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The 77th Street station is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 77th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, it is served by the R train at all times. The 77th Street station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, which was approved in 1905 and subsequently modified.
Bay Ridge is known for its Norwegian community but it also has small Irish, Italian, Arab and Greek communities. Bay Ridge is part of Brooklyn Community District 10, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11209 and 11220. [1] It is patrolled by the 68th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. [5]
Manhattan-bound prior to renovation. The Bay Ridge Avenue station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line. The plan for the line was initially adopted on June 1, 1905, before being approved by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York on June 18, 1906 after the Rapid Transit Commission was unable to get the necessary consents of property owners along the planned route. [5]
express tracks split off and become BMT Sea Beach Line (N W ) Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge Avenue: local R January 15, 1916 [33] 77th Street: local R January 15, 1916 [33] 86th Street: local R January 15, 1916 [33] Fort Hamilton: Bay Ridge–95th Street: local R October 31, 1925 [100] [59]
Bath Beach is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located at the southwestern edge of the borough on Gravesend Bay.The neighborhood borders Bensonhurst and New Utrecht to the northeast across 86th Street; Dyker Beach Park and Golf Course to the northwest across 14th Avenue; and Gravesend to the east across Stillwell Avenue.
Also on June 22, 1915, the BRT opened the Fourth Avenue Subway from Myrtle Avenue to 59th Street as well as the BMT Sea Beach Line, which provided service to Coney Island. The Fourth Avenue Line was then extended the line south to 86th Street in Bay Ridge on January 15, 1916. The West End Line opened in stages.
On September 19, 1917, the New York State Public Service Commission denied a request to change the planned name of the station to "77th Street—St. Ann's Academy". [12] The 77th Street station opened on July 17, 1918, with service initially running between Grand Central–42nd Street and 167th Street via the line's local tracks.
However, work had already started on the platform extension project in February. The platform at 95th Street was extended by 85 feet (26 m) to the south. [24] As part of a plan to increase accessibility in the New York City Subway, during the early 1990s, the MTA proposed installing elevators at the Bay Ridge–95th Street station by 2010. [25]