25th Avenue (BMT West End Line)

25th Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	25th Avenue & 86th Street Brooklyn, NY 11214
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Bath Beach
Coordinates	40°35′55″N 73°59′14″W / 40.598607°N 73.987352°W / 40.598607; -73.987352Coordinates: 40°35′55″N 73°59′14″W / 40.598607°N 73.987352°W / 40.598607; -73.987352
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT West End Line
Services	D  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B1, B3, B4
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	December 29, 1916 (1916-12-29)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,508,412[1]  1.4%
Rank	307 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Bay Parkway: D
Next south	Bay 50th Street: D
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US

25th Avenue is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn at the intersection of 25th Avenue and 86th Street, on the border of the Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Gravesend neighborhoods of Brooklyn. This station is served by the D train at all times.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Bay Pkwy to Bay 50 St

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Norwood – 205th Street (Bay Parkway)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Bay 50th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

This elevated station, which opened December 29, 1916, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is not normally used. This station has four stairs to the street and one from the mezzanine to each platform. It has been adopted by students of Lafayette High School as part of New York City Transit's "Adopt a Station" program.

In 2012, the station was rehabilitated with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.^[2] Four laminated glass windscreens by artist Amy Cheng, commissioned by the MTA Arts for Transit Program, was installed in July 2012. The windscreens were fabricated by Depp Glass, based in Long Island City, Queens.

In popular culture

The station was pictured in the 1971 film French Connection.

Image gallery

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  Street stair

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  Sign on the fence

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 25th Avenue (BMT West End Line).

• nycsubway.org – BMT West End Line: 25th Avenue
• Station Reporter — D Train
• 25th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View