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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}}
{{Infobox NYCS
| name=86 Street
| other_name=Gravesend–86th Street
| image = 86th Street (BMT Sea Beach Line).jpg
| image_caption = North end of the station
| address = 86th Street &amp; West Seventh Street<br>Brooklyn, New York
| borough = [[Brooklyn]]
| locale = [[Gravesend, Brooklyn|Gravesend]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|35|33.56|N|73|58|41.74|W|display=inline,title}}
| division = BMT
| line = [[BMT Sea Beach Line]]
| service = Sea Beach local
| service_header = Sea Beach header
| connection = {{Bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|B1|B4}}
| platforms = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks = 4 (2 in regular service)
| open_date = {{start date and age|1915|June|22|p=y}}<ref name="bde 061915"/>
| close_date = {{start date and age|2016|01|18}} (northbound reconstruction)<br>{{start date and age|2017|07|31}} (southbound reconstruction)
| rebuilt = {{start date and age|2017|05|22}} (northbound reopening)<br>{{start date and age|2018|10|29}} (southbound reopening)
| structure = [[Open-cut]]
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line=Sea Beach local|left=Avenue U|right=Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue|note-left={{NYCS Sea Beach|time=1}}|note-right={{NYCS Sea Beach south southbound|time=1}}}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}{{NYCS infobox legend|rushonly}}{{NYCS infobox legend|rushpeak}}
| layout = {{Routemap|inline=y
|legend=track
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The '''86th Street station''' (also known as the '''Gravesend–86th Street station''') is a local [[metro station|station]] on the [[BMT Sea Beach Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]], located at the intersection of 86th Street and West Seventh Street in [[Gravesend, Brooklyn]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite NYC neighborhood map|Coney Island}}</ref> It is served by the [[N (New York City Subway service)|N]] train at all times. During rush hours, several [[W (New York City Subway service)|W]] trains also serve the station, which serves as the southern terminus for W trips to Brooklyn.<ref name="ttn">{{NYCS const|timetable|n}}</ref>
== History ==
The station opened on June 22, 1915, as part of an expanded [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]] operation to [[Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue]].<ref name="bde 061915">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/57548404|title=Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes|date=June 22, 1915|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|access-date=June 29, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04EED8123FE233A25753C2A9609C946496D6CF&legacy=true|title=NEW SUBWAY OPENS; MAYOR NOT PRESENT; Refuses to Attend 4th Av. Line Ceremony Because He Feels He Was Slighted. BAY RIDGE CELEBRATES 10,000 School Children Give Pageant In Honor of the Event -- Traffic Starts Tuesday.|date=June 20, 1915|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 27, 2016|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Between 2001 and 2005, the station was known as Gravesend–86th Street when N trains originated/terminated here while the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal was reconstructed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf|title=New York City Subway Map|date=February 2004|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040326024754/http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf|archive-date=March 26, 2004|url-status=dead|access-date=November 26, 2016}}</ref> Some destination signage continues to use this name.<ref>{{Citation|last=Caitsith810|title=MTA New York City Subway : Gravesend-86th Street Bound R160A-2 W Train @ City Hall|date=November 8, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deKWiRsQam8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/deKWiRsQam8 |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|access-date=November 27, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
From January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed for renovations.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Romano|first=Denise|date=2013-10-04|title=Two elevators coming to the N line during massive rehabilitation|url=https://brooklynreporter.com/2013/10/two-elevators-coming-to-the-n-line-during-massive-rehabilitation/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110143915/https://brooklynreporter.com/2013/10/two-elevators-coming-to-the-n-line-during-massive-rehabilitation/|archive-date=2019-01-10|access-date=2020-07-27|website=The Brooklyn Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>
* {{cite news|last=Harshbarger|first=Rebecca|date=January 14, 2016|title=9 Brooklyn N train stations to shut down for 14 months|url=https://www.amny.com/transit/n-train-closings-9-brooklyn-station-platforms-close-for-14-months-1-11325586/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727083940/https://www.amny.com/transit/n-train-closings-9-brooklyn-station-platforms-close-for-14-months-1-11325586/|archive-date=2020-07-27|access-date=2020-07-27|website=am New York}}
* {{cite news|last=Katinas|first=Paula|date=December 18, 2014|title=Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations|url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/12/18/commuter-headache-mta-to-renovate-n-train-stations/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727084303/https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/12/18/commuter-headache-mta-to-renovate-n-train-stations/|archive-date=2020-07-27|access-date=January 18, 2016|website=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Coney Island-bound platform was closed from July 31, 2017<ref>{{Cite news|last=DeJesus|first=Jaime|date=May 17, 2017|title=Manhattan-bound service to return to N stations on Sea Beach Line|website=The Brooklyn Reporter|url=http://brooklynreporter.com/story/manhattan-bound-service-return-n-stations-sea-beach-line/|url-status=live|access-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027143109/https://brooklynreporter.com/2017/05/manhattan-bound-service-return-n-stations-sea-beach-line/|archive-date=2018-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/manhattan-bound-service-returns-n-stations-sea-beach-line|title=Manhattan-Bound Service Returns to N Stations on Sea Beach Line|date=May 17, 2017|website=www.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=May 26, 2017|location=New York City, NY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730064618/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/manhattan-bound-service-returns-n-stations-sea-beach-line|archive-date=2017-07-30|url-status=live}}</ref> to October 29, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/181113_1030_Transit.pdf|title=Transit & Bus Committee Meeting - November 2018|date=November 13, 2018|website=mta.info|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|pages=164|access-date=November 10, 2018}}</ref>
Between October 21, 2019 and Spring 2020, N trains terminated here so work could be completed to protect Coney Island Yard from flooding. An out-of-system transfer was available between the N at 86th Street and the F at [[Avenue X station]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/coneyislandyard|title=Preparing for Climate Change: Protecting the Coney Island Yard|date=September 16, 2019|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|language=en|access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref>
==Station layout==
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=150|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=450|Station house, entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard machines
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=6|'''P'''<br>Platform level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]]</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<span style="background-color:#{{rcr|NYCS|yellow}}">'''Northbound local'''</span>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rint|newyork|N}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard}} <small>({{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Brighton Line/previous}})</small><br>← {{rint|newyork|N}} toward {{stl|NYCS|96th Street|Second}} (select weekday trips) <small>({{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Brighton Line/previous}})</small><br>← {{rint|newyork|W}} toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) <small>({{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Brighton Line/previous}})</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''''Northbound express'''''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400|{{0|←}} No regular service
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''''Southbound express'''''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|←}} No regular service
|-
|<span style="background-color:#{{rcr|NYCS|yellow}}">'''Southbound local'''</span>
|{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|N}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue}} <small>({{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Brighton Line/next}})</small> → <br>{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|W}} termination track (select weekday trips) →
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]]</small>
|}
[[File:BMT 86 St plat N train jeh.JPG|thumb|left|220px|Southbound platform pre-renovation]]
The station has four tracks and two [[side platform]]s. The two center express tracks are not normally used, but both are available for rerouted trains. To the south of the station, the four tracks merge into two tracks and there is a connection to the [[Coney Island Complex]].<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref> {{As of|2013}}, the Manhattan and Coney Island express tracks have been replaced with new track beds and new third rail protection boards.{{Citation needed|date=November 2016}}
There is a building on the Coney Island-bound platform for non-public uses. Like many other stations on the Sea Beach Line, the platforms are dilapidated and have paint-chipped columns. At the southern end of the station there is a pedestrian bridge for employees only that provides access to Coney Island Yard. South of the station the line exits the open cut and runs at-grade. Portions of the platform are located beneath 86th Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://subwaynut.com/bmt/86n/index.php|title=86 Street (N) - The SubwayNut|last=Cox|first=Jeremiah|website=subwaynut.com|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=September 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925211832/http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/86n/index.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The 2018 artwork at this station is "Celebration", a glass mosaic made by Karen Margolis. The artwork highlights the connection between the neighborhood and commuters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=N&station=21|title=86 St Karen Margolis Cerebration, 2018|website=web.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|language=en|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
===Exits===
The only entrance to the station is through a station house at 86th Street between West 8th and West 7th Streets, and it has a crossover between platforms.<ref name=":0" /> There is an employee-only crossover between the platforms on the south end of the station; it is unknown if this crossover was part of a former second entrance, as the bridge also leads to a path to the nearby Coney Island Yard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/BMT_Sea_Beach_Line|title=www.nycsubway.org: BMT Sea Beach Line|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref>
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==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?210:21000|BMT Sea Beach Line|86th Street}}
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204051427/http://www.stationreporter.net/ntrain.htm N Train]
* The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/86n/index.php 86th Street Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105100213/http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/86n/index.php |date=January 5, 2018 }}
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.592448,-73.978146&spn=0,0.013314&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.592497,-73.978248&panoid=eB_be8QUV6D-353-N4ZFXA&cbp=12,8.89,,0,-0.8 86th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!5s86%20Street%20Subway%20Station!6m43!1m42!7m1!1s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-RYcZgL3etiM%2FWb8ZVekC-7I%2FAAAAAAAAy3M%2Fles4EJ9T63IRknvAibqdnfoQtgsG3WYwACLIBGAYYCw%2Fw520-h260-n-k-no%2F!22m39!2m2!1e3!2s-RYcZgL3etiM%2FWb8ZVekC-7I%2FAAAAAAAAy3M%2Fles4EJ9T63IRknvAibqdnfoQtgsG3WYwACLIBGAYYCw!3m35!1e3!2e2!3m2!1i4352!2i8704!4m28!1m3!1m2!1i136!2i272!1m3!1m2!1i272!2i544!1m3!1m2!1i544!2i1088!1m3!1m2!1i1088!2i2176!1m3!1m2!1i2176!2i4352!1m3!1m2!1i4352!2i8704!2m2!1i512!2i512!3e1!10s-RYcZgL3etiM%2FWb8ZVekC-7I%2FAAAAAAAAy3M%2Fles4EJ9T63IRknvAibqdnfoQtgsG3WYwACLIBGAYYCw!9b1&hl=en-US Platforms from Google Maps Street View (During 2016-2018 Rebuild)]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!5s86%20Street%20Subway%20Station!6m43!1m42!7m1!1s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-0glBJHxQBo8%2FWb8ZPbVU_oI%2FAAAAAAAAy3M%2F-qJSym-Op6Yzg9NidETNGzG1ckmIGGVsACLIBGAYYCw%2Fw520-h260-n-k-no%2F!22m39!2m2!1e3!2s-0glBJHxQBo8%2FWb8ZPbVU_oI%2FAAAAAAAAy3M%2F-qJSym-Op6Yzg9NidETNGzG1ckmIGGVsACLIBGAYYCw!3m35!1e3!2e2!3m2!1i4352!2i8704!4m28!1m3!1m2!1i136!2i272!1m3!1m2!1i272!2i544!1m3!1m2!1i544!2i1088!1m3!1m2!1i1088!2i2176!1m3!1m2!1i2176!2i4352!1m3!1m2!1i4352!2i8704!2m2!1i512!2i512!3e1!10s-0glBJHxQBo8%2FWb8ZPbVU_oI%2FAAAAAAAAy3M%2F-qJSym-Op6Yzg9NidETNGzG1ckmIGGVsACLIBGAYYCw!9b1&hl=en-US Southern end of the platforms from Google Maps Street View]
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