Ocean Parkway station

Ocean Parkway is an express station on the New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line. It is located at Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times.[4]

Ocean Parkway
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	Ocean Parkway & Brighton Beach Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11235
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Brighton Beach
Coordinates	40.576252°N 73.968587°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Brighton Line
Services	Q  (all times)
Transit	New York City Bus: B1, B68
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	April 22, 1917
Station code	056[1]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	1,033,340[2]  1.4%
Rank	357 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next north	Brighton Beach (local): Q  Brighton Beach (express): no regular service
Next south	West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium: Q
Location
Track layout to Brighton Beach End of layup tracks from Brighton Beach Unused trackways to W 8 St lower level to W 8 St upper level
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000749[3]
Added to NRHP	July 29, 2005

History

Southern stair

When the Ocean Parkway station opened on April 22, 1917, it was served only by a single-track shuttle that ran to Brighton Beach, which was the southern terminal for all trains on the Brighton Line.

When the West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station opened in 1919, all four tracks were extended west to serve the two-level station. The local tracks remained at the same elevation and connected to the lower level (which was also served by the IND Culver Line) while the express tracks rose up and connected to the upper level. As a result, all Brighton Line service was extended to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue.

A reconfiguration in 1954 resulted in the discontinuation of Brighton Line service on the lower level of West Eighth Street, as well as express service at Ocean Parkway. West of this station, the local tracks merge into the express tracks, which continue to serve the upper level of West Eighth Street. The structures connecting the Brighton Line to the lower level, which the Culver Line continues to serve, remain intact, but are trackless.

The station was closed in August 2002 in conjunction with the reconstruction of the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal.[5] Service was restored on May 23, 2004.[6]

Station layout

Northern stair

P Platform level	Northbound local	← toward 96th Street (Brighton Beach)
	Island platform
	Northbound express	← No regular service
	Southbound express	→ No regular service
	Island platform
	Northbound local	← toward Coney Island (West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium) →
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

This elevated station has two island platforms and four tracks with the center express tracks not normally used.[7] It is built on a decorated masonry viaduct to keep with Ocean Parkway's status as a city parkway. Both platforms have red canopies with black frames and support columns along their entire length except for a section at their east (railroad north) end.

The station is geographically the closest Brighton Line station to the Brighton and Coney Island beaches, with the beachfront located roughly 500 feet (150 m) away from the station.

The 1996 artwork here is called Coney Island Reliefs by Deborah Masters. It was installed in 2009 and consists of 128 reliefs on the station's concrete structure.

Between this station and Brighton Beach, two layup tracks begin at bumper blocks adjacent to the platforms and run between the local and express tracks, making this section the only six-track elevated structure in the subway system. The two tracks merge with either adjacent track on approach to Brighton Beach.[7]

Exits

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks and platforms.

• The full-time one is at the east end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to each eastern corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway.[8]
• The other station house at the west end also has one staircase from each platform, a waiting area/crossunder, and two staircases facing in opposite directions and going down to the northwest corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway. However, it is un-staffed, containing two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles.[8]

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. "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
4. "Q Subway Timetable, Effective November 8, 2020" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
5. Bahrampour, Tara (2002-08-25). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: CONEY ISLAND; Trek to Beach Will Get Harder as Station Gets a Face-Lift". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
6. Chan, Sewell (2005-05-28). "And Now for the Good News From the Subway System". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
7. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
8. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Sheepshead Bay" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

External links

• nycsubway.org – BMT Brighton Line: Ocean Parkway
• Station Reporter — Q Train
• The Subway Nut — Ocean Parkway Pictures
• Brighton Beach Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• West Brighton Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View