page_title: 77th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 77th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: 77th St stairway in Bay Ridge. I took this picture after leaving the en:Five Boro Bike Tour, looking north on the east side of 4th Avenue on a springtime sunny afternoon.
context_page_description: 77th Street is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 77th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, it is served by the R train at all times.
  The 77th Street station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, which was approved in 1905 and subsequently modified. Construction on the segment of the line that includes 77th Street started on January 24, 1913, and was completed in 1915. The station opened on January 15, 1916, as part of an extension of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line from 59th Street to 86th Street. The station's platforms were lengthened in 1926–1927 and in 1968-1970.
caption: Stairs on east side of Fourth Avenue
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