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| Address | Avenue P & McDonald Avenue Brooklyn, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Midwood,Gravesend,Bensonhurst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°36′31.46″N73°58′22.85″W / 40.6087389°N 73.9730139°W /40.6087389; -73.9730139 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerlyBMT)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IND Culver Line BMT Culver Line (formerly) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 16, 1919 (106 years ago) (1919-03-16)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 522,593[3]  3% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 381 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheAvenue P station is a localstation on theIND Culver Line of theNew York City Subway. It is served by theF train at all times and the<F> train during rush hours in the peak direction.
This station opened at 3:00 a.m. on March 16, 1919, as part of the opening of the first section of the BMT Culver Line. The initial section began at theNinth Avenue station and ended at theKings Highway station.[2][4] The line was operated as a branch of theFifth Avenue Elevated line, with a free transfer at Ninth Avenue to theWest End Line into theFourth Avenue Subway. The opening of the line resulted in reduced travel times between Manhattan and Kings Highway. Construction on the line began in 1915, and cost a total of $3.3 million.[5][6][7][8] Trains from this station began using the Fourth Avenue Subway to theNassau Street Loop inLower Manhattan when that line opened on May 30, 1931.[9] The Fifth Avenue Elevated was closed on May 31, 1940, and elevated service ceased stopping here.[10][11] On October 30, 1954,[10][12] the connection between the IND South Brooklyn Line at Church Avenue and the BMT Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue opened. With the connection completed, all service at the stations on the former BMT Culver Line south of Ditmas Avenue, including this one, were from then on served byIND trains.[13]
From June 1968[14] to 1987, express service on the elevated portion of the line from Church Avenue toKings Highway operated in the peak direction (to Manhattan AM; to Brooklyn PM), with some F trains running local and some running express. During this time period, this station was used as a local station.[15][16] Express service ended in 1987, largely due to budget constraints and complaints from passengers at local stations. Express service on the elevated Culver Line was ended due to necessary structural work, but never restored.[15][16][17]
From June 7, 2016, to May 1, 2017, the southbound platform at this station was closed for renovations.[18] The Manhattan-bound platform was closed for a longer period of time, from May 22, 2017 until July 30, 2018.[19][20]
| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Northbound local | ← towardJamaica–179th Street(Avenue N) | |
| Peak-direction express | No regular service | |
| Southbound local | towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue(Kings Highway) → | |
| Side platform | ||
| Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent,MetroCard andOMNY machines | |
| Ground | Street level | Entrance/exit |
This elevated station has twoside platforms and three tracks with the center track not normally used.
The station has a full-timemezzanine at Avenue P and McDonald Avenue. It has six staircases: two to the northeast and southwest corners of that intersection, and two to each platform.[21] There is a station facility constructed inside the mezzanine on theManhattan-bound side, giving evidence that there was a third staircase that was removed at the southeast corner of McDonald Avenue and Avenue P.
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