Church Avenue (IND Culver Line)

Church Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Church Avenue & McDonald Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11218
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Kensington
Coordinates	40°38′34.05″N 73°58′45.95″W / 40.6427917°N 73.9794306°W / 40.6427917; -73.9794306Coordinates: 40°38′34.05″N 73°58′45.95″W / 40.6427917°N 73.9794306°W / 40.6427917; -73.9794306
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Culver Line
Services	F  (all times)       G  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B35, B67, B69
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	October 7, 1933; 83 years ago (1933-10-07)
Accessible
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,353,795  4.8%
Rank	151 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Seventh Avenue (express): no regular service Fort Hamilton Parkway (local): F  G
Next south	Ditmas Avenue (local): F  18th Avenue (express): no regular service (Terminal): G
Next north	Queens Plaza (via Crosstown): no regular service Jay Street–MetroTech (via Culver): F
Next south	Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue: F  none: G
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Church Avenue is an express station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Church and McDonald Avenues in Kensington, Brooklyn, it is served by the F and G trains at all times, the latter of which terminates here.

This underground station, opened on October 7, 1933, has four tracks and two island platforms. The two center express tracks are not normally used in revenue service.

Both outer track walls have a maroon trim line with a Tuscan red border and small signs below them reading "CHURCH" in white lettering on a black background. This tile band is set in a two-tile-high course, an arrangement normally seen at local stations. All i-beam columns in the station are colored Hunter green. The station signs are in the standard black name plates with white lettering.

There is a four track yard south of the station beneath the revenue tracks, which is used for storing and turning G trains. South of the connection to the yard, the line ramps up to become a three track elevated line (with the express tracks merging into one track, with switches from the express to the local tracks in the respective directions) before entering Ditmas Avenue station.

This station has a full length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks with two fare control areas. The full-time one is at the extreme south end. Two staircases and one elevator from each platform go up to the mezzanine, where public restrooms at the center are available and a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit to/from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and staircases going up to all four corners of Church and McDonald Avenues. There is also a ramp leading to an elevator that goes up to the west side of Church Avenue. The three elevators, installed during a 2008 renovation, make the station ADA accessible.

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