20th Avenue station (BMT West End Line)

20th Avenue is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 20th Avenue and 86th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. It is served by the D train at all times.

For the station actually at 20th Avenue and 64th Street, see 20th Avenue (BMT Sea Beach Line).
 20 Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address20th Avenue & 86th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11214
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBensonhurst, Bath Beach
Coordinates40.6047°N 73.9985°W / 40.6047; -73.9985
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT West End Line
Services   D  (all times)
Transit NYCT Bus: B1
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedJuly 29, 1916 (1916-07-29)
Station code067[1]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20191,578,971[2]  2.9%
Rank284 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next north18th Avenue: D 
Next southBay Parkway: D 

History

20th Avenue opened on July 29, 1916, as part of an extension of the BMT West End Line from 18th Avenue to 25th Avenue. The line was originally a surface excursion railway to Coney Island, called the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad, which was established in 1862, but did not reach Coney Island until 1864.[3] Under the Dual Contracts of 1913, an elevated line was built over New Utrecht Avenue, 86th Street and Stillwell Avenue, replacing the surface railway.[4]

The platforms were extended in the 1950s to accommodate the current standard B Division train length of 615 feet (187 m).

In 2012, the station was rehabilitated with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[5]

Station layout
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound local ← toward 205th Street (18th Avenue)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Southbound local → toward Coney Island (Bay Parkway) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Entrance/exit
Southwestern stair

This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is not normally used. The Coney Island-bound platform is slightly to the south of the Manhattan-bound platform, which accounts for the locations where the platforms were extended.

Both platforms have beige windscreens along their entire length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns in the center. The exposed section of the platforms have black, full-height lampposts at regular intervals. The station signs feature the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

The 2012 artwork here is called Kaleidoscope by Odili Donald Odita. It features abstract laminated glass windows on the platform windscreens based on Odita's visual memories of the Bensonhurst neighborhood.[6]

Exits

This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and four staircases going down to all corners of 20th Avenue and 86th Street.[7]

References
  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. "Opening of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad" (PDF). The New York Times. June 9, 1864. p. 2. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  4. Senate, New York (State) Legislature (January 1, 1917). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York.
  5. Nunez, Jenifer (August 3, 2012). "MTA completes seven station rehabilitation projects along D Line". Railway Track & Structures. Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  6. "20th Avenue - Odili Donald Odita - Kaleidoscope, 2012". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  7. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bensonhurst" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
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