Avenue U (BMT Sea Beach Line)
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Stops all times |
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Stops rush hours only |
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Stops rush hours in the peak direction only |
The Avenue U station is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Avenue U and West Seventh Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It is served by the N train at all times. During rush hours, several W trains also serve this station.
History
This station opened on June 22, 1915, along with the rest of the Sea Beach Line.
In 2005, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
From January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed for renovations. The Coney Island-bound platform was closed from July 31, 2017 to October 29, 2018.
Station layout
| G | Station house | Entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard machines |
| P Platform level |
Side platform | |
| Northbound local | ←  toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (or 96th Street select weekday trips) (Kings Highway)←  toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) (Kings Highway)
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| Northbound express | No regular service | |
| Southbound express | No regular service | |
| Southbound local | toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (86th Street) → toward 86th Street (select weekday trips) (Terminus) →
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This station has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are not normally used, but both are available for rerouted trains. The platforms are in an open cut. The concrete walls and columns are painted beige (prior to renovations the columns were blue-green). Alternating columns display the standard black station name plate with white lettering.
The 2018 artwork at this station is "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky", a series of 14 glass mosaics made by Sally Gil. The artwork represent the local community of Gravesend and the diversity of its residents.
Exits
This station has two entrances, both of which are beige station houses at street-level between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets above the tracks and have a single staircase leading to each platform at either ends. The main exit at the south end has a turnstile bank and token booth and leads to Avenue U while the exit at the north end leads to Avenue T and is un-staffed, containing just HEET turnstiles and exit-only turnstiles.