Avenue X station

The Avenue X station is a local station in Brooklyn on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the F train at all times and the <F> train during rush hours in the peak direction.
== History ==
As part of Contract 4 of the Dual Contracts, between the city and the BRT, a three-track elevated railway was built above the surface Culver Line from the Fifth Avenue Elevated southeast and south to Coney Island.New York Public Service Commission, New Subways For New York: The Dual System of Rapid Transit, June 1913 The Culver Line was operated as a branch of the Fifth Avenue Elevated, with a free transfer at Ninth Avenue to the West End Line into the Fourth Avenue Subway.The New York Times, B.R.T. Will Open Culver Line Elevated Road as Far as Kings Highway on Sunday Next, March 9, 1919, page 23The New York Times, Culver Line Open Today, March 16, 1919, page 8Frederick J. H. Kracke, Public Service Commissioner, The New York Times, New Rapid Transit Link in Operation, March 16, 1919, page 106The New York Times, Culver Elevated Opens, March 17, 1919, page 21 Avenue X station opened as the line was extended from Kings Highway at noon on May 10, 1919.The New York Times, New Transit Line Opened, May 11, 1919, page 25The New York Times, New Culver Extension, May 18, 1919, page 116 This station ceased being the line's terminal with the completion of the line to Coney Island on May 1, 1920.
On October 30, 1954,Culver Line Ceremonies this station began being served by IND Concourse Express trains operating to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue as the connection between the IND South Brooklyn Line at Church Avenue and the BMT Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue opened.The New York Times, Adequate Transit Promised for City, October 29, 1954, page 25 BMT Culver Line (5) trains were truncated to Ditmas Avenue, the south end of the connection, operating through to Manhattan via the Nassau Street Loop during the day, and terminating at Ninth Avenue at other times.The New York Times, Bronx to Coney Ride in New Subway Link, October 18, 1954, page 34The New York Times, Bronx-Coney Line is Opened by IND, October 31, 1954, page 73 This Culver Shuttle became full-time on May 28, 1959, and was discontinued in 1975.
The station was renovated from June 29, 2015 to December 28, 2015 (Manhattan-bound platform) and June 7, 2016 to May 8, 2017 (Coney Island-bound platform with trains bypassing on the center track) as part of a $140 million renewal project on the Culver Line.
In May 2018, site specific permanent public artwork created by NYC based American artist Derek Lerner was installed at this station. The MTA Arts & Design commissioned art consists of six multi-panel original and unique ink drawings fabricated as laminated glass and installed in platform windscreens.
==Station layout==
It is the southernmost three-track station on the line, with two side platforms. South of this station, the line is reduced to two tracks as it runs to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue. Alongside the southbound side of the station is the Coney Island Complex, and there are two tracks that lead to the yard south of this station.
===Exits===
The full-time mezzanine at 86th Street and Avenue X has two staircases to the street, and one staircase to each platform. There was a second mezzanine that was abandoned and removed years ago, but little evidence of it remains. The platform stairs are narrower today than they were when the station first opened. The width is more than two feet shorter than normal at the top half of each staircase.
The southbound side has an exit-only staircase at platform level that was used primarily to direct customers to the F shuttle bus to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue when it was closed for reconstruction from September 2002 to May 2004, and this station was used as a terminal.
== References ==
== External links ==
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* Station Reporter — F Train
* The Subway Nut — Avenue X Pictures
* Avenue X and 86th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Exit to bus stop from Google Maps Street View
* Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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Category:BMT Culver Line stations
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 1919