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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}}
{{Other uses|18th Avenue (disambiguation){{!}}18th Avenue}}
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{{Infobox NYCS
| name = 18th18 Avenue
| image = 1818th AveAvenue F- NYCIND SubwayCulver Station by David ShankboneLine.JPGjpg
| image_caption = Renovated island platforms.
| bg_color = #FF6E1A
| address = 18th Avenue &amp; [[McDonald Avenue]]<br>Brooklyn, New York
| line = BMT Culver Line
| serviceborough = Culver BMT[[Brooklyn]]
| locale = [[Borough Park, Brooklyn|Borough Park]], [[Kensington, Brooklyn|Kensington]]
| platforms = 2 [[island platform]]s
| coordinates = {{coord|40|37|46.65|N|73|58|37.07|W|display=inline,title}}
| tracks = 3
| boroughdivision = BrooklynIND Culver
| line = [[IND Culver Line]]<br/>[[BMT Culver Line]] (formerly)
| open_date = [[March 16]], [[1919]]
| service = Culver IND center
| north_custom_station = Local:<br />[[Ditmas Avenue (BMT Culver Line)|Ditmas Avenue]]<br />{{NYCS Culver BMT local}}
| connection = {{bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|B8}}<ref>{{cite NYC bus|B8}}</ref><ref name=BrooklynBusMap>{{Cite NYC bus map|B}}</ref>
| north_custom_station_2 = Express:<br />[[Church Avenue (IND Culver Line)|Church Avenue]]<br />{{NYCS Culver BMT express}}
| platforms = 2 [[island platform]]s<br>[[cross-platform interchange]]
| south_line = BMT Culver Line
| tracks = 3 (2 in regular service)
| south_local_station = Avenue I
| structure = Elevated
| south_local_service = Culver BMT local
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| south_express_station = Kings Highway
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
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| layout = {{NYCS 3-tracked express station
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|3 = Church Avenue
|4 = Kings Highway
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'''18th Avenue''' is an elevated [[metro station|station]] on the [[BMT Culver Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Located at the intersection of 18th Avenue and McDonald Avenue in [[Borough Park]], [[Brooklyn]], it is served by the {{NYCS|F}} train at all times.
 
The '''18th Avenue station''' is an express [[metro station|station]] on the [[IND Culver Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]], located at the intersection of 18th Avenue and McDonald Avenue in [[Borough Park, Brooklyn|Borough Park]], [[Brooklyn]].<ref name="NeighborhoodMap2015">{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B10-Boro%20Park_2015.pdf|title=Neighborhood Map Borough Park|date=2015|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> It is served by the [[F (New York City Subway service)|F]] train at all times and the [[Fd (New York City Subway service)|&lt;F&gt;]] train during rush hours in the peak direction.<ref name="NYCSFV">{{NYCS const|timetable|f}}</ref>
 
== History ==
This station opened at 3:00&nbsp;a.m. on March 16, 1919, as part of the opening of the first section of the BMT Culver Line as part of the [[Dual Contracts]]. The initial section began at the [[Ninth Avenue (BMT West End Line)|Ninth Avenue]] station and ended at the [[Kings Highway (IND Culver Line)|Kings Highway]] station.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AINOAQAAMAAJ&q=18th+avenue+culver+line&pg=PA130|title=Legislative Documents|date=January 1, 1920|publisher=J.B. Lyon Company|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tmHEm5ohoCUC&q=18th+avenue+ind+culver+line&pg=PA1083|title=The Encyclopedia of New York State|last1=Eisenstadt|first1=Peter R.|last2=Moss|first2=Laura-Eve|date=January 1, 2005|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815608080|language=en}}</ref> The line was operated as a branch of the [[Fifth Avenue Line (Brooklyn elevated)|Fifth Avenue Elevated]] line, with a free transfer at Ninth Avenue to the [[BMT West End Line|West End Line]] into the [[BMT Fourth Avenue Line|Fourth Avenue Subway]]. The opening of the line resulted in reduced travel times between Manhattan and Kings Highway. Construction on the line began in 1915, and cost a total of $3.3 million.<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 9, 1919|title=B.R.T. Will Open Culver Line Elevated Road as Far as Kings Highway on Sunday Next|page=23|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/03/09/97082229.pdf|access-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=March 16, 1919|title=Culver Line Open Today|page=8|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/03/16/97086345.pdf|access-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kracke|first=Frederick J.H.|date=March 16, 1919|title=New Rapid Transit Link in Operation|page=106|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/03/16/archives/new-rapid-transit-link-in-operation.html|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=March 17, 1919|title=Culver Elevated Opens|page=21|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/03/17/archives/culver-elevated-opens-service-between-park-row-and-kings-highway.html|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>
 
Trains from this station began using the Fourth Avenue Subway to the [[Nassau Street Loop]] in [[Lower Manhattan]] when that line opened on May 30, 1931.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 21, 1931|title=Nassau St. Service Outlined by B. M. T.|page=29|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/05/21/archives/nassau-st-service-outlined-by-bmt-loop-to-be-used-for-direct.html|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref> The Fifth Avenue Elevated was closed on May 31, 1940, and elevated service ceased stopping here.<ref name="NYERA-Culver2-May20102">{{cite journal|last=Chiasson|first=George|date=May 2010|title=A History of the F (and V) Train Service|url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/the_era_bulletin_2010-05/3<!-- https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2010/2010-05-bulletin.pdf -->|journal=New York Division Bulletin|publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association|volume=53|issue=5|pages=1, 4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=June 1, 1940|title=Last Train is Run on Fulton St. 'El'|page=11|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/01/archives/last-train-is-run-on-fulton-stel-mayor-cashmore-officials-and-civic.html|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>
 
On October 30, 1954,<ref name="NYERA-Culver2-May20102" /><ref>{{Citation|title=NYCTA - Pass for Culver Line Ceremonies - 1954|date=April 14, 2015|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/16964213100/|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref> the connection between the IND South Brooklyn Line at Church Avenue and the BMT Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue opened. With the connection completed, all service at the stations on the former BMT Culver Line south of Ditmas Avenue, including this one, were from then on served by [[Independent Subway System|IND]] trains.<ref name="NYTImes-AdequateTransit-1954">{{cite news|date=October 29, 1954|title=Adequate Transit Promised for City|page=25|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/10/29/archives/adequate-transit-promised-for-city-authority-head-writes-mayor-and.html|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>
 
From June 1968<ref name="Express1968">{{cite news|date=June 8, 1969|title='F' Line Rush-Hour Service Will Be Added in Brooklyn|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/06/08/284714212.pdf|accessdate=August 26, 2016}}</ref> to 1987, express service on the elevated portion of the line from Church Avenue to [[Kings Highway (IND Culver Line)|Kings Highway]] operated in the peak direction (to Manhattan AM; to Brooklyn PM), with some F trains running local and some running express. During this time period, this station was used as an express station.<ref name="MTA-FLineReview-20092">{{cite report|url=http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/flinereport_0.pdf|title=Review of F Line Operations, Ridership, and Infrastructure|date=October 7, 2009|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]] [[New York City Transit Authority]]|accessdate=July 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531101000/http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/flinereport_0.pdf|website=[[New York State Senate|nysenate.gov]]|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 31, 2010}}</ref><ref name="MTA-FExpStudy-May20163">{{cite report|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/F_express.pdf|title=Feasibility and Analysis of F Express Service in Brooklyn|date=May 2016|accessdate=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527062554/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/F_express.pdf|archive-date=May 27, 2016|work=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|url-status=live}}</ref> Express service ended in 1987, largely due to budget constraints and complaints from passengers at local stations. Express service on the elevated Culver Line was ended due to necessary structural work, but never restored.<ref name="MTA-FLineReview-20092" /><ref name="MTA-FExpStudy-May20163" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Geberer|first=Raanan|date=March 6, 2013|title=Light at End of Tunnel: F Train Express may return|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2013/03/06/light-at-end-of-tunnel-f-train-express-may-return/|url-status=live|access-date=July 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327221627/https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2013/03/06/light-at-end-of-tunnel-f-train-express-may-return/|archive-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref>
 
From June 7, 2016, to May 1, 2017, the southbound platform at this station was closed for renovations, with southbound trains stopping on the center track using the Manhattan-bound platform.<ref name="MTA-FExpStudy-May20163" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/culver2016/index.html |title=Coney Island-bound F subway trains will not stop at Avenue I, Bay Pkwy, Avenue N, Avenue P, Avenue U, and Avenue X until early 2017 |date=2016 |website=web.mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527225348/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/culver2016/index.html |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 9, 2016 }}</ref> The Manhattan-bound platform was closed for a longer period of time, from May 22, 2017 until July 30, 2018, and Manhattan-bound trains stopped on the center track using the Coney Island-bound platform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subway_map.pdf|title=New York City Subway Map|date=May 1, 2017|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510180253/http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subway_map.pdf|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=dead<!--not actually a dead link, but this forces the archive as the main link-->|access-date=May 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 18, 2017|title=$140 Million Culver F subway Line Station Renewal Project Begins Next Phase|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/culver2016/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518181315/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/culver2016/index.html|archive-date=May 18, 2017|access-date=May 18, 2017|website=web.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}</ref>
 
== Station layout ==
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=5 valign=top|'''P'''<br>Platform level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|<span style=color:#{{rcr|NYCS|orange}}>'''Northbound local'''</span>
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rint|newyork|F}}{{rint|newyork|Fd}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Jamaica–179th Street}} <small>({{stl|NYCS|Ditmas Avenue}})</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Island platform]]}}
|-
|'''''Peak-direction express'''''
|{{0|→}} No regular service <small>({{stl|NYCS|Church Avenue|Culver}} or {{stl|NYCS|Kings Highway|Culver}})</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Island platform]]}}
|-
|<span style=color:#{{rcr|NYCS|orange}}>'''Southbound local'''</span>
|{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|F}}{{rint|newyork|Fd}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue}}<small> ({{stl|NYCS|Avenue I}})</small> →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|'''M'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Mezzanine
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Fare control, station agent, OMNY machines
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=150|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400|Entrances/exits
|}
[[File:18th Avenue F station jeh.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Street stair]]
 
This elevated station has two [[island platform]]s and three tracks, with the center track not normally used.<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref> Except for small sections at either ends, both platforms have brown canopies with green frames and support columns for the entire length. The un-canopied areas have black station sign structures.<ref name="SubwayNut">{{Cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/ind/18f/index.php|title=18 Avenue (F) - The SubwayNut|last=Cox|first=Jeremiah|website=www.subwaynut.com|access-date=October 9, 2016|archive-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821084828/http://www.subwaynut.com/ind/18f/index.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
The 2018 artwork here is called ''We are each others'' by Julien Gardair. It features steel figural sculptures on the platforms that are integrated with seating elements, inspired by historical figures and present residents of the area.<ref>{{Cite web|title=18th Avenue - Julien Gardair - We are each others, 2018|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=n&line=F&station=12&artist=1&img=2&xdev=1200|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807090519/http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=n&line=F&station=12&artist=1&img=2&xdev=1200|archive-date=August 7, 2020|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=web.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}</ref>
 
===Exits===
This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks. The full-time exit is at the north end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions and contains public restrooms. Outside of the turnstile bank, there is a token booth and two street stairs going down to either southern corners of 18th and McDonald Avenues.<ref name="NeighborhoodMap2015" /><ref name="SubwayNut" />
 
The station's other entrance/exit at the south end also has a staircase from each platform, waiting area, and two street stairs going down to either side of McDonald Avenue between Lawrence and Parkville Avenues. However, the station house is unstaffed, containing just High Entry/Exit Turnstiles.<ref name="NeighborhoodMap2015" /><ref name="SubwayNut" />
 
== Track layout ==
[[File:18 Av BMTCulverLine north diverge.jpg|left|thumb|Former diverging switch just north of the station]]
Just north of this station, a diverging track between the southbound local and center express track was located. Just south of this station, a diverging track between the northbound local and center express track was located. Girders that formerly supported these switches are still visible.
 
{{Clear|left}}
 
==In popular culture==
This station is featured in [[Kevin Smith]]'s film ''[[Cop Out (2010 film)|Cop Out]]'' as well as in [[Allen Coulter]]'s film ''[[Remember Me (2010 film)|Remember Me]]'', both released in 2010.{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} A chase scene from ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' (2019), starring [[Joaquin Phoenix]], was also filmed here.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAGVQLHvwOY?t=1m52s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/zAGVQLHvwOY |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Joker - Final Trailer|date=August 28, 2019|type=video|publisher=Warner Bros.|time=1:52|accessdate=September 7, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 
== References ==
This is an express station with two [[island platform]]s and three tracks. The full time entrance is at 18th Avenue. The part time entrance is at Lawrence Avenue, which formerly had a booth that is now removed. Each mezzanine has two street staircases and one staircase to each platform. All the interlocking switches are north of this station. There was formerly a switch on the south side of 18th Avenue. The girder indicates that it was a track diverge from northbound local track to the middle track.
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==Bus connectionExternal links ==
{{Commons category}}
*[[B8 (New York City bus)|B8]]
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?212:212118|BMT Culver Line|18th Avenue}}
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204051254/http://www.stationreporter.net/ftrain.htm F Train]
* The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/ind/18f/index.php 18th Avenue Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821084828/http://www.subwaynut.com/ind/18f/index.php |date=August 21, 2020 }}
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.630573,-73.976934&spn=0,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.63067,-73.976956&panoid=FMKvl7o8_lFNlO4d_O7DrQ&cbp=12,150.08,,0,2.96 18th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.628904,-73.976601&spn=0,0.013733&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.62864,-73.976553&panoid=DLBFVmbZq5UnQrGEljqv7Q&cbp=12,26.46,,0,6.62 Lawrence Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/place/18+Avenue+Station,+Brooklyn,+NY+11230/@40.6306114,-73.9773788,3a,66.8y,233.86h,85.77t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s-j3gg5nwW6so%2FWb7upsZQ2QI%2FAAAAAAAAyvw%2FJ2Yzxs-V1SsaAiUBgMp-o1PzirjD3j8HgCLIBGAYYCw!2e4!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c244d14c8ceb2d:0xb95b4324c2474334!5m1!1e2 Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Under Construction)]
 
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==External links==
*{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?212:212118|BMT Culvernavbox Lineby line|18th Avenueculver=yes}}
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ftrain.htm F Train]
 
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