Seventh Avenue Station (IND Culver Line)
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The Seventh Avenue station (also Seventh Avenue–Park Slope station) is an express
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on the
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of the
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, located at Seventh Avenue and Ninth Street in the
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neighborhood of
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. It is served by the F and G trains at all times, and by the <F> train during rush hours in the peak direction. The Seventh Avenue station was constructed by the
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(IND). It opened on October 7, 1933, as part of an extension of the Culver Line, which was known as the Smith Street Line or the South Brooklyn Line at the time. Though the Seventh Avenue station contains four tracks and two
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s, as with most New York City Subway express stations, the inner tracks see limited use, being used only by peak-direction <F> trains.


History

One of the goals of Mayor
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(IND), proposed in the 1920s, was a line to
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, reached by a recapture of the BMT Culver Line. As originally designed, service to and from Manhattan would have been exclusively provided by Culver express trains, while all local service would have fed into the
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. The line was extended from Bergen Street to Church Avenue on October 7, 1933, including the Seventh Avenue station.
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The station received a $400,000 renovation starting in 2015. In January 2016, it was proposed to relocate the station booth to the 7th Avenue entrance (where 65% of entrances and exits occur). Most of the mezzanine would also be closed off, and the turnstiles would be replaced. Waist-high turnstiles at the 7th and 8th Avenue ends were installed in August 2016, replacing the HEETS. Much of the mezzanine closed permanently on January 23, 2018, at which time the station booth was relocated. A 2015 proposal to add elevators at the station was rejected because it would have cost $15 million; this prompted protests from local residents. In 2019, the MTA announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program. A contract for three elevators at the station was awarded in December 2020, and construction began in early 2022. The elevators officially opened on November 21, 2023.


Service changes

The station was originally served by the A train. In 1936, the A was rerouted to the
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and was replaced by E trains from the Queens Boulevard Line. In 1937, the connection to the IND Crosstown Line opened and (later renamed the G) trains were extended to Church Avenue, complementing the E. In December 1940, after the
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opened, E trains were replaced by the , and the GG was cut back to Smith–Ninth Streets. Following the completion of the Culver Ramp in 1954, Concourse Express trains replaced F service to Coney Island. In November 1967, the
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opened and D trains were rerouted via the
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and the
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to Coney Island. F trains were extended once again via the Culver Line. The center tracks at the station were used for F express service starting in June 1968, while G trains were extended from Smith–Ninth Streets to Church Avenue to provide local service. Express service between Bergen and Church ended in 1976 due to budgetary concerns and passenger complaints, and the GG, later renamed the G, was again terminated at the Smith–Ninth Streets station. In July 2009, the G was again extended from its terminus at Smith–Ninth Streets to a more efficient terminus at Church Avenue to accommodate the rehabilitation of the Culver Viaduct. The G extension was made permanent in July 2012. In July 2019, the MTA revealed plans to restore express service on the Culver Line between Jay Street and Church Avenue. Express service started on September 16, 2019.


Station layout

This station has two
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s and four tracks. South of this station, the express tracks separate from the local tracks and rejoin beneath them north of Fort Hamilton Parkway, then rise up again. While this station is underground and Fourth Avenue is on an elevated trestle, this station is actually at a higher elevation than Fourth Avenue. This is because
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), allowing the line to enter into the hillside between the two stations. The tile band is mustard yellow with a sienna brown border, set in a three-high "express station" course. The top border is slightly wider than the bottom and bisects the center of the band at regular intervals; historical images show standard IND style color bands before 1972. The tiles were part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND. The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from
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. As such, a different tile color is used at , the next express station to the south; the yellow tiles used at the Seventh Avenue station are also used at and , the two local stations between Seventh Avenue and Church Avenue. The station contains a full-length mezzanine with exits at 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue. Before January 2018, there was around of open mezzanine stretching across the station outside of fare control. while much of the space within fare control was fenced in. The full-time
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area and station booth was located in the middle of the mezzanine, between 7th Avenue at 8th Avenue. Waist-high turnstiles led to single staircases to either platform. Unstaffed entrances were located at the either end of the station, allowing customers to exit the station without having to walk to the middle area. Full-height High Entry-Exit Turnstiles (HEETs) were formerly present at these locations. There was a passageway within fare control from the platform stairs at 7th Avenue to a HEET turnstile leading to the station booth. One elevator and four staircases go down to each platform, two at the 7th Avenue end and two at the 8th Avenue end. One staircase from each platform formerly led to the mezzanine, but has been closed off. Crossovers between service directions are available at all staircases.


Exits

There are eight street stairs â€“ four going up to all four corners of 9th Street and 7th Avenue, and four going up to all four corners of 9th Street and 8th Avenue. An elevator to the mezzanine is on the northwest corner of 7th Avenue and 9th Street. The 8th Avenue entrance also has an intermediate level at the first staircase, otherwise a descending hill. Inside the fare control near the Eighth Avenue entrance is a large scale painting of
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's ''The Raven''.


References


External links

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7th Avenue Pictures

Seventh Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Eighth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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