The 20th Avenue station is a local station on the

BMT Sea Beach Line The BMT Sea Beach Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, connecting the BMT Fourth Avenue Line at 59th Street via a four-track wide open cut to Coney Island in Brooklyn. It has at times hosted the fastest ...

of the New York City Subway, located on 20th Avenue between 63rd and 64th Streets in the

Bensonhurst Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bordered on the northwest by 14th Avenue, on the northeast by 60th Street, on the southeast by Avenue P and 22n ...

neighborhood of

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

. It is served by the N train at all times. During rush hours, several W and northbound Q trains also serve the station.

Station layout

This

open-cut In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock from a relative rise along a route is removed. The term is also used in river management to speed a waterway's flow by short-cutting a meander. Cuts are typically used in road, rail, ...

station opened on June 22, 1915. It has four tracks and two

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

s, but the two center express tracks are not normally used. The Coney Island-bound express track has been disconnected from the line and the

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

-bound track is signaled for trains in both directions. Both platforms are carved within the Earth's crust and made of concrete. They have beige walls and columns (the columns having previously painted blue-green), and the station signs are the standard black plates in white lettering. There are also some old lights that are out of use, and 1960s-era benches. 20th Avenue

By September 2013, the Coney Island-bound tracks had been replaced with a new trackbed and rubber board protection. From January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed for renovations. The Coney Island-bound platform was closed for a much longer period of time, from July 31, 2017 to July 1, 2019. The 2019 artwork here is called ''Sea City Spin'' by David Storey. It features abstract glass mosaics based on Storey's experience of riding the BMT Sea Beach Line.

Exit

This station has one entrance/exit towards the east ( railroad south) end. Two staircases from each platform go up to an enclosed concrete crossover before a set of doors lead to the waiting area of the stucco and

tile Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or o ...

station house. Outside the

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 ...

bank, there is a token booth and a set of doors leading to the east side of the 20th Avenue overpass/tunnel above the platforms and tracks.

Notes

References

External links

* * Station Reporter �
N Train
* The Subway Nut �
20th Avenue Pictures

20th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{DEFAULTSORT:20th Avenue (Bmt Sea Beach Line) BMT Sea Beach Line stations New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn New York City Subway stations located in an open cut Railway stations in the United States opened in 1915 1915 establishments in New York City Bensonhurst, Brooklyn