Home<N.Y.C. Subway Stations<71 Street/West End Line

71 Street is a standard BMT West End Line elevated station. The stop is a local stop with two side platforms for the three tracks including the middle track that is occasionally used for diversions although it has never seen regular revenue service. The stop has two entrances, the northern ones consist of a single staircase down from each platform to a High Entrance/Exit Turnstile from the Manhattan-bound platform, and a High Exit Only Turnstile on the Coney Island-bound platform. This fare equipment is on a middle level outside, a now closed to the public, station house nestled beneath the tracks. These each lead to a single staircase on either side of New Utrecht Avenue just south of 69 Street. The staffed entrance is towards the southern end of the platforms, a single staircase leads down from each platform to a station house between the tracks. Here are the turnstiles and token booth and two staircases lead out to all four corners of the intersection of New Utrecht Avenue and 71. The platforms are canopied and wind-screened between the station entrances, while the extreme ends are left out to the elements with just a low fence except on the southern end of the Coney Island-bound platform which is wind-screened.

Page 1|Page 2 (71d1) A R68 D train stops in the station 11 August, 2009 (71d2) An end of the platform canopy 11 August, 2009 (71d3) A low fence on the end of a platform 11 August, 2009 (71d4) A column sign 11 August, 2009 (71d5) The simple platform could be at almost any elevated station 11 August, 2009 (71d6) The Exit Only exit at the end of the Coney Island-bound platform 11 August, 2009 (71d7) The single high exit turnstile to 69 Street, the closed station house is alongside it 11 August, 2009 (71d8) Looking down the exit only staircase 11 August, 2009 (71d9) Looking back up to the no entry side of the High Exit Turnstile 11 August, 2009 (71d10) The No Entry staircase from the Coney Island-bound platform 11 August, 2009 (71d11) The two staircases to the separate platforms at the 69 Street end of the platform 11 August, 2009 (71d12) The MetroCard entrance to the Manhattan-bound platform only although no sign says 11 August, 2009 (71d13) Looking up the turnstile to the High Entrance Turnstile 11 August, 2009 (71d14) The now closed to the public station house beneath the tracks 11 August, 2009 (71d15) Approaching the main entrance with its four street stairs 11 August, 2009 (71d16) Looking back to the station from a playground 11 August, 2009 Page 1|Page 2

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