9 Av — Local services in New York

There is a lot of history in regards to the closed off lower level. At one time it emerged as the Culver line to Coney Island . It ran parallel to 37 st then down mcdonald ave on the existing el where the F train runs. El trains from the old 5th ave el ran there until 1940. Also BMT trains from Chambers st ran to Coney Island . After the IND took over the mcdonald ave el in 1954 it eventually evolved into a single track one train shuttle between 9th ave lower & Ditmas ave. the last train ran in 1975 and the el was torn down. Today houses stand where the el ran...

it sucks to be at the mercy of just one train, and it gets so packed from the surrounding blocks even though the closest D is a few blocks away. It isn't handicapped accessible either, with no ramps nor elevator to get to the tracks. All I had to struggle with was groceries, I can't imagine being at the mercy of this station if you're handicapped. It's kept somewhat in order but the doors are always open which makes it freezing in the winter. The station masters are always kind though but I've found this to be the case with most MTA...

9 Avenue is located in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, the station is served by the D train at all times and the occasional rerouted N train. Located in the only open cut on the D train which is also where garbage trains layup, 9th Ave used to be the terminus of the Culver shuttle, which stopped service in the 1950s, hence why there is an unused, abandoned platform on the lower level. The station is quite gritty, and does not smell...