The 50th Street station is a local station on the

BMT West End Line The BMT West End Line is a line of the New York City Subway, serving the Brooklyn communities of Sunset Park, Borough Park, New Utrecht, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Coney Island. The D train operates local on the entire line at all times. A ...

of the

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, located at the intersection of 50th Street and New Utrecht Avenue in

Borough Park, Brooklyn Borough Park (also spelled Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by Bensonhurst to the south, Dyker Heights to the southwest, Sunset Park to the west, ...

. It is served by the D train at all times. The station opened in 1916, and had its platforms extended in the 1960s.

History

50th Street station opened on June 24, 1916, along with the first portion of the BMT West End Line from 36th Street on the

BMT Fourth Avenue Line The BMT Fourth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway, mainly running under Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. The line is served by the D, N, and R at all times; the R typically runs local, while the D and N run express duri ...

to 18th Avenue station. The line was originally a surface excursion railway to

Coney Island Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach to its east, L ...

, called the

Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad The West End Line or New Utrecht Avenue Line was a surface transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along New Utrecht Avenue and other streets between Coney Island and Sunset Park. Built by the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney I ...

, which was established in 1862, but did not reach Coney Island until 1864. Under the

Dual Contracts The Dual Contracts, also known as the Dual Subway System, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The contracts were signed on March 19, 1913, by the Interborough Ra ...

of 1913, an elevated line was built over New Utrecht Avenue, 86th Street and

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. The platforms at the station were extended in the 1960s to to accommodate ten-car trains.

Station layout

This elevated station has three tracks and two

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s. The D train stops here at all times, and the center express track is not normally used in service. The platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green frames at their center and waist-high black steel fences at either ends. They are offset as the

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-bound platform is more to the north than the

-bound one and both have electrical distribution rooms at either ends.

Exits

The station's only entrance is via an elevated station house beneath the tracks that has four street stairs, two to either side of New Utrecht Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets. The station house has cherry red doors, a clad wood trim exterior, and beige interior. There are also glass block windows and heaters. The

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consists of a token booth,

turnstile A turnstile (also called a turnpike, gateline, baffle gate, automated gate, turn gate in some regions) is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. A turnstile can be configured to enforce one-way human traffic. In addition, a t ...

bank, waiting area, and two staircases to each platform at their center.

References

External links

* * Station Reporter �
D Train
* The Subway Nut �
50th Street Pictures

50th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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