Bay 50th Street (BMT West End Line)
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Bay 50th Street |
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New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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Manhattan bound platform
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Address | Bay 50th Street & Stillwell Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11223 |
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Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
Locale | Gravesend | ||||||
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Division | B (BMT) | ||||||
Line | BMT West End Line | ||||||
Services | D (all times) | ||||||
Transit connections | NYCT Bus: B64 | ||||||
Structure | Elevated | ||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
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Opened | December 21, 1917 | ||||||
Traffic | |||||||
Passengers (2015) | 872,953[1] 1.3% | ||||||
Rank | 375 | ||||||
Station succession | |||||||
Next north | 25th Avenue: D | ||||||
Next south | Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue: D | ||||||
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Bay 50th Street is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Bay 50th Street and Stillwell Avenue in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is served by the D train at all times. It is in front of the campus of John Dewey High School and has been adopted by its students as part of the New York City Transit Authority's Adopt-a-Station Program.
Station layout
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound local | ← toward Norwood – 205th Street (25th Avenue) | |
Peak-direction express | → No regular service | |
Southbound local | → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Terminus) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
M | Mezzanine | to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines |
G | Street Level | Entrances/Exits |
This station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is not normally used. The station opened in 1917 as part of the West End elevated structure, which was built by the BMT as part of the Dual Contracts expansion in the 1910s. Platform extensions dating back to the 1960s are visible to the north on the northbound platform and to the south on the southbound platform, providing views of the Coney Island Complex. Track leads from the West End Line to the Coney Island Complex are located both north and south of this station. An abandoned railroad tower is located above the center of the northbound platform; it has been replaced by a modern tower, about 20 feet to the south. South of this station, the center track merges with the other two tracks.
In 2012, the station was rehabilitated with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[2]
In popular culture
Bay 50th Street was the starting point of the classic chase sequence in the 1971 movie The French Connection.
Gallery
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Emergency gate on the southbound side of Bay 50th Street
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Powerhouse, track to Coney Island Yard, and street stair
References
External links
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- Station Reporter — D Train
- Bay 50th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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