9 Avenue
Ninth Avenue station in September 2018
Station statistics
Address	Ninth Avenue & 39th Street Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Sunset Park,Borough Park
Coordinates	40°38′48″N73°59′41″W / 40.646575°N 73.994674°W /40.646575; -73.994674
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT West End Line BMT Culver Line (formerly)
Services	D  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B35
Structure	Open-cut
Levels	2 (upper level is in revenue service)
Platforms	4island platforms (2 on each level) cross-platform interchange
Tracks	6 (3 on each level)
Other information
Opened	June 24, 1916; 108 years ago (1916-06-24)
Closed	BMT Culver Line platforms: May 11, 1975; 49 years ago (1975-05-11)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,263,578[2]  5.1%
Rank	244 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 36th Street towardNorwood–205th Street Local Fort Hamilton Parkway towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue
Non-revenue services and lines Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 36th Street West End express no service 62nd Street West End express 36th Street Culver; demolished Fort Hamilton Parkway Culver; demolished
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend West End Line/upper level to36th Street toSBK Railway Long tunnel section ramps to former Fifth Avenue el to36th–38th Street Yard to lower level toFort Hamilton Parkway to62nd Street Culver Line/lower level to upper level Storage tracks of former Culver el
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
9th Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000676[3]
Added to NRHP	March 3, 2005

TheNinth Avenue station is a bi-level expressstation on theBMT West End Line of theNew York City Subway, located at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and 39th Street inBrooklyn. Each level has three tracks and twoisland platforms. The upper level serves theBMT West End Line while the lower level formerly served theBMT Culver Line. Only the upper level is still in service and is served by theD train at all times.

The Ninth Avenue 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.^[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]

The platforms were extended in the 1950s to accommodate the current standardB Division train length of 615 feet (187 m).^[10]

The station was renovated in 2012 with new platform edges, a new dispatcher room and a new stairway that leads to the 36th Street Yard.

G	Street Level	Station house, entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard machines
P Upper platforms	Northbound local	← towardNorwood–205th Street(36th Street)
	Island platform
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service(36th Street or62nd Street)
	Island platform
	Southbound local	→ towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue(Fort Hamilton Parkway) →
P Lower platforms	Former northbound local	→ Trackbed
	Island platform, not in service
	Former peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Island platform, not in service
	Former southbound local	→ Trackbed

Both levels of the station have three tracks and twoisland platforms.

The upper level is the only one in use. The center express track is not normally used, and thus only the local tracks are in regular service. On the upper level, theManhattan-bound platform is slightly wider than theConey Island-bound platform. Towards the west end of the upper level platforms is an employee-only pedestrian bridge that leads to the entrance of the36th–38th Street Yard via ahigh turnstile. A control tower for line is at the south end of the yard.^[11] The east end of the station is slightly below ground level.

The lower level was used as a through route for theBMT Culver Line to theBMT Fourth Avenue subway and theBMT Fifth Avenue elevated lines until 1954, when service on the main portion of the BMT Culver Line route was recaptured by theIndependent Subway System via theCulver Ramp. ACulver Shuttle service from this station to a new single track terminal atDitmas Avenue began at the same time. Some Culver trains continued to operate into Manhattan until May 1959. Culver Shuttle service was discontinued on May 11, 1975.^[12] The lower level was abandoned afterwards and has not been used for passenger service.

The level is dark and there are no safety plates on the two staircases to that level. A fluorescent light remains on the southbound side. The next stop for this shuttle to the south (east) wasFort Hamilton Parkway. The tracks curve just east of the station before the center and southbound local end atbumper blocks, at the east end of the tunnel portal. The northbound local continues past the portal and runs along another track coming from the36th–38th Street Yard, but does not connect with it.^{[clarification needed]} This track was the track used during Ninth Avenue–Ditmas Avenue shuttle operation from 1959 until 1975.

The lower level was used for the filming of the originalCrocodile Dundee (1986) movie when it posed as the59th Street–Columbus Circle station at the end of the movie. The "9" wall mosaics and the sunlight seen at the very end of the film made it clear it was Ninth Avenue.^[13] The abandoned lower level also appeared in a pivotal violent scene from the filmJoker (2019).^[14]In the Heights (2021) used the abandoned subway platform for a key musical sequence, with vintage subway cars rented from theNew York Transit Museum.^[15] Additionally, these platforms were featured in the March 3, 2024 episode of CBS'sThe Equalizer. A “9TH AVE” mosaic wall tablet was seen twice, while there was a ceiling-hung “Lexington-53rd St” sign. During this scene, a short train passes through, but does not stop.

The station house is at street level near the intersection of 9th Avenue and New Utrecht Avenue, and there is a sealed entrance on the west side. The tablet grilles in themezzanine are still intact and a newsstand once stood opposite the current location of the station agent booth.^[16]

As the West End line rises from embankment to elevated east of this station, the BMT Culverright-of-way can be seen leaving the tunnel on the Manhattan-bound side. Only one track leaves the tunnel, dead-ending approximately 750 feet (230 m) later before Fort Hamilton Parkway with no further connections. There is also a platform present. The platform was installed in the late 1980s forNew York City Transit employees only and is not part of the right-of-way.

To the west of the station is a complicated track layout complete with track connections from the Fourth Avenue Line, ramps from the now-demolishedFifth Avenue El, and ramps from the36th–38th Street Yard, combining together to form the six tracks and two levels of the station.^[17]

Beyond the ramps, as the line curves under theBMT Fourth Avenue Line, there are tracks that continue straight into the piers on theSunset Park waterfront that were once operated by theSouth Brooklyn Railway.^[17] In the tunnel approaching36th Street station, there is an unused trackway that was supposed to connect to the South Brooklyn Railway. The tunnel connection was never built. This trackway merges to the southbound track and runs for a long distance before ending at a wall.

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  Station house
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  Coney Island bound platform
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  Manhattan bound platform
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  The express track
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  Staircase to the lower level
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  Detail of decorative gate by Christopher Russell

Wikimedia Commons has media related toNinth Avenue (BMT West End Line).

• nycsubway.org –BMT West End Line: Ninth Avenue
• nycsubway.org –BMT Culver Line: Ninth Avenue
• Station Reporter —D Train
• The Subway Nut —Ninth Avenue Pictures
• Detail of area tracks
• Ninth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

• BMT West End Line stations
• Defunct BMT Culver 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 1916
• 1916 establishments in New York City
• Sunset Park, Brooklyn
• National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn

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