25 Avenue
 "D" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform view
Station statistics
Address25th Avenue & 86th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11214
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBensonhurst, Gravesend, Bath Beach
Coordinates40°35′52″N 73°59′12″W / 40.5977°N 73.98679°W / 40.5977; -73.98679
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT West End Line
Services   D all times (all times)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B1, B3, B4
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedJuly 29, 1916 (1916-07-29)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2022870,160[2] Increase 29.6%
Rank304 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Bay Parkway
toward Norwood–205th Street
Local		 Bay 50th Street
toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location
25th Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
25th Avenue station
25th Avenue station is located in New York City
25th Avenue station
25th Avenue station is located in New York
25th Avenue station
Track layout

to Bay Parkway
to Bay 50th Street
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The 25th Avenue station is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn at the intersection of 25th Avenue and 86th Street, on the border of the Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and Gravesend neighborhoods of Brooklyn. This station is served by the D train at all times.

History

Street stair
Sign on the mesh windscreen

25th Avenue opened on July 29, 1916, as the terminal station of an extension of the BMT West End Line from 18th Avenue. With the completion of the line to Coney Island on July 21, 1917, this station ceased to be the line's terminus.

The line was originally a surface excursion railway to Coney Island, called the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad, which was established in 1862, but did not reach Coney Island until 1864.[3] Under the Dual Contracts of 1913, an elevated line was built over New Utrecht Avenue, 86th Street and Stillwell Avenue, replacing the surface railway.[4]

The platforms were extended in the 1950s to accommodate the current standard B Division train length of 615 feet (187 m).

In the 1980s, this station was adopted by students of Lafayette High School as part of New York City Transit's "Adopt a Station" program.

In 2012, the station was rehabilitated with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[5]

The 2012 artwork at this station is Rediscovery by Amy Cheng. It is composed of four laminated glass windscreens of imaginary land- and skyscapes.[6]

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Northbound local ← "D" train toward Norwood–205th Street (Bay Parkway)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Southbound local → "D" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Bay 50th Street) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Entrance/exit

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is not normally used. This station has four stairs to the street and one from the mezzanine to each platform.

Exits

The station's only exits are from a mezzanine beneath the tracks. From there, stairways lead to all four corners of 86th Street and 25th Avenue.[7]

The station was pictured in the 1971 film The French Connection.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Opening of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad" (PDF). The New York Times. June 9, 1864. p. 2. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (January 1, 1917). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York.
  5. ↑ Nunez, Jenifer (August 3, 2012). "MTA completes seven station rehabilitation projects along D Line". Railway Track & Structures. Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ "25th Avenue - Amy Cheng - Rediscovery, 2012". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  7. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Coney Island" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Filming Locations for The French Connection (1971)". movie-locations.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
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