Ninth Avenue (BMT Culver Line)

Ninth Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Platforms
Station statistics
Address	Ninth Avenue & 39th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Sunset Park
Coordinates	40°38′48″N 73°59′41″W / 40.646575°N 73.994674°W / 40.646575; -73.994674Coordinates: 40°38′48″N 73°59′41″W / 40.646575°N 73.994674°W / 40.646575; -73.994674
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT West End Line BMT Culver Line (formerly)
Services	D  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B35
Structure	Open-cut
Levels	2 (upper level is in revenue service)
Platforms	4 island platforms (2 on each level) cross-platform interchange
Tracks	6 (3 on each level)
Other information
Opened	June 24, 1916; 100 years ago (1916-06-24)
Closed	BMT Culver Line: May 11, 1975; 41 years ago (1975-05-11)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,843,944  4.9%
Rank	264 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	36th Street: D  36th Street (Fifth Avenue el; demolished)
Next south	Fort Hamilton Parkway (local): D  62nd Street (express): no regular service Fort Hamilton Parkway (Culver Line; demolished)
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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9th Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000676
Added to NRHP	March 3, 2005

Ninth Avenue is a bi-level express station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and 39th Street in Brooklyn. Each level has three tracks and two island platforms. The upper level serves the BMT West End Line while the lower level formerly served the BMT Culver Line. Only the upper level is still in service and is served by the D train at all times. The center express track is not normally used.

This ground-level station opened on June 24, 1916. Both levels of the station have three tracks and two island platforms.

The upper level is the only one in use. Only the local tracks are in regular service. On the upper level, the Manhattan-bound platform is slightly wider than the Coney Island-bound platform. Towards the west end of the upper level platforms is an employee-only pedestrian bridge that leads to the entrance of the 36th–38th Street Yard via a high turnstile. A control tower for line at the south end of the yard.

As of 2012, the station has been renovated with new platform edges, a new dispatcher room and a new stairway that leads to the 36th Street Yard.

The lower level was used as a through route for the BMT Culver Line to the BMT Fourth Avenue subway and the BMT Fifth Avenue elevated lines until 1954, when service on the main portion of the BMT Culver Line route was recaptured by the Independent Subway System via the Culver Ramp. A Culver Shuttle service from this station to a new single track terminal at Ditmas Avenue was begun at the same time. Some Culver trains continued to operate into Manhattan until May 1959. Culver Shuttle service was discontinued on May 11, 1975.