at Pacific Street and 59th Street, were relocated from the center median of Fourth Avenue to the sidewalks to accommodate the widening of the street.[15][16]In December 1934, a request to construct an additional entrance to the station was brought before the Public Service Committee of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Bush Terminal.[17]

1940s to 1990s

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The city government took over the BMT's operations on June 1, 1940.[18][19]In July 1959, theNew York City Transit Authority(NYCTA) announced that it would installfluorescent lightingat the 36th Street station and five other stations along the Fourth Avenue Line for between $175,000 and $200,000. Bids on the project were to be advertised on August 7, 1959, and completed by fall 1960.[20]

In the 1960s, theNew York City Transit Authority(NYCTA) started a project to lengthen station platforms on its lines in Southern Brooklyn to 615 feet (187 m) to accommodate 10-car trains.[21]On July 14, 1967, the NYCTA awarded a contract to conduct test borings at eleven stations on the Fourth Avenue Line, including 36th Street, to the W. M. Walsh Corporation for $6,585 (equivalent to $60,172 in 2023) in preparation of the construction of platform extensions.[22]The NYCTA issued an invitation for bids on the project to extend the platforms at stations along the Fourth Avenue Line betweenPacific Streetand 36th Street, on March 28, 1969.[23]Funding for the renovation projects came out of the NYCTA's 1969–1970 Capital Budget, costing $8,177,890 (equivalent to $67,946,000 in 2023) in total.[24]

In June 1980, new telephones were installed on the platform at this station and nine others in Brooklyn, following a request by theNew York City Councilfor their installation in crime-prone subway stations.[25]The MTA added funding for a renovation of the 36th Street station to its 1980–1984 capital plan in 1983.[26]In April 1993, theNew York State Legislatureagreed to give the MTA $9.6 billion for capital improvements. Some of the funds would be used to renovate nearly one hundred New York City Subway stations,[27][28]including 36th Street.[29]The station was overhauled from 1996 to 1997;[30]as part of the renovation, the walls were re-tiled.[31]It also included an art installation by Owen Smith called An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders. It features ceramic mosaics on mezzanine and stairway walls, and depicts the workers that have made the subway system possible.[32]

2000s to present

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In May 2018,New York City Transit AuthorityPresidentAndy Byfordannounced his subway and bus modernization plan, known as Fast Forward, which included making an additional 50 stations compliant with theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990during the 2020–2024Metropolitan Transportation Authority(MTA) Capital Program to allow most riders to have an accessible station every two or three stops.[33][34]The draft 2020–2024 Capital Program released in September 2019 included 66 stations that would receive ADA improvements, including 36th Street.[35][36][37]A contract for two elevators at the station was awarded in December 2023.[38]

A request for proposals was put out on May 18, 2023 for the contract for a project bundle to make 13 stations accessible, including 36th Street.[39]The contract to add two elevators at the station was awarded in December 2023.[40]

During the morning rush houron April 12, 2022,62-year-old Frank James threwsmoke bombsand shot multiple people on a train entering the station;[41]the attack injured 29 people.[42][43]

Station layout

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Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
Platform
level 		Northbound local ←towardForest Hills–71st Avenue(Whitehall Street–South Ferrylate nights)(25th Street)
←towardNorwood–205th Streetlate nights(25th Street)
←towardAstoria–Ditmars Boulevardlate nights(25th Street)
←toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips)(25th Street)
Island platform
Northbound express ←toward Norwood–205th Street(Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center)
←toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard(Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center)
←toward96th Street(select weekday trips)(Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center)
Southbound express →towardConey Island–Stillwell AvenueviaWest End(Ninth Avenue)→
→toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue viaSea Beach(59th Street)→
Island platform
Southbound local →towardBay Ridge–95th Street(45th Street)→
→toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue viaWest Endlate nights(Ninth Avenue)→
→toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue viaSea Beachlate nights(45th Street)→
→toward86th Street(select weekday trips)(45th Street)→
Station entrance

36th Street is an express station with four tracks and twoisland platforms.RandWtrains provide local service, whileDandNtrains run express, except during nights when they also run local. South of here, N, R, and W trains continue on Fourth Avenue, while D trains diverge east onto theBMT West End Line.[11]The next station to the north is25th Streetfor local trains andAtlantic Avenue–Barclays Centerfor express trains. The next station to the south is45th Streetfor local trains,59th Streetfor expressNtrains, andNinth Avenuefor West EndDtrains.[44]This is one of two "36th Street" stations served by the R train; the other is36th Streeton theIND Queens Boulevard Line.[44]

The platforms were originally located further south, and there were two mezzanines, one at either end of the station, the southern exit being near 39th Street. When the West End Line was built, the entire station was shifted northward, and the original southern mezzanine was isolated and closed off. However, the southern mezzanine is still intact; it was converted to a signal relay room and can be reached by an intact stairway in the tunnel. At the south end of the current platforms is the original northern mezzanine at 36th Street.[45]

Exits

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The station's only two exits are from the openmezzanineabove the tracks at the very south end of the station. Outsidefare control,two street stairs lead to the northwest corner of 4th Avenue and 36th Street. Another street stair leads to the northeast corner.[46]

Proposed subway under 40th Street

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There are three abandoned trackways south of the 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 theBMT 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, abellmouthgoing east is visible from a Manhattan-bound local train,[47]just south of this station. When the subway was planned as part of the Triborough System, use of the South Brooklyn (SBK) 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.[11]

Nearby points of interest

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References

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