18th Avenue (IND Culver Line)
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18th Avenue
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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| Address | 18th Avenue & McDonald Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11218 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
| Locale | Borough Park, Kensington | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°37′46.65″N 73°58′37.07″W / 40.6296250°N 73.9769639°WCoordinates: 40°37′46.65″N 73°58′37.07″W / 40.6296250°N 73.9769639°W | ||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly BMT) | ||||||
| Line | IND Culver Line | ||||||
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F  (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B8
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange |
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| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
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| Opened | March 16, 1919 | ||||||
| Station code | 245 | ||||||
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| Passengers (2016) | 1,344,286  3.5% |
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| Rank | 320 out of 422 | ||||||
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| Next north |
Church Avenue (express): no regular service Ditmas Avenue (local): F
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| Next south |
Avenue I (local): F Kings Highway (express): no regular service |
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18th Avenue is an express station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 18th Avenue and McDonald Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn. It is served by the F train at all times.
This station opened at 3:00 a.m. on March 16, 1919, as part of the opening of the first section of the BMT Culver Line. The initial section began at the Ninth Avenue station and ended at the Kings Highway station. The line was operated as a branch of the Fifth Avenue Elevated line, with a free transfer at Ninth Avenue to the West End Line into the Fourth Avenue Subway. The opening of the line resulted in reduced travel times between Manhattan and Kings Highway. Construction on the line began in 1915, and cost a total of $3,300,000. Trains from this station began using the Fourth Avenue Subway to the Nassau Street Loop in Lower Manhattan when that line opened on May 30, 1931; the Fifth Avenue Elevated was closed on May 31, 1940, and elevated service ceased stopping here. On October 30, 1954, the connection between the IND Brooklyn Line at Church Avenue and the BMT Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue opened. With the connection completed, all service at the stations on the former BMT Culver Line, including this one, were from then on served by IND trains.
From June 1968 to 1987, express service on the elevated portion of the line from Church Avenue to Kings Highway operated in the peak direction (to Manhattan AM; to Brooklyn PM), with some F trains running local and some running express. During this time period, this station was used as an express station. Express service ended in 1987, largely due to budget constraints and complaints from passengers at local stations. Express service on the elevated Culver Line was ended due to necessary structural work, but never restored.
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