36th Street

36th Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	36th Street & 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11232
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Sunset Park
Coordinates	40°39′16″N 74°00′16″W / 40.65445°N 74.00455°W / 40.65445; -74.00455Coordinates: 40°39′16″N 74°00′16″W / 40.65445°N 74.00455°W / 40.65445; -74.00455
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	D  (all times)      M  (rush hours until 7:30 p.m.)      N  (all times)      R  (all times)
Connection	New York City Bus: B63, B70
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 13, 1915
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	3.567 million[1][2] ▲ 6.67%
Rank	127 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	25th Street (local): D  M  N  R  Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street (express): D  N
Next south	45th Street (local): N  R  59th Street (express): N  R  Ninth Avenue (West End): D  M
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

36th Street is an express station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 36th Street and 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

This is an express station with two island platforms and four tracks. The M and R trains provide local service, while the N and D trains run express (except during late nights, when they provide local service). During late nights, this station is the northern terminal for the R shuttle to Bay Ridge – 95th Street. South of here, N and R trains continue on Fourth Avenue, while D and M trains diverge east onto the BMT West End Line.

This is one of two "36th Street" stations served by the R train. The other is 36th Street on the IND Queens Boulevard Line.

The station was overhauled from 1996–1998. The changes included ADA compliance, rebuilt staircases, retiled walls, new tiling on the floors, upgrading the station's lights, installing ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge, new track-beds for local and express trains entering the station and also installing some artwork around the entrance.

Entrance from street to station

One of the street entrances show the B serve this station, which it did when it ran along the BMT West End Line until July 2001. The sign on one of the staircases leading to the southbound platform show the W serving this station, which it did (on a full time basis) from July 2001 until February 2004. Currently, there are only six W trains a day stopping here. The first three trains in the morning from Coney Island Yard and the last three heading back in the late evening run in service to Kings Highway on the Sea Beach Line.

There are three trackways south of 36th Street station. One trackway merges with the southbound local track, and the other two trackways are south of the tracks that ramps up to the BMT West End Line. The three trackways ramps down to a lower level, under the mainline tracks, and curves slightly east before ending. On the main track level, a bellmouth going east is visible from a Manhattan-bound local train, just south of this station. When the subway was planned as part of the Triborough System, use of the South Brooklyn cut was not anticipated, and instead a four-track subway was to be built in 40th Street to reach the equivalent of the Culver and West End lines. The unused junction is to the east side of 4th Avenue. There was an abandoned mezzanine somewhere south of the present station which was "stranded" when the present ramps from the West End Line were built and the station was extended northward.

References

External links

• nycsubway.org — BMT 4th Avenue Line: 36th Street
• Station Reporter — D Train
• Station Reporter — N Train
• Station Reporter — R Train
• The Subway Nut — 36th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 36th Street