Avenue U
Northbound platform in 2025
Station statistics
Address	Avenue U & West Seventh Street Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Gravesend
Coordinates	40°35′47.38″N73°58′44.28″W / 40.5964944°N 73.9789667°W /40.5964944; -73.9789667
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line
Services	N  (all times) ​  W  (selected rush-hour trips)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B3
Structure	Open-cut
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915 (110 years ago) (1915-06-22)[2]
Closed	January 18, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-01-18) (northbound reconstruction) July 31, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-07-31) (southbound reconstruction)
Rebuilt	May 22, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-05-22) (northbound reopening) October 29, 2018; 7 years ago (2018-10-29) (southbound reopening)
Other entrances/ exits	at Avenue U and Avenue T
Traffic
2024	891,603[3]  3.5%
Rank	315 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Kings Highway N  ​W  towardAstoria–Ditmars Boulevard Local 86th Street N  ​W  towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toKings Highway to86th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000675[4]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005[5]

TheAvenue U station is a localstation on theBMT Sea Beach Line of theNew York City Subway, located at the intersection of Avenue U and West Seventh Street inGravesend, Brooklyn. It is served by theN train at all times. During rush hours, severalW trains also serve this station.

This station opened on June 22, 1915, along with the rest of the Sea Beach Line.^[2]

In 2005, the station was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.^[6]

From January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed for renovations.^[7][8][9] The Coney Island-bound platform was closed from July 31, 2017^[10][11] to October 29, 2018.^[12]

G	Station house	Entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard machines
P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← towardAstoria–Ditmars Boulevard (or96th Street select weekday trips)(Kings Highway) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips)(Kings Highway)
	Northbound express	← No regular service
	Southbound express	← No regular service
	Southbound local	→ towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue(86th Street) → → toward 86th Street (select weekday trips)(Terminus) →
	Side platform

This station has four tracks and twoside platforms. The two center express tracks are not normally used, but both are available for rerouted trains. The platforms are in an open cut.^[13] The concrete walls and columns are painted beige (prior to renovations the columns were blue-green). Alternating columns display the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

The 2018 artwork at this station is "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky", a series of 14 glass mosaics made by Sally Gil. The artwork represent the local community of Gravesend and the diversity of its residents.^[14]

This station has two entrances, both of which are beige station houses at street-level between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets above the tracks and have a single staircase leading to each platform at either ends. The main exit at the south end has aturnstile bank and token booth and leads to Avenue U while the exit at the north end leads to Avenue T and is un-staffed, containing justHEET turnstiles and exit-only turnstiles.^[15]

• nycsubway.org –BMT Sea Beach Line: Avenue U
• Station Reporter —N Train
• The Subway Nut —Avenue U Pictures
• Avenue U entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Avenue T entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Uptown Platform from Google Maps Street View

• BMT Sea Beach Line stations
• Railway and subway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
• New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1915
• 1915 establishments in New York City
• National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn

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