Bay Ridge Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

Bay Ridge Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Manhattan-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Bay Ridge Avenue & Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bay Ridge
Coordinates	40°38′1.24″N 74°1′25.87″W / 40.6336778°N 74.0238528°W / 40.6336778; -74.0238528Coordinates: 40°38′1.24″N 74°1′25.87″W / 40.6336778°N 74.0238528°W / 40.6336778; -74.0238528
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	R  (all times)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B9, B63 (on Fifth Avenue), B64, B70
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	January 15, 1916 (101 years ago) (1916-01-15)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,623,309  1%
Rank	190 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	59th Street: R
Next south	77th Street: R
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Bay Ridge Avenue is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Bay Ridge Avenue and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It is served by the R train at all times.

This underground station, which opened on January 15, 1916, has two tracks and two side platforms. The station's mezzanine is above the platforms with two staircases leading to each. Only the 95th Street-bound platform has columns, except for the extreme ends of the platform, which have no columns. All of the columns are painted blue and are standard I-beams. All columns have "Bay Ridge Av" signs on them.

There is space for an additional trackway under the northbound platform. The station is built on the west side of Fourth Avenue due to plans for a possible extension of the express tracks south of 59th Street. As a result of the possibility of the extension of the express tracks, there is space underneath the northbound platform for an additional trackway at this station for the Bay Ridge-bound express track. This also can be found at 77th Street. Further evidence of the provisions for tracks on the east side of Fourth Avenue can be seen north of this station, where the subway is carried in the lower deck of a bridge (Fourth Avenue) over the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch cut. On this cut it can be seen that the bridge has four trackways of which only the western two are used. The tunnel leading up to each side of the bridge was built for two tracks only.

This station was overhauled in the late 1970s, which included fixing the station's structure and overall appearance. The original trim lines were replaced with gray and blue cinderblock tiles. The staircases were repaired and new platform edges were installed. The blue cinderblock field contains the station signs and white text pointing to the exits. The landing in the southbound platform's exit-only is the only area in the station that contains the original 1915 trim line with "B.R." tiled on it.