The 25th Avenue station is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in

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at the intersection of 25th Avenue and 86th Street, on the border of the

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, Bath Beach, and Gravesend neighborhoods of Brooklyn. This station is served by the D train at all times.

History

25th Avenue opened on July 29, 1916, as the terminal station of an extension of the BMT West End Line from 18th Avenue. With the completion of the line to Coney Island on July 21, 1917, this station ceased to be the line's terminus. The line was originally a surface excursion railway to Coney Island, called the

Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad The West End Line or New Utrecht Avenue Line was a surface transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along New Utrecht Avenue and other streets between Coney Island and Sunset Park. Built by the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney I ...

, which was established in 1862, but did not reach Coney Island until 1864. Under the

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of 1913, an elevated line was built over New Utrecht Avenue, 86th Street and Stillwell Avenue, replacing the surface railway. The platforms were extended in the 1950s to accommodate the current standard

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train length of . In the 1980s, this station was adopted by students of Lafayette High School as part of

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's "Adopt a Station" program. In 2012, the station was rehabilitated with funding from the

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. The 2012 artwork at this station is ''Rediscovery'' by Amy Cheng. It is composed of four laminated glass windscreens of imaginary land- and skyscapes.

Station layout

This elevated station has three tracks and two

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s. The center express track is not normally used. This station has four stairs to the street and one from the mezzanine to each platform.

Exits

The station's only exits are from a mezzanine beneath the tracks. From there, stairways lead to all four corners of 86th Street and 25th Avenue.

In popular culture

The station was pictured in the 1971 film '' The French Connection''.

References

External links

* * Station Reporter �
D Train

25th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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