New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street (New York City Subway)

Infobox NYCS
name = New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street


bg_color = black
service = New Utrecht-62nd
borough = Brooklyn
neighborhood = Borough Park

New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Sea Beach and the West End Lines. It is located at New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street in Brooklyn, in the neighborhood of Borough Park, and is served by:

* and NYCS|N trains at all times
* trains rush hours
* the first three trains to Manhattan in the morning, the last three trains from Manhattan in the evening.

Prior to the rebuilding of the two current subway lines at this location during the second decade of the 20th century, this location was known as Bath Junction. Until that time, there was a track connection between the lines, primarily to enable Sea Beach trains to and from Coney Island to access West End Line trackage to reach the Brooklyn Bridge and the Park Row elevated lines terminal in downtown Manhattan.

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BMT Sea Beach Line platforms

Infobox NYCS


image_caption = Eastern end of platforms
font_color = black
font_color_2 = black
bg_color = #FFC800
line = BMT Sea Beach Line
service = Sea Beach local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 4
open_date = June 22, 1915
north_station = Fort Hamilton Parkway
north_line = BMT Sea Beach Line
north_service = Sea Beach local
south_station = 18th Avenue
south_line = BMT Sea Beach Line
south_service = Sea Beach local

New Utrecht Avenue on the BMT Sea Beach Line has four tracks. Platform extensions are to the north end of the station and beyond the main staircase. Either ends of both platforms are underneath tunnels. The north end has two staircases to the full time booth, where the transfer to the elevated BMT West End Line is available. The south end at 15th Avenue and 62nd Street is HEET access and formerly had a booth. The north end has unusual bricks on the staircase walls, suggesting the staircases were redone when the platform was extended. The original entrance had only one staircase to platform level. After the platform extension, the staircase was redone in a T formation along with the installation of brick walls. This segment of the station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2005. [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/Kings/state2.html Kings County Listing at the National Register of Historic Places (Structure #05000678)] ]

BMT West End Line platforms

Infobox NYCS
name = 62 Street


bg_color = #FF6E1A
bg_color_2 = #874F17
line = BMT West End Line
service = West End
platforms = 2 island platforms
tracks = 3
borough = Brooklyn
open_date = September 15, 1916
north_line = BMT West End Line
north_local_station = 55th Street
north_local_service = West End local
north_express_station = Ninth Avenue
north_express_service = West End express
south_line = BMT West End Line
south_local_station = 71st Street
south_local_service = West End local
south_express_station = Bay Parkway
south_express_service = West End express

62nd Street on the BMT West End Line has three tracks and two island platforms. There is no express service on this line, so the middle track is only used for reroutings and non-revenue movements. There are two fare control areas. The full time side is at 62nd Street and has the transfer to the NYCS|N train. The part time side is at 60th Street and this is where the famous chase scene in "The French Connection" ends. This side was renovated and is HEET access for most of the day. A booth formerly existed here. New windows and lighting restored this mezzanine to good condition. However, the staircases from the street still have wooden boards. The stationhouse for the BMT Sea Beach Line used to have a newsstand and two additional doors on the left side.

B23 bus

Outside and in front of the stationhouse is where the B23 bus terminates. Until October 30, 1956 this line was a trackless trolley to Flatbush Avenue and Cortelyou Road in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. From the street area, one can view the rope and wires dangling below the staircases to the West End platforms and more wires along the elevated structures. These wires are no longer live but were once used as overhead electrical cables in order to power the then-electrically operated Route 23 buses.

Bus connections

*B9 west to Bay Ridge, east to Midwood, Kings Plaza via 60 Street & Avenue M
*B23 to Borough Park, Flatbush Avenue via Cortelyou Road & 16 Avenue

References

External links

* [http://www.nycsubway.org nycsubway.org]
** [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?210:21012 BMT Sea Beach Line: New Utrecht Avenue]
** [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?211:211114 BMT West End Line: 62nd Street]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ntrain.htm 62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue Complex]