59th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = 59th Street
font_color = black
font_color_2 = black
bg_color = #FFC800


image_caption = Entrance to the station at 60th Street
line = BMT Fourth Avenue Line
service = Fourth south
platforms = 2 island platforms
tracks = 4
borough = Brooklyn
open_date = September 13, 1915
north_line = BMT Fourth Avenue Line
north_local_station = 53rd Street
north_local_service = Fourth south local
north_express_station = 36th Street
north_express_service = Fourth south express
south_station = Bay Ridge Avenue
south_line=BMT Fourth Avenue Line
south_service=Fourth far south
south_custom_station = NYCS next|type=Sea Beach local|station=Eighth Avenue|line=BMT Sea Beach Line|service=Sea Beach local
south_custom_station_2 = NYCS next|type=Sea Beach express|station=Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue|line=BMT Sea Beach Line|service=Sea Beach express

59th Street is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 59th Street and Fourth Avenue, in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sunset Park.

This is a four-track express station with two island platforms. The local tracks continue along the Fourth Avenue Line to Bay Ridge–95th Street, while the express tracks split and turn east to connect to the BMT Sea Beach Line. South of the station are crossovers between the local and express tracks northbound and southbound. The N train uses these crossovers late nights when it is local to reach the Sea Beach tracks or enter the local track northbound. The R train, late nights uses the crossover northbound to go express to 36th Street.

The street-level entrance is at the southern end of the station, at 60th Street. There is also an exit at the north end of the station. The south end of the 53rd Street Station is visible from the north end of this station.

This station was overhauled in the late 1970s.

Bus connection

*B9 at 60th Street to Borough Park, Midwood, Flatbush Avenue and Kings Plaza via Avenue M & 60 Street

Nearby points of interest

*The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. This is a major architectural landmark of Brooklyn.
* [http://schools.nycenet.edu/Region7/ps314/ PS 314] , The Luis Muñoz Marin Elementary School.

External links

*NYCsubway ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?216:313|BMT 4th Avenue Line|59th Street
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ntrain.htm N Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/rtrain.htm R Train]