Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street (New York City Subway)

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Coordinates: 40°41′04″N 73°58′44″W / 40.684462, -73.978758


Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street
New York City Subway station
Station information
Services	2 (all times) 3 (all except late nights) 4 (all times) 5 (rush hours until 8:45 p.m.) B (weekdays until 9:30 p.m.) D (all times) M (rush hours until 7:30 p.m.) N (all times) Q (all times) R (all except late nights)
Passengers (2006)	9.134 million ▲ 6%
Other
Accessible
Connection	LIRR at Flatbush Avenue

Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, the BMT Brighton Line and the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. It is located at Atlantic, Fourth and Flatbush Avenues and Pacific Street in Brooklyn. The whole station complex is ADA-compliant. In 2004, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

1 IRT Eastern Parkway Line platforms
2 BMT Brighton Line platform
3 BMT Fourth Avenue Line platforms
- 3.1 Rehabbing the station
4 Bus connections
5 Refererences
6 External links

[edit] IRT Eastern Parkway Line platforms


Station information
Line	IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services	2 (all times) 3 (all except late nights) 4 (all times) 5 (rush hours until 8:45 p.m.)
Platforms	1 island platform, 2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other
Opened	May 1, 1908
Next north	Nevins Street: 2 3 4 5
Next south	Bergen Street (local): 2 3 4 Franklin Avenue (express): 4 5

Atlantic Avenue on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line has four tracks, one island platform, and two side platforms. On the center platform there are two old indicator signs which mark the next train, used for non-rush hour short turn trains. An old style sign to the Brooklyn Academy of Music also exists. The trackway to the Long Island Rail Road is still visible at the north end of the northbound local track, although much of it is behind corrugated wall; more information about this and other unused trackways is at Bergen Street. The LIRR platforms are clearly visible on the other side of floor-to-ceiling railings.

This station has been completely renovated. The northbound local trackway and track have been completely redone with concrete base and welded rail.

A passageway to the BMT Fourth Avenue and Brighton Lines lies under the platforms, with the Fourth Avenue Line to the southwest and the Brighton Line to the northeast.

Although the station is wheelchair accessible, the Eastern Parkway Line express platform was formerly too narrow in some areas to accommodate wheelchairs. Passengers were notified of this fact by announcements on trains before reaching the station. The stairs have been trimmed in width to allow full wheelchair access.

[edit] BMT Brighton Line platform

Station information
Line	BMT Brighton Line
Services	B (weekdays until 9:30 p.m.) Q (all times)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other
Opened	August 1, 1920
Next north	DeKalb Avenue: B Q
Next south	Seventh Avenue: B Q

Atlantic Avenue on the BMT Brighton Line has two tracks and an island platform. The platform has five staircases, three to the main mezzanine and two to the Hanson Place exit at the north end, which is an escalator that leads to a separate mezzanine with no transfers to the other lines. A booth at the north end has been removed. There is also one street staircase that leads to the Williamsburg Savings Bank. Two more street staircases lead to the Atlantic Terminal Mall. The lower level at the Hanson Place end of the station had a passageway, now sealed, that ran above the platform from Hanson Place. The signs "To Hanson Place" and other signs are covered up. This area is now space used by MTA employees, with the entrance at the other side. The main mezzanine also has an out-of-system passageway to the Flatbush Avenue LIRR terminal and the full time fare control at the IRT side of the station. There is a removed staircase in between the two sets of stairs. The northernmost staircase was added during renovation, while the other two staircases were narrowed in order to comply with ADA guidelines regarding minimum 36-inch width clearances. The platform extension is clearly visible the south end of the platform, while the name tablets and "A" are authentic replicas on the northbound platform wall, while the southbound wall was tiled around them. The area on the southbound wall where the platform extends out is made of replicas as well. Since there were no mosaics built, only a green wall was present prior to renovation, which indicates where the platform was extended in the 1960s to fit ten car trains.

[edit] BMT Fourth Avenue Line platforms


Station information
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	D (all times) M (rush hours until 7:30 p.m.) N (all times) R (all except late nights)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other
Opened	September 13, 1915
Next north	DeKalb Avenue (local): D M N R
	Canal Street (Express via Broadway): N Grand Street (Express via 6th Avenue): D
Next south	Union Street (local): D M N R 36th Street (express): D N

Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street (originally Pacific Street) on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line has four tracks and two island platforms. Exits are located towards the north end, along with elevators, which lead to an upper mezzanine. Other exits, as well as connections to the LIRR, IRT Eastern Parkway Line (2 3 4 5), and BMT Brighton Line (B Q), are accessible by a pathway that connects to the upper mezzanine. Exits from the station's upper mezzaine lead to Fourth Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street.

[edit] Rehabbing the station

The station was overhauled in the late 1970s. MTA fixed the station's structure and overhauled its appearance. It refurbished the wall tilings and replaced the old signs and incandescent lighting with modern fixtures. It also fixed the staircases and platform edges.^{[citation needed]} Pacific Street station underwent another major overhaul in 1999 to 2000. This time the station received state of the art repairs and was updated for ADA compliance. The MTA repaired the staircases, re-tiled the walls and floors, upgraded the station's lights and the public address system, installed ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge, and installed new trackbeds for local and express trains entering the station. In late 2004, the MTA installed elevators on both sides of the platform and street level to accommodate wheelchairs and those with disabilities.