18 Avenue is an express station on the Culver Elevated. The station has two island platforms for the three tracks, although the center track currently doesn't have any revenue service, from 1968 until the 1986 there was rush hours peak direction Express F train service that stopped on the center track.The two island platforms there canopied for almost there entire lengths except at there extreme ends.
The station has two fare control areas, the one at almost the northern end of the station, has a single staircase down from each island platform to a decent sized station house beneath the tracks that has public restrooms (Opened from 5 am to Midnight), before the bank of turnstiles that lead out to staircases on eitherside of McDonald Avenue, just south of its intersection with 18 Avenue.
There is a secondary unstaffed station house with just High Entrance/Exit Turnstiles at the very southern end of the platforms. The token booth closed in 2003. This has single staircases down from each platform, and a pair of street stairs that lead down to McDonald Avenue between Lawrence Avenue and Parkville Avenue. The station offers excellent views at both ends of both platforms for photographing trains along the Culver Line.
Photo 1-6: August 17, 2008; 7-21: July 6, 2009; 22-28: December 28, 2010
A Queens-bound R46 G train, that has been extended to Coney Island replacing F train service do to track work at Bergen Street leaves 18 Avenue.
A platform sign on top of a mini-windscreen on one of the island platforms at 18 Avenue.
Looking down the unused center track towards the center of the platforms at 18 Avenue that are canopied.
R46 #5984 leads a rare 8 car G train, that has been extended to Coney Island replacing F service towards its stop at 18 Avenue.
R46 #5984 leading a G train continues to approach its platform at 18 Avenue.
R46 #5984 continues to lead a rare 8 car G train towards the entrance to 18 Avenue.
R46 #5974 and a Coney Island-bound F train begins to leave 18 Avenue after stopping there.
Looking down towards the canopied areas of the two island platforms at the 18 Avenue Express Station.
Looking down the island platforms towards their northern ends and their small section that are not canopied and just have lampposts on them.
A 18 Avenue sign hangs from the top of the station's canopy, a secondary sign saying F service is also in view.
The only fairly-wide staircase down from the Coney Island-bound platform to the main station house area beneath the tracks at 18 Avenue.
The small bank of turnstiles in the mezzanine area at 18 Avenue.
A view outside of fare control of the token booth facing its turnstiles with MVMs in the distance.
An entrance staircase to the 18 Avenue Station from street level.
An MTA truck and ladder are fixing the side of the station house that is nestled beneath the tracks.
Approaching the secondary, no longer staffed station house at the southern end of the 18 Avenue Station, this view is looking across Lawrence Street.
An ADA 18 Avenue sign on one of the staircases up to the elevated structure at that station.
A view of one of the two staircases up to the secondary entrance to 18 Avenue, with the standard enter with or buy a MetroCard statement on the sign.
Approaching the two doors in the no longer staffed secondary station house at 18 Avenue.
Just wood is the walls of a building beneath the tracks at 18 Avenue.
Last Updated: February 22, 2022
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