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R160F train departing the southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Seventh Avenue & Ninth Street Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Park Slope
Coordinates	40°40′0.59″N73°58′53.76″W / 40.6668306°N 73.9816000°W /40.6668306; -73.9816000
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Culver Line
Services	F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction) ​  G  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B61,B67,B69
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 7, 1933; 92 years ago (1933-10-07)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Former/other names	Seventh Avenue–Park Slope
Traffic
2024	2,790,876[2]  3.8%
Rank	125 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Jay Street–MetroTech <F> towardJamaica–179th Street Express Church Avenue <F> towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue Fourth Avenue F  ​G  viaBergen Street Local 15th Street–Prospect Park F  ​G  viaChurch Avenue
Non-revenue services and lines Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Bergen Street express no service
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toBergen Street toFourth Avenue to15th St–Prospect Park toChurch Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service)

TheSeventh Avenue station (alsoSeventh Avenue–Park Slope station) is an expressstation on theIND Culver Line of theNew York City Subway, located at Seventh Avenue and Ninth Street in thePark Slope neighborhood ofBrooklyn. It is served by theF andG trains at all times, and by the<F> train during rush hours in the peak direction.

The Seventh Avenue station was constructed by theIndependent Subway System (IND). It opened on October 7, 1933, as part of an extension of the Culver Line, which was known as the Smith Street Line or the South Brooklyn Line at the time. Though the Seventh Avenue station contains four tracks and twoisland platforms, as with most New York City Subway express stations, the inner tracks see limited use, being used only by peak-direction <F> trains.

One of the goals of MayorJohn Hylan'sIndependent Subway System (IND), proposed in the 1920s, was a line toConey Island, reached by arecapture of the BMT Culver Line.^[3][4] As originally designed, service to and from Manhattan would have been exclusively provided by Culver express trains, while all local service would have fed into theIND Crosstown Line.^[5] The line was extended fromBergen Street toChurch Avenue on October 7, 1933, including the Seventh Avenue station.^[6][7]

The station received a $400,000 renovation starting in 2015.^[8] In January 2016, it was proposed to relocate the station booth to the 7th Avenue entrance (where 65% of entrances and exits occur). Most of the mezzanine would also be closed off, and the turnstiles would be replaced.^[9] Waist-high turnstiles at the 7th and 8th Avenue ends were installed in August 2016, replacing the HEETS.^[10] Much of the mezzanine closed permanently on January 23, 2018, at which time the station booth was relocated.^[11] A 2015 proposal to add elevators at the station was rejected because it would have cost $15 million;^[12] this prompted protests from local residents.^[13] In 2019, the MTA announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.^[14] A contract for three elevators at the station was awarded in December 2020,^[15] and construction began in early 2022.^[16] The elevators officially opened on November 21, 2023.^[17]

The station was originally served by theA train. In 1936, the A was rerouted to theIND Fulton Street Line and was replaced byE trains from theQueens Boulevard Line.^[6] In 1937, the connection to the IND Crosstown Line opened andGG (later renamed the G) trains were extended to Church Avenue, complementing the E. In December 1940, after theIND Sixth Avenue Line opened, E trains were replaced by theF, and the GG was cut back to Smith–Ninth Streets.^[6] Following the completion of theCulver Ramp in 1954,^[18][19]DConcourse Express trains replaced F service to Coney Island.^[19][20] In November 1967, theChrystie Street Connection opened and D trains were rerouted via theManhattan Bridge and theBMT Brighton Line to Coney Island. F trains were extended once again via the Culver Line.^[20][21]

The center tracks at the station were used for F express service starting in June 1968,^[22] while G trains were extended from Smith–Ninth Streets to Church Avenue to provide local service.^[23][5] Express service between Bergen and Church ended in 1976 due to budgetary concerns and passenger complaints, and the GG, later renamed the G, was again terminated at the Smith–Ninth Streets station.^[23][5][24]

In July 2009, the G was again extended from its terminus at Smith–Ninth Streets to a more efficient terminus at Church Avenue to accommodate the rehabilitation of the Culver Viaduct.^[23][25] The G extension was made permanent in July 2012.^[26] In July 2019, the MTA revealed plans to restore express service on the Culver Line between Jay Street and Church Avenue. Express service started on September 16, 2019.^[27][28]

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Basement 1	Staircase landing	Eighth Avenue staircase landing
Basement 2	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent Elevator at northwest corner of 7th Avenue and 9th Street.
Basement 3 Platform level	Northbound local	← towardJamaica–179th Street(Fourth Avenue) ← towardCourt Square(Fourth Avenue)
	Island platform
	Northbound express	← AM rush toward Jamaica–179th Street(Jay Street–MetroTech) →(No service:Bergen Street)
	Southbound express	→ PM rush towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue(Church Avenue) →
	Island platform
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue(15th Street–Prospect Park) → → toward Church Avenue(15th Street–Prospect Park) →

This station has twoisland platforms and four tracks. South of this station, the express tracks separate from the local tracks and rejoin beneath them north of Fort Hamilton Parkway, then rise up again. While this station is underground andFourth Avenue is on an elevated trestle, this station is actually at a higher elevation than Fourth Avenue. This is becauseBrooklyn's topography slopes downwards towards the west (hence the neighborhood name ofPark Slope), allowing the line to enter into the hillside between the two stations.

The tile band is mustard yellow with a sienna brown border, set in a three-high "express station" course. The top border is slightly wider than the bottom and bisects the center of the band at regular intervals; historical images show standard IND style color bands before 1972.^[29] The tiles were part of a color-codedtile system used throughout the IND.^[30] The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away fromLower Manhattan. As such, a different tile color is used atChurch Avenue, the next express station to the south; the yellow tiles used at the Seventh Avenue station are also used at15th Street–Prospect Park andFort Hamilton Parkway, the two local stations between Seventh Avenue and Church Avenue.^[31][32]

The station contains a full-length mezzanine with exits at 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue. Before January 2018, there was around 500 feet (150 m) of open mezzanine stretching across the station outside of fare control. while much of the space within fare control was fenced in. The full-timefare control area and station booth was located in the middle of the mezzanine, between 7th Avenue at 8th Avenue. Waist-high turnstiles led to single staircases to either platform.^[9] Unstaffed entrances were located at the either end of the station, allowing customers to exit the station without having to walk to the middle area. Full-heightHigh Entry-Exit Turnstiles (HEETs) were formerly present at these locations. There was a passageway within fare control from the platform stairs at 7th Avenue to a HEET turnstile leading to the station booth.^[9] One elevator and four staircases go down to each platform, two at the 7th Avenue end and two at the 8th Avenue end.^[9] One staircase from each platform formerly led to the mezzanine,^[19] but has been closed off.^[11] Crossovers between service directions are available at all staircases.^[9]

There are eight street stairs – four going up to all four corners of 9th Street and 7th Avenue, and four going up to all four corners of 9th Street and8th Avenue.^[9] An elevator to the mezzanine is on the northwest corner of 7th Avenue and 9th Street.^[33] The 8th Avenue entrance also has an intermediate level at the first staircase, otherwise a descending hill.^[9]

Inside the fare control near the Eighth Avenue entrance is a large scale painting ofProspect Park'sThe Raven.^[34]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toSeventh Avenue (IND Culver Line).

• nycsubway.org –IND Crosstown: 7th Avenue/Park Slope
• Station Reporter —F Train
• Station Reporter —G Train
• The Subway Nut —7th Avenue Pictures
• Seventh Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Eighth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

• Accessible New York City Subway stations
• 1933 establishments in New York City
• IND Culver Line stations
• New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn
• Park Slope
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1933

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