Bay Parkway station (BMT West End Line)

The Bay Parkway station (formerly Bay Parkway–22nd Avenue station) is an express station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn at the intersection of Bay Parkway and 86th Street. The station is served by the D train at all times.
== History ==
Bay Parkway opened on July 29, 1916, as part of an extension of the BMT West End Line from 18th Avenue to 25th Avenue. 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, replacing the surface railway.
The platforms were extended in the 1950s to accommodate the current standard B Division train length of .
This station was the southern terminal for M service during rush hours until June 28, 2010.
In 2012, the station was rehabilitated and three passenger elevators (one from each platform to the mezzanine, and one from the mezzanine to street level) were added with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
==Station layout==
PPlatform level	Northbound local 	← toward ()
PPlatform level	 	
PPlatform level	Peak-direction express	No regular service ( or )
PPlatform level	 	
PPlatform level	Southbound local 	toward () →
M 	Mezzanine 	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G 	Street level 	Entrances/exits
This elevated station has two island platforms and three tracks. The center track is not normally used in revenue service. Both platforms have brown canopies with green frames and support columns in their center as well as wooden benches surrounded by green windscreens. On either sides, there are windscreen-style station signs and round lampposts. There is a signal tower at the south end of the station, at the end of the northbound platform.
This station was the terminus for the M train from 1987 to 2010 during rush hours. Although both platforms had signs indicating M trains used the center express track, they actually operated from the local tracks because there are no switches north of the station to allow trains to switch to the express track. South of the platforms, two diamond crossovers were used for M trains to relay or be stored on the center track before switching to the Manhattan-bound local one for the trip northbound.
A concrete structure was built over the steel at this station. On July 6, 2005, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
===Exits===
This station has one metal station house with concrete floors below the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and four staircases going down to all corners of Bay Parkway and 86th Street. The station house formerly had windows on all four sides. However, all of them except the ones on the west side have been covered with tar.
== Gallery ==
File:Bay Parkway 83d St BMT sta jeh.jpg|Elevated station house and structure
File:Bay Parkway (West End) - SE street stair.JPG|Southeastern street stair
File:Bay Pkwy WE BMT stair jeh.JPG|Street stair before M train service to the station was discontinued
File:Bay Parkway Station from 20th Avenue Station.jpg|The station as seen from the 20th Avenue station down the line
File:Bay Parkway rehab vc.jpg|One of three new elevators
File:NYCSubway2590.jpg|Manhattan-bound D train at the station 
== References ==
== External links ==
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* Station Reporter — D Train
* Bay Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Platforms from Google Maps Street View
Category:BMT West End Line stations
Category:Railway and subway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
Category:New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn
Category:New York City Subway stations located aboveground
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916
Category:1916 establishments in New York City
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn