BMT Fourth Avenue Line Platforms
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Platform towards Manhattan |
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| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Fourth Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | D (late nights) N (late nights) R (all except late nights) |
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 13, 1915; 97 years ago (September 13, 1915) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Union Street: D N R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | Prospect Avenue: D N R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ninth Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, opened on September 13, 1915, is a local station that has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are used by the D and N trains at all times except late nights, when they replace the R as the local along Fourth Avenue. A black and white curtain wall separates the local and express tracks.
Both platforms have cinder-block tiles installed during a 1970s renovation that replaced the original mosaic trim line and name tablets. They are colored white except for the areas that have the stations signs. In this case, they are colored yellow. Beige columns run along both platforms at either ends where they were extended in the 1960s to accommodate lengthened trains.
Each platform has one same-level fare control area in the middle. The one on the Manhattan-bound platform has a turnstile bank, token booth, and one staircase going up to the northeast corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue. This fare control area still has the station's original trim line with "9" tablets at regular intervals. The fare control area on the Bay Ridge-bound platform is unstaffed, containing one High Entry/Exit Turnstile and one exit-only turnstile and a staircase to the northwest corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue.
The Bay-Ridge bound platform has a staircase at the extreme south end going up to the fare control area of Fourth Avenue on the IND Culver Line. The Manhattan-bound platform has a staircase at the same location going up to a now-closed entrance/exit of the IND station, where two staircases go up to either IND platforms.
Read more about this topic: Fourth Avenue / Ninth Street (New York City Subway)
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