36TH STREET (BMT FOURTH AVENUE LINE)

'36th Street' is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 36th Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, it is served by the , and trains at all times, and by the train during rush hours.
This is an express station with two island platforms and four tracks. The and trains provide local service, while the and trains run express (except during late nights, when they provide local service). During late nights, this station is the northern terminal for the shuttle to Bay Ridge–95th Street. South of here, and trains continue on Fourth Avenue, while and trains diverge east onto the BMT West End Line.
This is one of two "36th Street" stations served by the train. The other is 36th Street on the IND Queens Boulevard Line.
36th Street station underwent overhaul in 1998 to 1999. This station received needed repairs as well as upgrading the station for ADA compliance. The MTA rebuilt the staircases, re-tilied the walls, new tiling on the floors, upgrading the station's lights, installing ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge, new trackbeds for local and express trains entering the station and also installing some artwork around the station's entrance.
One of the street entrances show the serve this station, which it did when it ran along the BMT West End Line until July 2001. The sign on one of the staircases leading to the southbound platform show the serving this station, which it did (on a full time basis) from July 2001 until February 2004. Currently, there are only six trains a day stopping here. The first three trains in the morning from Coney Island Yard and the last three heading back in the late evening run in service to Kings Highway on the Sea Beach Line.

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★ Station Reporter — D Train

★ Station Reporter — N Train

★ Station Reporter — R Train