BMT Brighton Line station at Avenue J, with R-40M 4493 on "Q". Photo by: Richard Panse, February 2004.

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Overview

Opened: 8/23/1907

Avenue J is a local station with two side platforms alongside four tracks. At the platform level, Avenue J station closely resembles that at Avenue H, except that it has less of the windscreen treatment along the platform edges. A former high turnstile exit on the north end of the downtown platform led to the north side of Avenue J but has been closed for security reasons for many years. A view across the street from the station house reveals the abandoned stairway in a state of poor repair, with old light stanchions and evidence of a removed canopy. The station house here is underneath the tracks (instead of alongside as at Avenue H) and is essentially a tile and brick room directly under the tracks facing directly onto the streets. The tracks over the street form a natural roof for weather protection and a bus-stop shelter. Avenue J was known as "Manhattan Terrace" in the early railroad days. There doesn't seem to be a street of that name remaining but the neighborhood served by Avenue J station is still known in realty circles as Manhattan Terrace.

Artwork

Bird Laid Bare, Rita MacDonald (2011)

Photo Gallery

Image 4630 (252k, 1024x662) Photo by: Joe Testagrose Location: Avenue J	Image 4852 (227k, 1024x672) Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Avenue J	Image 6460 (196k, 1024x684) Photo by: Harry Pinsker Location: Avenue J	Image 7472 (105k, 800x600) Photo by: Neil Feldman Location: Avenue J	Image 39319 (208k, 1024x658) Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Avenue J
Image 76003 (254k, 1044x704) Photo by: Frank Pfuhler Location: Avenue J	Image 87965 (223k, 1044x791) Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar Location: Avenue J	Image 97837 (306k, 1024x768) Collection of: Joel Shanus Location: Avenue J	Image 103897 (397k, 1044x788) Photo by: David-Paul Gerber Location: Avenue J	Image 104447 (267k, 1044x788) Photo by: David-Paul Gerber Location: Avenue J
Image 104862 (325k, 1044x788) Photo by: David-Paul Gerber Location: Avenue J	Image 104864 (268k, 1044x788) Photo by: David-Paul Gerber Location: Avenue J	Image 107057 (130k, 1024x768) Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld Location: Avenue J	Image 137991 (126k, 724x486) Photo by: Wilfredo Castillo Location: Avenue J	Image 137992 (121k, 724x486) Photo by: Wilfredo Castillo Location: Avenue J

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