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Beverley Road station

Beverley Road station

New York City Subway station in Brooklyn

For the station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line, see Beverly Road station. For the former railroad station in England, see Beverley Road railway station.

The Beverley Road station is a local station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over a private right-of-way at Beverly Road between Marlborough Road/East 15th Street and East 16th Street in the neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times.[4]

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History

The original station at this location was opened around 1900 as a two-track street-level side platform station running south from a grade crossing at Beverley Road. The station was established to serve the then-new upscale planned community of Prospect Park South. The current station house and below-grade platforms were completed at the end of 1907, and have been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004.[5]

During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Beverley Road, along with those at six other stations on the Brighton Line, were lengthened to 615 feet (187 m) to accommodate a ten-car train of 60 feet (18 m)-long IND cars, or a nine-car train of 67 feet (20 m)-long BMT cars.[6]

In April 1993, the New York State Legislature agreed to give the MTA $9.6 billion for capital improvements. Some of the funds would be used to renovate nearly one hundred New York City Subway stations,[7][8] including Beverley Road.[9]

Station layout

Ground Street level Station building, entrance/exit, station agent, MetroCard machines
Platform level Side platform
Northbound local ← "Q" train toward 96th Street (Church Avenue)
Northbound express ← "B" train does not stop here
Southbound express → "B" train does not stop here →
Southbound local → "Q" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Cortelyou Road) →
Side platform
Looking south toward the Cortelyou Road station

This open-cut station has four tracks and two side platforms, typical for a New York City Subway local station.[10]

This station is spelled with three "e"s, unlike its Nostrand Avenue IRT counterpart, which is spelled with two, reflecting the original spelling of the street's name. The 1907 station-house was the focus of an early 1990s in-house renovation. Sitting on the open-cut portion of the Brighton Line, another gentle curve to the right is at the far north end along with clearly visible platform extensions, allowing passengers to watch trains between Church Avenue and Cortelyou Road.[citation needed] The Beverley Road and Cortelyou Road stations are the closest operational stations in the New York City Subway system, being 500 ft (150 m) apart.[11]

Exit

The station's sole entrance is through a station house at Beverly Road between Marlborough Road and East 16th Streets.[12] The station-house features artwork called Garden Stops by Patsy Norvell, which has etched images of leaves on the glass windows inside fare control facing the south. The artwork can be seen from both inside the mezzanine and while standing on either platform to the south; this artwork is also visible at the neighboring Cortelyou Road station.[13] Colors at this station are green and beige.

References

  1. [1]
    "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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    "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. [3]
    "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Q Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  5. [5]
    Kings County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Structure #04001024)
  6. [6]
    Annual Report 1964–1965. New York City Transit Authority. 1965.
  7. [7]
    Benenson, Joel (1993-04-01). "Albany deal to save the $1.25 fare". New York Daily News. p. 1059. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  8. [8]
    Faison, Seth (1993-04-03). "$9.6 Billion Package for M.T.A. Is Crucial to its Rebuilding Plans". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  9. [9]
    "Stop the Fussing". Newsday. 1993-05-28. p. 56. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  10. [10]
    Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  11. [11]
    Pollak, Michael (2008-08-30). "More Fire Response". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  12. [12]
    "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Flatbush" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  13. [13]
    "CultureNOW - Garden Stops: Patsy Norvell and MTA Arts & Design". Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
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