Ocean Parkway (BMT Brighton Line)
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Ocean Parkway
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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| Address | Ocean Parkway & Brighton Beach Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11235 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
| Locale | Brighton Beach | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°34′35″N 73°58′07″W / 40.576252°N 73.968587°WCoordinates: 40°34′35″N 73°58′07″W / 40.576252°N 73.968587°W | ||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||
| Line | BMT Brighton Line | ||||||
| Services |
Q  (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 New York City Bus: B1, B68
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
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| Opened | April 22, 1917 | ||||||
| Station code | 056 | ||||||
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| Passengers (2016) | 1,016,458  0.6% |
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| Rank | 361 out of 422 | ||||||
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| Next north |
Brighton Beach (local): Q Brighton Beach (express): no regular service |
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| Next south |
West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium: Q
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Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT)
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| MPS | New York City Subway System MPS | ||||||
| NRHP Reference # | 05000749 | ||||||
| Added to NRHP | July 29, 2005 | ||||||
Ocean Parkway is an express station on the New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line. Located at Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, it is served by the Q train at all times.
This elevated station has two island platforms and four tracks with the center express tracks not normally used. It is built on a decorated masonry viaduct to keep with Ocean Parkway's status as a city parkway. Both platforms have red canopies with black frames and support columns along their entire length except for a section at their east (railroad north) end.
The 1996 artwork here is called Coney Island Reliefs by Deborah Masters. It was installed in 2009 and consists of 128 reliefs on the station's concrete structure.
Between this station and Brighton Beach, two layup tracks begin at bumper blocks adjacent to the platforms and run between the local and express tracks, making this section the only six-track elevated structure in the subway system. The two tracks merge with either adjacent track on approach to Brighton Beach.
This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks and platforms.
When the Ocean Parkway station opened on April 22, 1917, it was served only by a single-track shuttle that ran to Brighton Beach, which was the southern terminal for all trains on the Brighton Line.
When West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium opened in 1919, all four tracks were extended west to serve the two-level station. The local tracks remained level and connected to the lower level (which was also served by the IND Culver Line) while the express tracks rose up and connected to the upper level. As a result, all Brighton Line train service was extended to Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue.
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