The Fort Hamilton Parkway station is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in

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at the intersection of Fort Hamilton Parkway and New Utrecht Avenue, in the neighborhood of Borough Park. It is served by the D train at all times. The station opened in 1916, and had its platforms extended in the 1960s.

History

Fort Hamilton Parkway 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, 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

Stillwell Avenue Stillwell Avenue is a major two-way north/south thoroughfare in southern Brooklyn and the central section of Coney Island. It is long and begins at a dead end at Riegelmann Boardwalk on Coney Island. The road goes north, leaving Coney Island, ...

. 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 slightly offset

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. The D train stops here at all times, and the center express track is not normally used in service. Both platforms have cream-colored windscreens and red canopies, both supported by green frames and columns, for most of their centers. Their ends have steel waist-high fencing. The station's artwork, installed during a 2012 renovation, is called ''Gardens of Fort Hamilton Parkway Station'' by Portia Munson. It consists of stained glass murals on the platform windscreens depicting various plants.

Exits

This station has two station houses beneath the platforms and tracks. The full-time one is at the south end. It has two staircases to each platform, a waiting area/crossunder, turnstile bank, token booth, and staircases going down to either northern corners of New Utrecht Avenue and 45th Street. The northern station house is abandoned. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a walkway on either side of the building, where a turnstile provides access to and from the station. Two staircases go down to either side of New Utrecht Avenue between 44th and 43rd Streets.

References

External links

* * Station Reporter �
D Train
* The Subway Nut �
Fort Hamilton Parkway Pictures

45th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

44th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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