The Beverley Road station is a local station on the

BMT Brighton Line The BMT Brighton Line, also known as the Brighton Beach Line, is a rapid transit line in the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. Local service is provided at all times by the Q train, but is joined ...

of the New York City Subway. It is located over a private right-of-way at Beverly Road between Marlborough Road/East 15th Street and East 16th Street in the neighborhood of

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. The station is served by the Q train at all times.

History

The original station at this location was opened around 1900 as a two-track street-level

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station running south from a grade crossing at Beverley Road. The station was established to serve the then-new upscale planned community of

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. The current station house and below-grade platforms were completed at the end of 1907, and have been on the

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since 2004. During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Beverley Road, along with those at six other stations on the Brighton Line, were lengthened to to accommodate a ten-car train of -long IND cars, or a nine-car train of -long BMT cars.

Station layout

This open-cut station has four tracks and two

s, typical for a New York City Subway local station. This station is spelled with three "e"s, unlike its Nostrand Avenue IRT counterpart, which is spelled with two, reflecting the original spelling of the street's name. The 1907 station-house was the focus of an early 1990s in-house renovation. Sitting on the

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portion of the Brighton Line, another gentle curve to the right is at the far north end along with clearly visible platform extensions, allowing passengers to watch trains between Church Avenue and Cortelyou Road.

Exit

The station's sole entrance is through a station house at Beverly Road between Marlborough Road and East 16th Streets. The station-house features artwork called ''Garden Stops'' by Patsy Norvell, which has etched images of leaves on the glass windows inside

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facing the south. The artwork can be seen from both inside the mezzanine and while standing on either platform to the south; this artwork is also visible at the neighboring Cortelyou Road station. Colors at this station are green and beige.

References

External links

* * Station Reporter �
Q train
* The Subway Nut �
Beverley Road Pictures
* MTA's Arts For Transit �

* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.644357,-73.96451&spn=0,359.986567&z=17&lci=transit&layer=c&cbll=40.644342,-73.964629&panoid=IdKHRs41b4NxrppofPfmIw&cbp=12,149.53,,0,7.66 Beverley Road entrance from Google Maps Street View]
Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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