Brighton Beach (BMT Brighton Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = Brighton Beach

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font_color = black
bg_color = #FFC800
bg_color_2 = #FF6E1A
line = BMT Brighton Line
service = Brighton
platforms = 2 island platforms
tracks = 4
borough = Brooklyn
open_year = 1917
open_date = "original station:" July 2, 1878
"current station:" 1917
north_station = Sheepshead Bay
north_line = BMT Brighton Line
north_service = Brighton
south_station = Ocean Parkway
south_line = BMT Brighton Line
south_service = Brighton south

Brighton Beach is a station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over Brighton Beach Avenue at Brighton 6th Street in the community of Brighton Beach on Coney Island in Brooklyn.

Brighton Beach station is the terminal of the NYCS|B service (Brighton Beach–6th Avenue Express) weekdays, and a way station for the NYCS|Q service (Brighton Beach Local–Broadway Express) at all times.

tairs and Exits

The station has 2 exits, each of which has 4 sets of stairs.
*The northern (main) exit stairs are located between Brighton 7th street and Coney Island Avenue. There is an escalator in place of one of the stairs on the northern side of Brighton Beach Avenue at Coney Island Avenue.
*The southern exit is located between Brighton 5th and 6th streets.

tretch to the next station

Between this station and Ocean Parkway, the line becomes six tracks. The local and express tracks split into an extra storage track in between them in both directions. These tracks are commonly used for storing NYCS|B trains at times when they don't operate, and end at a bumper next to the Ocean Parkway platform.

Bus connections

*B1 east to Manhattan Beach; west to Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Bay Ridge via 86 Street & 13 Avenue
*B68 via Coney Island Avenue to Midwood, Windsor Terrace and Prospect Park

ee also

*Transportation to Coney Island

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?193:741|BMT Brighton Line|Brighton Beach
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/btrain.htm B Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/qtrain.htm Q Train]