20th Avenue (BMT West End Line)

20th Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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Station statistics
Address	20th Avenue & 86th Street Brooklyn, NY 11214
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bensonhurst, Bath Beach
Coordinates
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT West End Line
Services	D  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B1
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	September 15, 1916  (1916-09-15)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,592,525  1.8%
Rank	300
Station succession
Next north	18th Avenue: D
Next south	Bay Parkway: D
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

20th Avenue is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 20th Avenue and 86th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. It is served by the D train at all times.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Norwood – 205th Street (18th Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Bay Parkway) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

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Southwestern stair

This elevated station, which opened on September 15, 1916, has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is not normally used. The Coney Island-bound platform is slightly to the south of the Manhattan-bound platform, which accounts for the locations where the platforms were extended in the 1960s.

Both platforms have beige windscreens along their entire length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns in the center. The exposed section of the platforms have black, full-height lampposts at regular intervals. The station signs are in the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and four staircases going down to all corners of 20th Avenue and 86th Street.

In 2012, the station was rehabilitated with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

External links

• nycsubway.org—BMT West End Line: 20th Avenue
• Station Reporter — D Train
• 20th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 20th Avenue at TheSubwayNut