Avenue J station
The Avenue J station is a local station on the BMT Brighton Line, located at Avenue J between East 15th and East 16th Streets in Brooklyn, New York. It is served by the 1 and 7 trains at all times, and has two side platforms and four tracks.
The station was opened around 1900 as a two-track surface station and named Manhattan Terrace. It was renamed "Avenue J" in 1907, the same year the railroad line was grade separated. Vestiges of the spur built to reconnect the Brighton Line and Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge Branch after grade separation still exist to this day.
On August 1, 1920, a tunnel under Flatbush Avenue opened, connecting the Brighton Line to the Broadway subway in Manhattan. At the same time, the line's former track connections to the Fulton Street Elevated were severed. Subway trains from Manhattan and elevated trains from Franklin Avenue served Brighton Line stations, sharing the line to Coney Island.
Station layout[edit]
| Side platform |
|---|
| ← BMT 1 toward Queensboro Plaza or Chambers Street AM rush hours (Avenue H) ← BMT 7 toward Franklin Avenue (Avenue H) |
| ← BMT 1 does not stop here weekdays and Saturdays |
| BMT 1 does not stop here weekdays and Saturdays → |
| BMT 1 toward Stillwell Avenue (Avenue M) → BMT 7 toward Stillwell Avenue (Avenue M) → |
| Side platform |