50 Street
View of the Brooklyn-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	50th Street, 12th Avenue & New Utrecht Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Borough Park
Coordinates	40°38′10″N73°59′42″W / 40.63611°N 73.99498°W /40.63611; -73.99498
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT West End Line
Services	D  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B11 Private Transportation Co.:B110
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 24, 1916 (109 years ago) (1916-06-24)
Traffic
2024	767,871[2]  1.9%
Rank	334 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Fort Hamilton Parkway towardNorwood–205th Street Local 55th Street towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue and do not stop here
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toFort Hamilton Parkway to55th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

The50th Street station is a localstation on theBMT West End Line of theNew York City Subway, located at the intersection of 50th Street, 12th Avenue and New Utrecht Avenue inBorough Park, Brooklyn. It is served by theD train at all times. The station opened in 1916, and had its platforms extended in the 1960s.

50th Street station 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.^[3][4] 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.^[5] Under theDual Contracts of 1913, an elevated line was built over New Utrecht Avenue, 86th Street andStillwell Avenue.^[6][7][8]

The platforms at the station were extended in the 1960s to 615 feet (187 m) to accommodate ten-car trains.^[9]

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← towardNorwood–205th Street(Fort Hamilton Parkway)
	Peak-direction express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue(55th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent,OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Entrance/exit

This elevated station has three tracks and twoside platforms. TheD train stops here at all times, and the center express track is not normally used in service.^[10][11]

The platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green frames at their center and waist-high black steel fences at either end.^[12][13] They are offset; theManhattan-bound platform is more to the north than theConey Island-bound one and both have electrical distribution rooms at either end.

The station's only entrance is via an elevated station house beneath the tracks that has four street stairs, two to either side of New Utrecht Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets. The station house has cherry red doors, a clad wood trim exterior, and beige interior. There are also glass block windows and heaters. Thefare control consists of a token booth,turnstile bank, waiting area and two staircases to each platform at their center.^[14]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to50th Street (BMT West End Line).

• nycsubway.org –BMT West End Line: 50th Street
• Station Reporter —D Train
• The Subway Nut —50th Street PicturesArchived 2017-06-14 at theWayback Machine
• 50th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

• BMT West End Line stations
• New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916
• 1916 establishments in New York City
• Borough Park, Brooklyn

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