18th Avenue (BMT West End Line)

18th Avenue

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Station statistics

Address

18th Avenue & New Utrecht Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11214

Borough

Brooklyn

Locale

Bensonhurst

Coordinates

40°36′31″N 74°00′08″W / 40.608667°N 74.002115°W

Division

B (BMT)

Line

BMT West End Line

Services

D (all times)

Transit connections

NYCT Bus: B1, B8

Structure

Elevated

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

3 (2 in regular service)

Other information

Opened

September 15, 1916

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

1,925,239^[1]

3.6%

Rank

254 out of 422

Station succession

Next north

79th Street: D

Next south

20th Avenue: D

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

Location
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18th Avenue is a local station on BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. It is served by the D train at all times.

Station layout

Track layout

Legend

to 79 St

to 20 Av

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Norwood – 205th Street (79th Street)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (20th Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

Southeastern stair

This elevated station, which opened on September 15, 1916, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is not normally used.

The station is situated in between two curves and platform extensions are to the north on both sides. There is a single mezzanine with three stairs to the street and two to each platform.

In 2012, the station was rehabilitated with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.^[2]

In popular culture

Some exterior scenes of the 1991 Steven Seagal film Out for Justice were shot outside this station.

References

↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
↑ "MTA completes seven station rehabilitation projects along D Line". Railway Track & Structures. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.

External links

nycsubway.org – BMT West End Line: 18th Avenue
Station Reporter — D Train
18th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

New York City Subway stations

West End Line	[← to 36th Street, 4th Ave. Line] Ninth Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway 50th Street 55th Street 62nd Street 71st Street 79th Street 18th Avenue 20th Avenue Bay Parkway 25th Avenue Bay 50th Street Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue

See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

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