Avenue "P" Sunrise on the Culver Line

This photo was taken 50 minutes ago (7:15 am) from the Manhattan bound platform of the "F" train (Culver Line) at Avenue "P" facing east.

Another View of the Avenue "P" Elevated Station - Winter 2011

This photo was taken in February 2011 from the Manhattan bound platform facing north towards Manhattan after an ice storm.   When the Avenue P station opened in 1919, and other stations along the Culver Line, the stations sported wooden platforms and wooden wind screens that had window panels.  In a modernization effort around the late 1950's to early 1960's, the wooden platforms were replaced by concrete ones and the wooden wind screens were replaced by drab windowless steel panels system wide.  Since that time, the Transit Authority is trying to make the station enviroment more friendly by bringing in art and some windows along the wind screens.

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Example of a "Modern" (1919) Local Elevated Station

This photo, taken this morning at 7:10 am is at the Avenue "P"  "subway" station at Avenue P and McDonald Avenue on the IND Culver Line (F-Train).  The shot is from the Manhattan bound platform looking south towards the Kings Highway express station.   The Avenue "P" station is a three track station with two local tracks and one express track.  The reconstruction of the 3rd Avenue El around this time (1914-16) added a third track.  Many of the local stations on the 3rd Avenue El had a similar configeration, but the express stops in many of the Manhattan stations were built above the local tracks.  19th Century elevated construction used a lighter, lattice type of steel construction compared to the  1919 elevated station shown here in the picture.  On three track elevated structures, the express track may have express service in the direction of heavy traffic.  For the 3rd Avenue Line, there was express service southbound in the morning and northbound in the evening.  On the IND Culver Line, when express service existed around 1968 to 1974, express service was available using the middle track northbound in the morning and southbound in the evening.  At this location on McDonald Avenue and Avenue "P", some form of rapid transit existed since 1875 and continues to today.  The former railroad tracks that became trolley tracks under the structure are long gone.

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