59th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

59 Street  ​​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Looking south on the southbound platform. An R160 R train is visible on the southbound local track.
Station statistics
Address	59th Street & Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Sunset Park
Coordinates	40°38′29″N 74°01′04″W / 40.64139°N 74.01778°W / 40.64139; -74.01778
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	N  (all times) ​   R  (all times) ​   W  (limited rush hour service only)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B9, B37 (on Third Avenue); B63 (on Fifth Avenue)[2] NYC Ferry: Rockaway, South Brooklyn (at Brooklyn Army Terminal)[3]
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915 (109 years ago) (1915-06-22)[4]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	2,855,080[5]  8.1%
Rank	115 out of 423[5]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 36th Street N  toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Express Eighth Avenue N  ​W  toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue 53rd Street N  ​R  ​W  toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue Local Bay Ridge Avenue R  toward Bay Ridge–95th Street
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Track layout Legend to 36th Street to 53rd Street to Bay Ridge Avenue to Eighth Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The 59th Street station is an express station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 59th Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, it is served by the N and R trains at all times. During rush hours, several W trains also serve the station.

The 59th Street station was constructed as part of the Fourth Avenue Line, which was approved in 1905. Construction on the segment of the line that includes 59th Street started on March 15, 1913, and was completed in 1915. The station opened on June 22, 1915, as the southernmost station of the initial portion of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. The station's platforms were lengthened in 1926–1927,^[6] and again during the 1960s.^[7] Elevator access was added in late 2020, in tandem with a station renovation between 2018 and 2020 to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.