Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line)
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Smith–Ninth Streets
 
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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| Address | Smith Street & Ninth Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||
| Locale | Gowanus | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′27.3″N 73°59′48.63″W / 40.674250°N 73.9968417°WCoordinates: 40°40′27.3″N 73°59′48.63″W / 40.674250°N 73.9968417°W | ||||||
| Division | B (IND) | ||||||
| Line | IND Culver Line | ||||||
| Services |
F  (all times)G (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B57, B61
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
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| Opened | October 7, 1933 | ||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 1,636,221  6.3% |
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| Rank | 292 out of 425 | ||||||
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| Next north |
Carroll Street: F G
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| Next south |
Fourth Avenue: F G
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Smith–Ninth Streets is a local station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over the Gowanus Canal between Smith and Ninth Streets in Gowanus, Brooklyn and is served by the F and G trains at all times.
This elevated station, opened on October 7, 1933, has four tracks and two side platforms. In 2009, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority began an extensive renovation of the station, which was closed entirely for a full reconstruction between June 2011 and April 2013.
In 1927, it was decided to build a bridge over the Gowanus Canal for the IND Culver Line, thus replacing earlier plans for a deep river tunnel in the area. This resulted in the only above-ground section of the original IND. The first short section of the line opened on March 20, 1933, from Jay Street to Bergen Street. The rest of the line, including the Smith–9th Streets station, opened on October 7, 1933, to the "temporary" terminal at Church Avenue.
The station was originally served by the A train. In 1936, the A was rerouted to the IND Fulton Street Line and E trains from the Queens Boulevard line replaced them. In 1937, the connection to the IND Crosstown Line opened and GG trains were extended to Church Avenue, complementing the E. In December 1940, after the IND Sixth Avenue Line opened, E trains were replaced by the F, and the GG was cut back to Smith–Ninth Streets. Following the completion of the Culver Ramp in 1954,D Concourse Express trains replaced F service to Coney Island. In November 1967, the Chrystie Street Connection opened and D trains were rerouted via the Manhattan Bridge and the BMT Brighton Line to Coney Island. F trains were extended once again via the Culver Line.
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