Utica Avenue (Brooklyn IRT)
 
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Utica Avenue Station · Opened 8/23/1920Two levels with two tracks and one island platform on
each level. Through trains to New Lots use the southern half of each
platform, and terminating trains use the northern half (inbound on the
upper level, outbound on the lower level). There is an an active
tower at the south end of the upper level platform, and a closed one
on the lower level paltform. In the station there are ornate doors in
the tile walls which serve as vent chambers for the station. The station
was recently renovated including sun and moon artwork on the trackside walls.
Although named for Utica Avenue the station lies from
Schenectady Avenue to about 2/3 of the way to Utica Avenue. There are
no exits at Utica Avenue itself. This displacement away from Utica
Avenue allows sufficient easement for the IRT's Utica Avenue line,
plans for which were proposed as far back as the 1930s by both the IRT
and in the IND Second System
plans. To accomodate the expansion proposals, the line east of the
station divides into three routes. Just outside the station on the
local track are bellmouths leading south in Utica Avenue for the
proposed Utica Avenue line. This was not preempted by the later IND
plan for such a route but an alternative. From time to time the one
or the other plan is resurrected, only to sink and die again.
East of Utica Avenue the tracks in the tunnel split into
the present New Lots line and a set of layup tracks. These tracks lie
under Pitkin Avenue and are intended to continue the IRT east in that
street. The tunnel mouth between Utica Avenue and Sutter-Rutland is an
early example of a split-level portal. The three tracks of the Livonia
Avenue line start to diverge on the el and are well separated as they
enter the tunnel.
Artwork: Good Morning, Good Night, Hugo Consuegra
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Route: 4
Car: R142 7105
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 3/22/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 8 / 1839
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Route: 5
Car: R142 7061
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 8/9/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 2890
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Route: 3
Car: R62 (Kawasaki, 1983-1985) 1515
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 4/28/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2333
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Route: 4
Car: R142A 7674
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 4/28/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 3154
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Photo by: Professor J
Date: 4/6/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2070
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 10/9/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1962
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987)
Photo by: Dante D. Angerville
Date: 3/12/2005
Notes: Rerouted 1 train due to South Ferry construction.
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 2139
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987)
Photo by: Dante D. Angerville
Date: 3/12/2005
Notes: Rerouted 1 train due to South Ferry construction.
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 2166
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987)
Photo by: Dante D. Angerville
Date: 3/12/2005
Notes: Rerouted 1 train due to South Ferry construction.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2228
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R33 9011
Photo by: Dante D. Angerville
Date: 12/5/2004
Notes: Special museum train holiday service on the #4, not technically a "fan trip".
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 4886
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R33-WF 9306
Photo by: Dante D. Angerville
Date: 12/5/2004
Notes: Special museum train holiday service on the #4, not technically a "fan trip".
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 3968
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 1/31/1998
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: Brooklyn IRT
Location: Utica Avenue
Route: Fan Trip
Car: Low-V (Museum Train) 5292
Photo by: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/3/1979
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 4937
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