25th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

25th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

25th Street is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 25th Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, it is served by the R train at all times except late nights, when the D and N trains assume local service along Fourth Avenue.

This underground station, opened on September 13, 1915, has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center tracks are used by the D and N trains during daytime hours. A black and white curtain wall separates them from the local tracks.

Each platform has a same-level fare control area in the center. As a result, there is no free transfer between directions. Each fare control area has a turnstile bank, token booth, and single street stair. The staircase on the Bay Ridge-bound platform goes up to the southwest corner of 25th Street and Fourth Avenue while the one on the Manhattan-bound side goes up to the southeast corner.

The platforms are column-less except for a section at the extreme north ends where they were extended from their original length to accommodate the current standard "B" Division train length of 600 feet. These columns are I-beams and painted cream colored.

This station was overhauled in the late 1970s that replaced most of the original platform name tablets and trim lines with cinderblock tiling. The tiles are all white except for where the station's name and directional signs are. Here, they are colored orange. The trim line is still visible in the fare control areas behind the token booth and MetroCard Vending Machines. It is in the standard BMT format with "25" number tablets in it at regular intervals.