The Ocean Parkway station is an express station on the

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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 joine ...

. It is located at Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway in

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

History

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When the Ocean Parkway station opened on April 22, 1917, it was served only by a single-track shuttle that ran to

, which was the southern terminal for all trains on the Brighton Line. When the West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station opened in 1919, all four tracks were extended west to serve the two-level station. The local tracks remained at the same elevation and connected to the lower level (which was also served by the IND Culver Line) while the express tracks rose up and connected to the upper level. As a result, all Brighton Line service was extended to

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. A reconfiguration in 1954 resulted in the discontinuation of Brighton Line service on the lower level of West Eighth Street, as well as express service at Ocean Parkway. West of this station, the local tracks merge into the express tracks, which continue to serve the upper level of West Eighth Street. The structures connecting the Brighton Line to the lower level, which the Culver Line continues to serve, remain intact, but are trackless. The station was closed in August 2002 in conjunction with the reconstruction of the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal. Service was restored on May 23, 2004.

Station layout

This elevated station has two curved

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s and four tracks with the center express tracks not normally used. It is built on a decorated

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to keep with Ocean Parkway's status as a city

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. Both platforms have red canopies with black frames and support columns along their entire length except for a section at their east (railroad north) end. The station is geographically the closest Brighton Line station to the Brighton and Coney Island beaches, with the beachfront located roughly away from the station. The 1996 artwork here is called ''Coney Island Reliefs'' by Deborah Masters. It was installed in 2009 and consists of 128 reliefs on the station's concrete structure. Between this station and

, two layup tracks begin at

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s adjacent to the platforms and run between the local and express tracks, making this section the only six-track elevated structure in the subway system. The two tracks merge with either adjacent track on approach to Brighton Beach.

Exits

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks and platforms. * The full-time one is at the east end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a

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bank provides entrance/exit from the station. Outside

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, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to each eastern corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway. * The other station house at the west end also has one staircase from each platform, a waiting area/crossunder, and two staircases facing in opposite directions and going down to the northwest corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway. However, it is un-staffed, containing two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles.

Gallery

File:BMT Brighton Line - North of Ocean Parkway Station.webm, Looking eastward, toward

station File:BMT Brighton Line Ocean Parkway Station platform.jpg, From northbound platform, looking toward

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File:BMT Brighton Line - Ocean Parkway, Manhattan Bound platform.jpg, From northbound platform, looking eastward File:Ocean Parkway day vc.jpg, Driver cab's view, made during the Brighton train parade File:Ocean Parkway exit vc.jpg, One of the station entrances

References

External links

* * Station Reporter �
Q Train
* The Subway Nut �
Ocean Parkway Pictures

Brighton Beach Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

West Brighton Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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