18th Avenue (BMT Culver Line)
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New York City Subway station 18th Avenue |
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Station information | |
Line | BMT Culver Line |
Services | F |
Platforms | 2 island platforms |
Tracks | 3 |
Other | |
Borough | Brooklyn |
Opened | March 16, 1919 |
Next north | Local: Ditmas Avenue F |
Express: Church Avenue no regular service |
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Next south | Local: Avenue I F |
Express: Kings Highway no regular service |
18th Avenue is an elevated station on the BMT Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 18th Avenue and McDonald Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, it is served by the F train at all times.
This is an express station with two island platforms and three tracks. The full time entrance is at 18th Avenue. The part time entrance is at Lawrence Avenue, which formerly had a booth that is now removed. Each mezzanine has two street staircases and one staircase to each platform. All the interlocking switches are north of this station. There was formerly a switch on the south side of 18th Avenue. The girder indicates that it was a track diverge from northbound local track to the middle track.
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[edit] External links
- nycsubway.org — BMT Culver Line: 18th Avenue
- Station Reporter — F Train