Beverley Road station

Beverley Road is a local station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over a private right-of-way at Beverly Road between Marlborough Road/East 15th Street and East 16th Street in the neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times.[4]

Not to be confused with Beverly Road station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line.
 Beverley Road
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Looking north towards the station house from the Coney Island-bound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeverly Road & East 16th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11226
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleDitmas Park, Flatbush
Coordinates40.644625°N 73.964472°W / 40.644625; -73.964472
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT Brighton Line
Services      Q  (all times)
StructureOpen-cut
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
Openedoriginal station: c. 1900
Rebuiltcurrent station: 1907 (1907)
Station code045[1]
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)1,048,249[2]  1.2%
Rank352 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next northChurch Avenue: Q 
Next southCortelyou Road: Q 
Beverley Road Subway Station (BRT pre-Dual System)
MPSNew York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.04001024[3]
Added to NRHPJuly 17, 2004

History
Track layout
to Church Av
to Cortelyou Rd

The original station at this location was opened around 1900 as a two-track street-level side platform station running south from a grade crossing at Beverley Road. The station was established to serve the then-new upscale planned community of Prospect Park South. The current station house and below-grade platforms were completed at the end of 1907, and have been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004.[5]

During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Beverley Road, along with those at six other stations on the Brighton Line, were lengthened to 615 feet (187 m) to accommodate a ten-car train of 60 feet (18 m)-long IND cars, or a nine-car train of 67 feet (20 m)-long BMT cars.[6]

Station layout
G Street level Station building, entrance/exit, station agent, MetroCard machines
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound local ← toward 96th Street (Church Avenue)
Northbound express ← does not stop here
Southbound express → does not stop here →
Southbound local → toward Coney Island (Cortelyou Road) →
Side platform
Looking south toward Cortelyou Road station

This open-cut station has four tracks and two side platforms, typical for a New York City Subway local station.[7]

This station is spelled with three "e"s, unlike its Nostrand Avenue IRT counterpart, which is spelled with two, reflecting the original spelling of the street's name. The 1907 station-house was the focus of an early 1990s in-house renovation. Sitting on the open-cut portion of the Brighton Line, another gentle curve to the right is at the far north end along with clearly visible platform extensions, allowing passengers to watch trains between Church Avenue and Cortelyou Road.

Exit

The station's sole entrance is through a station house at Beverly Road between Marlborough Road and East 16th Streets.[8] The station-house features artwork called Garden Stops by Patsy Norvell, which has etched images of leaves on the glass windows inside fare control facing the south. The artwork can be seen from both inside the mezzanine and while standing on either platform to the south; this artwork is also visible at the neighboring Cortelyou Road station.[9] Colors at this station are green and beige.

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References
  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  4. "Q Subway Timetable, Effective November 17, 2019" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  5. Kings County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Structure #04001024)
  6. Annual Report 1964–1965. New York City Transit Authority. 1965.
  7. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  8. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Flatbush" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  9. http://culturenow.org/entry&permalink=04717&seo=Garden-Stops_Patsy-Norvell-and-MTA-Arts-For-Transit
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