Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street (New York City Subway)

Infobox NYCS
name = Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street
bg_color = black

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service_custom = NYCS Culver IND south|time=full
NYCS Fourth center local|time=full
borough = Brooklyn

Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IND Culver Line and the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. It is located at the intersection of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, and is served by:

* trains at all times
* trains at all times except late nights
* and NYCS|N trains late nights
* trains rush hours.

From fare control, which is at street level, sets of stairs lead downstairs to the BMT station. Heading to the IND station, stairs lead to a crossunder which connects both of the IND platforms before leading to the platforms themselves. The station is located at a viaduct and is at level ground. One side of the station is elevated while the other side immediately descends towards the tunnel portal.__TOC__

BMT Fourth Avenue Line platforms

Infobox NYCS
font_color = black
bg_color = #FFC800
bg_color_2 = #874F17
line = BMT Fourth Avenue Line
service = Fourth center local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 4
open_date = September 13, 1915
north_station = Union Street
north_line = BMT Fourth Avenue Line
north_service = Fourth center local
south_station = Prospect Avenue
south_line = BMT Fourth Avenue Line
south_service = Fourth center local

Ninth Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line has four tracks and two side platforms. The northbound platform has one exit to 9th Street and an indoor transfer section that leads upstairs to the 4th Avenue NYCS|F train station. The southbound platform has two exits, one is a part-time exit/entrance at 9th Street and the other is a full time station booth at 10th Street and 4th Avenue, transferring to the F train at that section. This station was overhauled in the late 1970s. MTA did fix the station's structure and the overhaul appearance. It replaces the original wall tiles, old signs, and incandescent lighting to the 70's modern look wall tiles, signs and fluorescent lights. It also fixed staircases and platform edges. Fact|date=February 2007

IND Culver Line platforms

Infobox NYCS


bg_color = #FF6E1A
line = IND Culver Line
service = Culver IND south local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 4
open_date = October 7, 1933
north_station = Smith–Ninth Streets
north_line = IND Culver Line
north_service = Culver IND south local
south_station = Seventh Avenue
south_service = Culver IND south local
south_line = IND Culver Line

Fourth Avenue on the IND Culver Line has four tracks and two side platforms, with the express tracks seeing no regular service, although they are used for southbound NYCS|G trains reversing direction after leaving Smith–Ninth Streets to begin the journey back to Queens.

West of this station is a stub-end reversing spur entered only from this station. It is level, between the two express tracks, while the rest of the line ramps up toward Smith-Ninth Streets. East of this station, the line enters a tunnel towards Seventh Avenue. This station is elevated, but at a lower altitude than the underground Seventh Avenue station, due to the steep slope of the land (hence the neighborhood name of Park Slope).

R46 G train switching tracks at 4th Avenue station

The MTA has announced a three-year rehabilitation of the station from 2009–2012. The arch that crosses Fourth Avenue will be restored, and windows (which were boarded up in the 1970s) will be re-installed. The NYCS|G service, which currently terminates at Smith–Ninth Streets, will be permanently be extended to Church Avenue, including a new stop at Fourth Avenue. [cite news |first=Charles |last=Maldonado |title=MTA Gives Brooklyn Board Bad News About Smith–9th St. Closure, F-Train Express |url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=16802 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=November 16, 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-27] [cite news |first=Mike |last=McLaughlin |title=Fix for Fourth Avenue station looks F’ing great |url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/46/30_46finggreat.html |work=The Brooklyn Paper |date=November 24, 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-27]

Bus connections

*B37 at Third Avenue, north to Downtown Brooklyn and Cobble Hill; south to Sunset Park and Bay Ridge
*B63 at Fifth Avenue
*B75 north to Red Hook, Boerum Hill and Downtown Brooklyn; south to Prospect Park West
*B77 to Red Hook
*Free shuttle Bus to IKEA.

References

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?207:285|IND Crosstown|4th Avenue
*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?216:3247|BMT 4th Avenue|9th Street
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/4th9th.htm 4th Avenue/Ninth Street Complex]