page_title: 62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue station
section_title: BMT West End Line platforms
hierarchical_section_title: 62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue station / BMT West End Line platforms
caption_attribution_description: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) put four new elevators at the New Utrecht Av/62 St (D,N) station complex into service on Friday, July 19, 2019. The station underwent a major rehabilitation that included ADA enhancements such as braille signage, tactile platform edge strips, an ADA boarding area, wheelchair-friendly booth adjustments and powered exit gates to ease mobility and provide more transit options for thousands of customers in southern Brooklyn. MTA New York City Transit President Andy Byford and Alex Elegudin, Transit's senior adviser for systemwide accessibility, visited the station on Friday to try out the elevators, admire the new construction and thank employees for their work. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit
context_page_description: 62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the open-cut BMT Sea Beach Line and the elevated BMT West End Line. It is located at New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street in Borough Park and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and is served by the D and N trains at all times, as well as by some W trains during rush hours.
  Prior to the rebuilding of the two current subway lines at this location during the 1910s, this location was known as Bath Junction. Until then, there was a track connection between the lines, primarily to enable Sea Beach trains to and from Coney Island to access West End Line trackage to reach the Brooklyn Bridge and the Park Row Terminal in Lower Manhattan. From 2016 to 2019, the complex underwent an extensive renovation.
context_section_description: 62nd Street is an express station on the BMT West End Line that opened on June 24, 1916 along with the first portion of the BMT West End Line from 36th Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line to 18th Avenue station. The line was originally a surface excursion railway to Coney Island, called the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad, which was established in 1862, but did not reach Coney Island until 1864. Under the Dual Contracts of 1913, an elevated line was built over New Utrecht Avenue, 86th Street and Stillwell Avenue.
  The station has three tracks and two island platforms. The middle express track is only used for re-routings and non-revenue movements.
caption: New elevators at the West End Line platforms
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