Sheepshead Bay (BMT Brighton Line)
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Sheepshead Bay
 
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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| Address | Sheepshead Bay Road & East 16th Street Brooklyn, NY 11235 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | Sheepshead Bay | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°35′14″N 73°57′12″W / 40.587168°N 73.953266°WCoordinates: 40°35′14″N 73°57′12″W / 40.587168°N 73.953266°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||
| Line | BMT Brighton Line | ||||||||
| Services |
B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)Q  (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B4, B36, B49
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| Structure | Embankment | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange |
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| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | July 2, 1878(BF&CI) 1908 (BRT) |
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| Passengers (2015) | 4,296,566  2.3% |
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| Rank | 113 out of 425 | ||||||||
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| Next north |
Neck Road (local): Q Kings Highway (express): B
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| Next south |
Brighton Beach: B Q
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Sheepshead Bay is an express station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is served by the Q train at all times and by the B train on weekdays.
The station has four tracks and two island platforms. It was renovated by New York City Transit’s in-house maintenance-of-way forces in 1997-1998.
The platforms curve to the west at the south end and were extended to the north on both sides. There is clear evidence of this extension by looking underneath the platforms. This station originally was a terminal stop as the extension to Brighton Beach was not built until 1917. Outside and to the east of the Voorhies Avenue side entrance, there is a pedestrian overpass running alongside the Manhattan-bound side of line, but it only crosses the Belt Parkway to the south side.
In December 2008, a wooden pedestrian bridge was built above the express tracks that connected the two platforms near the north end of this station. This was for passengers wishing to transfer between directions during reconstruction of Avenue U and Neck Road. The bridge was removed in September 2010.
The 1998 artwork here is called Postcards from Sheepshead Bay by Deborah Goletz. Made of ceramic tile, it draws the faces and life on the "Bay" (as Brooklyn residents call it short for Sheepshead Bay). The three artwork designs are a diner, some people wearing 17th century clothing near a boat dock, and a fisherman. A closer examination of the tile band at the mezzanine level has seashells and Pisces fish.
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