86th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

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New York City Subway station 86th Street
Station information
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	R
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other
Borough	Brooklyn
Opened	April 14, 1916
Next north	77th Street R
Next south	Bay Ridge-95th Street R

86th Street is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Served at all times by the R train, it is located at 86th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and serves the 86th Street shopping area for Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton.

There are two tracks and a single island platform. The principal entrance, at the south end of the station, is from 86th Street and Fourth Avenue. Stairs lead down to a fare control area and mezzanine, which has historically had a modest retail space (used for a grocery/department store as of August 2006). An additional entrance is located at the station's north end, at 85th Street.

Close inspection of the station layout reveals that the city built this station with an eye to expanding it to a four-track express station, possibly serving a connection to Staten Island. On rare occasions, doors are open that reveal a vast expanse of additional mezzanine. The present platform is located where the northbound tracks would be.

1 Renovation
2 Bus connetions
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Renovation

86th Street - 4th Avenue will be getting a renovation later this year. NY1 is reporting that Congressman Vito Fossella and Senator Marty Golden in New York have secured the funds for an $8.5 million renovation in this station, to be finished about three years.^[1] The station was underwent some remodeling changes years ago. This new plans calls for repairing staircases, new tiling for walls and floors as well as installing ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge.