36 Street  ​​​​
R46N train arriving at the southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	36th Street & Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Sunset Park
Coordinates	40°39′15″N74°00′16″W / 40.65417°N 74.00444°W /40.65417; -74.00444
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	D  (all times) ​  N  (all times) ​  R  (all times) ​  W  (limited rush hour service only)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B70;B37(onThird Avenue);B63(on Fifth Avenue)B35 (on 39th St)[2]
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915 (110 years ago) (1915-06-22)
Accessible	notADA-accessible; currently undergoing renovations for ADA access
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Traffic
2024	3,587,714[3]  3.7%
Rank	93 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center D  ​N  northbound Ninth Avenue D  ​R  ​W  towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue Express 59th Street N  towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue 25th Street D  ​N  ​R  ​W  towardForest Hills–71st Avenue Local 45th Street N  ​R  ​W  towardBay Ridge–95th Street
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toAtlantic Avenue–Barclays Center to25th Street toNinth Avenue Unused 40 St trackways to45th Street to59th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The36th Street station is an expressstation on theBMT Fourth Avenue Line of theNew York City Subway, located at 36th Street and Fourth Avenue inSunset Park, Brooklyn. It is served by theD,N, andR trains at all times.^[4] During rush hours, a limited amount ofW trains also serve this station.

The 36th Street station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, which was approved in 1905. Construction on the segment of the line that includes 36th Street started on December 10, 1909, and was completed in October 1912. The station opened on June 22, 1915, as part of the initial portion of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line to59th Street. The station's entrances were relocated in 1929, and the platforms were lengthened during a renovation in 1968–1970. The station was renovated again in 1996–1997, and it is planned to receive elevators as part of theMetropolitan Transportation Authority's 2020–2024 Capital Program.

The 36th Street station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, the plan for which was initially adopted on June 1, 1905.^[5] The Rapid Transit Commission was succeeded on July 1, 1907, by theNew York State Public Service Commission (PSC), which approved the plan for the line in late 1907.^[6][7] The contract for the section of the line that included the 36th Street station, Route 11A4, which extended from 27th Street to 43rd Street, was awarded on May 22, 1908, to the E.E. Smith Construction Company for $2,769.913.97 (equivalent to $96,937,000 in 2024). TheNew York City Board of Estimate approved the contract on October 29, 1909.^[6][8] Construction on the segment started on December 10, 1909, and was completed in October 1912.^[5]

As part of negotiations between New York City, theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT), and theInterborough Rapid Transit Company for the expansion of the city's transit network, the line was leased to a subsidiary of the BRT. The agreement, known as Contract 4 of theDual Contracts, was signed on March 19, 1913.^[6] 36th Street opened on June 22, 1915, as part of an extension of the subway toConey Island, which included the Fourth Avenue Line north of59th Street as well as the entireSea Beach Line.^[9][10] The station's opening was marked with a competition between two trains heading fromChambers Street station in Manhattan to the Coney Island station, one heading via theWest End Line and the other via the Sea Beach Line; the latter got to Coney Island first.^[10] As part of the Dual Contracts, the original southern half of the station was closed to make room for an above-ground connection to the BMT West End Line, and a new northern half was constructed.^[11] As an express station, the station was originally 480 feet (150 m) to accommodate eight-car trains.^[12]

In 1915, the Sunset Park Civic Association petitioned for the construction of an entrance to the station from 33rd Street and Fourth Avenue.^[13] This request was turned down by the New York State Transit Commission.^[14] In 1929, the entrances to the station, along with those at Pacific Street and 59th Street, were relocated from the center median of Fourth Avenue to the sidewalks to accommodate the widening of the street.^[15][16] In December 1934, a request to construct an additional entrance to the station was brought before the Public Service Committee of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Bush Terminal.^[17]

The city government took over the BMT's operations on June 1, 1940.^[18][19] In July 1959, theNew York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) announced that it would installfluorescent lighting at the 36th Street station and five other stations along the Fourth Avenue Line for between $175,000 and $200,000. Bids on the project were to be advertised on August 7, 1959, and completed by fall 1960.^[20]

In the 1960s, theNew York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) started a project to lengthen station platforms on its lines in Southern Brooklyn to 615 feet (187 m) to accommodate 10-car trains.^[21] On July 14, 1967, the NYCTA awarded a contract to conduct test borings at eleven stations on the Fourth Avenue Line, including 36th Street, to the W. M. Walsh Corporation for $6,585 (equivalent to $62,097 in 2024) in preparation of the construction of platform extensions.^[22] The NYCTA issued an invitation for bids on the project to extend the platforms at stations along the Fourth Avenue Line betweenPacific Street and 36th Street, on March 28, 1969.^[23] Funding for the renovation projects came out of the NYCTA's 1969–1970 Capital Budget, costing $8,177,890 (equivalent to $70,121,000 in 2024) in total.^[24]

In June 1980, new telephones were installed on the platform at this station and nine others in Brooklyn, following a request by theNew York City Council for their installation in crime-prone subway stations.^[25] The MTA added funding for a renovation of the 36th Street station to its 1980–1984 capital plan in 1983.^[26] In April 1993, theNew York State Legislature agreed to give the MTA $9.6 billion for capital improvements. Some of the funds would be used to renovate nearly one hundred New York City Subway stations,^[27][28] including 36th Street.^[29] The station was overhauled from 1996 to 1997;^[30] as part of the renovation, the walls were re-tiled.^[31] It also included an art installation by Owen Smith called An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders. It features ceramic mosaics on mezzanine and stairway walls, and depicts the workers that have made the subway system possible.^[32]

In May 2018,New York City Transit Authority PresidentAndy Byford announced his subway and bus modernization plan, known as Fast Forward, which included making an additional 50 stations compliant with theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990 during the 2020–2024Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Capital Program to allow most riders to have an accessible station every two or three stops.^[33][34] The draft 2020–2024 Capital Program released in September 2019 included 66 stations that would receive ADA improvements, including 36th Street.^[35][36][37] A contract for two elevators at the station was awarded in December 2023.^[38]

A request for proposals was put out on May 18, 2023 for the contract for a project bundle to make 13 stations accessible, including 36th Street.^[39] The contract to add two elevators at the station was awarded in December 2023.^[40] The MTA announced in 2025 that a customer service center would open at the station.^[41]

During the morning rush houron April 12, 2022, 62-year-old Frank James threwsmoke bombs and shot multiple people on a train entering the station;^[42] the attack injured 29 people.^[43][44]

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent
Platform level	Northbound local	← towardForest Hills–71st Avenue (Whitehall Street–South Ferry late nights)(25th Street) ← towardNorwood–205th Street late nights(25th Street) ← towardAstoria–Ditmars Boulevard late nights(25th Street) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips)(25th Street)
	Island platform
	Northbound express	← toward Norwood–205th Street(Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard(Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center) ← toward96th Street (select weekday trips)(Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center)
	Southbound express	→ towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue viaWest End(Ninth Avenue) → → toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue viaSea Beach(59th Street) →
	Island platform
	Southbound local	→ towardBay Ridge–95th Street(45th Street) → → toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue viaWest End late nights(Ninth Avenue) → → toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue viaSea Beach late nights(45th Street) → → toward86th Street (select weekday trips)(45th Street) →

36th Street is an express station with four tracks and twoisland platforms.R andW trains provide local service, whileD andN trains run express, except during nights when they also run local. South of here, N, R, and W trains continue on Fourth Avenue, while D trains diverge east onto theBMT West End Line.^[11] The next station to the north is25th Street for local trains andAtlantic Avenue–Barclays Center for express trains. The next station to the south is45th Street for local trains,59th Street for expressN trains, andNinth Avenue for West EndD, ​R, and ​W trains.^[45] This is one of two "36th Street" stations served by the R train; the other is36th Street on theIND Queens Boulevard Line.^[45]

The platforms were originally located further south, and there were two mezzanines, one at either end of the station, the southern exit being near 39th Street. When the West End Line was built, the entire station was shifted northward, and the original southern mezzanine was isolated and closed off. However, the southern mezzanine is still intact; it was converted to a signal relay room and can be reached by an intact stairway in the tunnel. At the south end of the current platforms is the original northern mezzanine at 36th Street.^[46]

The station's only two exits are from the openmezzanine above the tracks at the very south end of the station. Outsidefare control, two street stairs lead to the northwest corner of 4th Avenue and 36th Street. Another street stair leads to the northeast corner.^[47]

There are three abandoned trackways south of the 36th Street station. One trackway merges with the southbound local track, and the other two trackways are south of the tracks that ramp up to theBMT West End Line. The triple trackway ramps down to a lower level, under the mainline tracks, and curves slightly east before ending. On the main track level, abellmouth going east is visible from a Manhattan-bound local train,^[48] just south of this station. When the subway was planned as part of the Triborough System, planners did not anticipate usingSouth Brooklyn Railway's right-of-way near 39th Street, and instead a four-track subway was to be built under 40th Street to reach what is now the Culver and West End lines. The unused junction is to the east side of Fourth Avenue.^[11]

• Green-Wood Cemetery^[47]
• Industry City^[47]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to36th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org –BMT 4th Avenue Line: 36th Street
• Station Reporter —D Train
• Station Reporter —N Train
• Station Reporter —R Train
• The Subway Nut —36th Street PicturesArchived July 6, 2020, at theWayback Machine
• MTA's Arts For Transit —36th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
• 36th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View

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