62 Street/New Utrecht Avenue  ​
New York City Subwaystation complex
The station's main headhouse prior to renovation
Station statistics
Address	New Utrecht Avenue & 62nd Street Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bensonhurst,Borough Park
Coordinates	40°37′34″N73°59′52″W / 40.626086°N 73.997887°W /40.626086; -73.997887
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line BMT West End Line
Services	D  (all times) ​  R  (one southbound a.m. rush-hour trip) ​​  N  (all times) ​  W  (selected rush-hour trips)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B9[2]
Levels	2
Other information
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Traffic
2024	1,152,489[3]  4.1%
Rank	266 out of 423[3]
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue station is aNew York City Subwaystation complex shared by the open-cutBMT Sea Beach Line and the elevatedBMT West End Line. It is located at New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street inBorough Park andBensonhurst, Brooklyn, and is served by theD andN trains at all times. During rush hours, severalW trains and one southboundR train also serve this station.

Prior to the rebuilding of the two current subway lines at this location during the 1910s, this location was known asBath Junction. Until then, there was a track connection between the lines, primarily to enable Sea Beach trains to and fromConey Island to access West End Line trackage to reach theBrooklyn Bridge and thePark Row Terminal inLower Manhattan. From 2016 to 2019, the complex underwent an extensive renovation.

Bath Junction was located near the present site of the station. It took the name as arailroadjunction of theNew York & Sea Beach Railway (Sea Beach Line) with theBrooklyn, Bath Coney Island Railroad (West End Line). The NY&SB called the station at the junctionBath Junction, while the BB&CI called itSea Beach Junction. Soon, however, they settled on the common name. Bath Junction was locatedat grade near the currentintersection of New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street.

The junction included a switching track connecting the two lines, so that NY&SB trains might reach the Brooklyn Bridge via the BB&CI tracks. Both lines merged with theBMT Culver Line atNinth Avenue and later theBMT Fifth Avenue Line andBMT Myrtle Avenue Line.

After both lines were rebuilt asrapid transit lines of theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company, the name "Bath Junction" was dropped. A connector was no longer necessary, as the West End Line was able to reach Manhattan on its own, and was not even realistic to plan, as one line dropped into a cut and the other became elevated. The multi-level station complex was created to allow passenger transfer between the two lines.

The West End Line platforms opened on June 24, 1916 along with the first portion of the BMT West End Line from36th Street on theBMT Fourth Avenue Line to18th Avenue station.^[4][5] The line was originally a surface excursion railway toConey Island, called theBrooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad, which was established in 1862, but did not reach Coney Island until 1864.^[6] Under theDual Contracts of 1913, an elevated line was built over New Utrecht Avenue, 86th Street andStillwell Avenue.^[7][8][9]

As of 2018^[update], the complex had 4,673 paying riders on a typical weekday, equating to 1,503,742 total riders in 2018.^[10]

From October 2010 to May 2012, the West End Line station was renovated with two new fare controls, new canopy and platform edges, and repainted side roof and beams.

As part of a renovation project at nine stations along the Sea Beach Line, the Manhattan-bound platform at this Sea Beach Line station was closed from January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017.^[11][12][13] The Coney Island-bound platform was closed from July 31, 2017^[14][15] to July 1, 2019.^[16]

This entire station complex, along with eight other stations along the Sea Beach Line, underwent a rehabilitation involving the installation of 4ADA-accessible elevators from 2015 to July 2019. The transfer between the two stations was closed until July 2019 for installation of the elevators; an out-of-system transfer was provided.^[17][18][19] The project to make the station ADA-accessible was originally proposed to be completed in spring 2019.^[20] At one point, construction was expected to continue until October, but the elevators entered service on July 19, 2019.^[21][22]

Plans for theInterborough Express, alight rail line using theBay Ridge Branch right of way, were announced in 2023.^[23] As part of the project, a light rail station at New Utrecht Avenue has been proposed next to the existing subway station.^[24][25]

2F Platform level	Northbound local	← towardNorwood–205th Street(55th Street)
	Island platform
	Peak-direction express	→ towardBay Parkway (limited rush-hour trips)(Terminus) → (No service northbound:Ninth Avenue)
	Island platform
	Southbound local	→ towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue viaWest End(71st Street) →
1F	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard machines Elevators inside station house at southeast corner of 62nd Street and New Utrecht Avenue
G	Street level	Entrances/exits
B1 Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← towardAstoria–Ditmars Boulevard(Fort Hamilton Parkway) ← toward96th Street (select weekday trips)(Fort Hamilton Parkway) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips)(Fort Hamilton Parkway)
	Reversible express	← No regular service
	Center track	→ Trackbed
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue viaSea Beach(18th Avenue) → → toward86th Street (select weekday trips)(18th Avenue) →
	Side platform

62 Street
View from the southbound platform
Station statistics
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT West End Line
Services	D  (all times) ​  R  (one southbound a.m. rush-hour trip) ​  W  (two southbound a.m. rush-hour trips)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 24, 1916; 109 years ago (1916-06-24)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 55th Street D  towardNorwood–205th Street Local 71st Street D  towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue Ninth Avenue One-way operation no regular service Bay Parkway R  ​W  express
Track layout Legend toNinth Avenue to55th Street to71st Street toBay Parkway
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The62nd Street station is an expressstation on theBMT West End Line that has three tracks and twoisland platforms. Effective June 2025, the middle express track is used by one southboundR train and two southboundW trains during the morning rush hour.^[26][27] The next station to the north is55th Street, while the next station to the south is71st Street.

There are twofare control areas. The full-time side is at 62nd Street (south end of station) and has the transfer to the BMT Sea Beach Line. The part-time side is at 60th Street (north end).^[28] The 60th Street exit is where the famous chase scene in the 1971 filmThe French Connection ends. This side was renovated and isHEET access for most of the day. A booth formerly existed here, but is now mostly empty space in the station house. New windows and lighting restored thismezzanine to good condition. However, the staircases from the street still have wooden boards. The station-house for theBMT Sea Beach Line used to have a newsstand and two additional doors on the left side.

On the street, the southern station entrance is set back from New Utrecht Avenue. It is to the left when facing the Tomche Shabbos food pantry warehouse; there is a small, fenced-in overgrown area separating them, with a small MTA informational sign on the chain link. The station house is also visible from 62nd Street, but there is a small MTA lot for separating street from station, designated for bus turnarounds, MTA maintenance, and MTA employee parking only. A staircase leads to the second floor of the station house, where a covered, open-air passageway provides access the south ends of the elevated platforms.^[28]

New Utrecht Avenue
R46 N train arriving at the southbound platform
Station statistics
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line
Services	N  (all times) ​  W  (selected rush-hour trips)
Structure	Open-cut
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915; 110 years ago (1915-06-22)[29]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Fort Hamilton Parkway N  ​W  towardAstoria–Ditmars Boulevard Local 18th Avenue N  ​W  towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue
Track layout Legend toFort Hamilton Parkway to18th Avenue
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
New Utrecht Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000678[30]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

Northbound platform prior to renovation

Looking west from the same platform, after renovation

TheNew Utrecht Avenue station on the BMT Sea Beach Line has four tracks and twoside platforms. Platform extensions are to the north end of the station and beyond the main staircase. Although most of the station is in anopen cut, both ends of both platforms are underneath tunnels. This segment of the station has been listed on theNational Register of Historic Places since 2005.^[31][32]

Geographically east of the station, a track connection to a siding that served the Rubel Ice Company once existed; this connection was removed in the 1930s. The siding was connected to the Manhattan-bound track.^[33]

The north end has two staircases to the full-time booth, where the transfer to the elevatedBMT West End Line is available. The south end at 15th Avenue and 63rd Street isHEET access and formerly had a booth.^[28] The north end has unusual bricks on the staircase walls, suggesting the staircases were redone when the platform was extended. The original entrance had only one staircase to platform level. After the platform extension, the staircase was redone in a T formation along with the installation of brick walls.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toNew Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street (New York City Subway).

• nycsubway.org –BMT Sea Beach Line: New Utrecht Avenue
• nycsubway.org –BMT West End Line: 62nd Street
• Station Reporter —62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue Complex
• The Subway Nut —New Utrecht Avenue PicturesArchived June 14, 2017, at theWayback Machine
• 62nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 60th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 15th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Sea Beach Line platforms from Google Maps Street View
• West End Line platforms from Google Maps Street View

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