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The 25th Avenue station is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn at the intersection of 25th Avenue and 86th Street, on the border of the Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and Gravesend neighborhoods of Brooklyn. This station is served by the D train at all times.
The 86th Street 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. [6]
In 1978, the B3 was extended from 86th Street to the Ulmer Park Depot at 25th/Harway Avenues, replacing B4 and B34 service on 25th Avenue. Since June 2010, service on East 73rd & East 74th Streets in Bergen Beach was discontinued, and all trips terminate at Avenue U/East 71st Street due to a budget crisis. [6]
86th Street Line streetcar until August 12, 1948. 86th Street portion and Bay Ridge Avenue portion of B1 (west of 25th Avenue) were B34 until 1978. Service via Brighton Beach was B21 until 1978. Service originally ran via the Sheepshead Bay (BMT Brighton Line) station. Service was rerouted via Brighton Beach and Coney Island Hospital in 1978 ...
D train on the BMT West End Line at 25th Avenue and Bay 50th Street; F and <F> trains on the IND Culver Line at Kings Highway, Avenue U, and Avenue X; and; N and W trains on the BMT Sea Beach Line at Kings Highway, Avenue U, and 86th Street. The Coney Island Subway Yard is in the neighborhood. [6]
The station opened on June 22, 1915, as part of an expanded Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company operation to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue. [2] [6] Between 2001 and 2005, the station was known as Gravesend–86th Street when N trains originated/terminated here while the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal was reconstructed. [7]
[5] [6] At 64th Street, after the Sea Beach Line branches off eastward towards Coney Island via an open-cut right-of-way, the line becomes two-tracked and continues under Fourth Avenue to its terminus at Bay Ridge–95th Street. Between 86th Street and 95th Street there is a third track available for train storage. [7]
86th Street at Second Avenue serving the N, Q, and R trains [6] Until the 1950s, the Second Avenue and Third Avenue elevated lines served 86th Street on the East Side. The New York Central Railroad's 86th Street station previously existed on Park Avenue, which now carries the Park Avenue main line of the Metro-North Railroad. The station opened ...