Alabama Avenue station

On September 5, 1885, the Brooklyn Elevated Railway was extended to Alabama Avenue, with 1,500 passengers using the station during the morning of its first day of service.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/50405953/|title=Still Extending Its Lines The Brooklyn Elevated Reaches Alabama Avenue.|date=September 5, 1885|newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|page=6|access-date=October 2, 2016|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206081528/https://www.newspapers.com/image/50405953/|url-status=live}}

In 1985, the station had only 321 paying daily riders on a typical weekday not counting farebeaters, making it one of the least used stations in the system.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/05/nyregion/column-one-transport.html|title=COLUMN ONE: TRANSPORT|last=Levine|first=Richard|date=November 5, 1986|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=August 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806102145/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/05/nyregion/column-one-transport.html|url-status=live}}

The station was closed for renovations from January 13 to December 14, 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://mta.info/nyct/service/pdf_f/25_jal3.pdf |title=Alabama Av station closed for rehabilitation Beginning 12:01 AM Mon, Jun 13 to midnight, Sun, Dec 14 |date=2005 |website=mta.info |publisher=New York City Transit |access-date=October 2, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210114849/http://mta.info/nyct/service/pdf_f/25_jal3.pdf |archive-date=December 10, 2005 }} As part of the station renovation project, the stairs were rehabilitated, the floors were renewed, major structural repairs were made, new canopies were installed, the area around the station booth was reconfigured, the platform edge strips were replaced, walls were replaced, and a high-quality public address system was installed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/subsrvnj.htm |title=MTA NYC Transit Subway Line Information |date=December 21, 2005 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=October 2, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051221181458/http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/subsrvnj.htm |archive-date=December 21, 2005 }} The renovation cost $8.89 million.{{Cite report|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/budget/pdf/adopted06/MTA%202006%20Adopted%20Budget%20-%20February%20Financial%20Plan%20-%20Part%203.pdf|title=MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3|date=2006|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|page=46|access-date=March 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524004440/http://web.mta.info/mta/budget/pdf/adopted06/MTA%202006%20Adopted%20Budget%20-%20February%20Financial%20Plan%20-%20Part%203.pdf|archive-date=May 24, 2019}}

Prior to May 2014, Alabama Avenue was a skip-stop station where only J trains stopped during weekday rush hours in the peak direction. By May 2014, all J and Z trains began stopping at this station.{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf |title=New York City Subway Map |date=February 2014 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=October 9, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611031553/http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf |archive-date=June 11, 2014 }}

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This elevated station has one island platform and two tracks.{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}} The platform has a red canopy with green frames and support columns at the west (railroad south) end.

A trackway starts at the top of the station's flat canopy and runs to the elevated complex at Broadway Junction. This track was intended to be an express track, with work beginning on the proposed express track in the late 1960s.{{cite web|title=City Transit Unit Seeks 141 Million: Funds for Buses and BMT Cars Included in Budget|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/07/18/80416633.pdf|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 2, 2015|date=July 18, 1962}} However, engineering studies completed after the work started indicated that the vibration of trains passing over the stations would be too severe and would literally shake the stations apart.

A nameless artwork by Scott Redden was installed here in 2008. It consists of three stained glass panels in eight of the nine station sign structures on the platform. The panels depict scenes related to farming including a farmhouse, chicken, and pick-up truck.{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=J&station=7&xdev=600|title=MTA – Arts & Design {{!}} NYCT Permanent Art|website=web.mta.info|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=October 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003060826/http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=J&station=7&xdev=600|url-status=live}}

The street area under the station was depicted in a painting created by artist Rackstraw Downes, titled "Under the J Line at Alabama Avenue, 2007."{{cite web|title=Rackstraw Downes Under the J Line at Alabama Avenue (2007) Artsy.net Retrieved 11-16-2013|url=http://artsy.net/artwork/rackstraw-downes-under-the-j-line-at-alabama-avenue|access-date=November 16, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131116114810/http://artsy.net/artwork/rackstraw-downes-under-the-j-line-at-alabama-avenue|archive-date=November 16, 2013|url-status=dead}}

The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. It has one staircase to the platform at the south end, turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases facing in opposite directions going down to the southeast corner of Alabama Avenue and Fulton Street.{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B6%20Ocean_Hill_2015.pdf|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=July 19, 2015|date=2015|archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616003748/http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B6%20Ocean_Hill_2015.pdf|url-status=live}}

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• {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?192:487|BMT Jamaica Line|Alabama Avenue}}
• Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108033658/http://www.stationreporter.net/jtrain.htm J Train]
• The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/alabamaj/index.php Alabama Avenue Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105102002/http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/alabamaj/index.php |date=January 5, 2018 }}
• [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.676773,-73.900201&spn=0,0.013314&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.676835,-73.900047&panoid=d27IVgkiKvpEJXzg5NVS_g&cbp=12,119.73,,0,9.06 Alabama Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
• [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6769669,-73.8988288,3a,75y,286.43h,90.69t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-WGfJloUj8qY%2FV3K55JiLCjI%2FAAAAAAAADD4%2F1FAh8Plq5kg9lfQY9XAVM1snlSSluJ6aQCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-WGfJloUj8qY%2FV3K55JiLCjI%2FAAAAAAAADD4%2F1FAh8Plq5kg9lfQY9XAVM1snlSSluJ6aQCLIB%2Fw203-h101-n-k-no%2F!7i8704!8i4352 Platform from Google Maps Street View]

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