Ocean Parkway station Facts for Kids

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Ocean Parkway

New York City Subway station (rapid transit)

Station statistics

Address

Ocean Parkway & Brighton Beach Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11235

Borough

Brooklyn

Locale

Brighton Beach

Coordinates

40°34′35″N 73°58′07″W / 40.576252°N 73.968587°W

Division

B (BMT)

Line

BMT Brighton Line

Services

Q alltimes (all times)

Transit connections

New York City Bus: B1, B68

Structure

Elevated

Platforms

2 island platforms

Tracks

4 (2 in regular service)

Other information

Opened

April 22, 1917; 107 years ago

Station code

056

Opposite-direction transfer available

Yes

Traffic

Passengers (2019)

1,033,340

1.4%

Rank

357 out of 425

Station succession

Next north

Brighton Beach (local): Q alltimes
Brighton Beach (express): no regular service

Next south

West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium: Q alltimes

Location
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Street map

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT)

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

MPS

New York City Subway System MPS

NRHP reference No.

05000749

Added to NRHP

July 29, 2005

Ocean Parkway is an express station on the New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line. It is located at Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times.

History
Station layout
- Exits
Images for kids
See also

History

Southern stair

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 the West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station opened in 1919, all four tracks were extended west to serve the two-level station. The local tracks remained at the same elevation 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 service was extended to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue.

A reconfiguration in 1954 resulted in the discontinuation of Brighton Line service on the lower level of West Eighth Street, as well as express service at Ocean Parkway. West of this station, the local tracks merge into the express tracks, which continue to serve the upper level of West Eighth Street. The structures connecting the Brighton Line to the lower level, which the Culver Line continues to serve, remain intact, but are trackless.

The station was closed in August 2002 in conjunction with the reconstruction of the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal. Service was restored on May 23, 2004.

Station layout

Northern stair

P Platform level	Northbound local	← toward 96th Street (Brighton Beach)
	Island platform
	Northbound express	← No regular service
	Southbound express	→ No regular service
	Island platform
	Northbound local	← toward Coney Island (West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium) →
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

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 station is geographically the closest Brighton Line station to the Brighton and Coney Island beaches, with the beachfront located roughly 500 feet (150 m) away from the station.

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.

Exits

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks and platforms.

The full-time one is at the east end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to each eastern corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway.
The other station house at the west end also has one staircase from each platform, a waiting area/crossunder, and two staircases facing in opposite directions and going down to the northwest corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway. However, it is un-staffed, containing two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles.