{"nrhp_refnum":"05000676","name":"9th Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"38th St. and 9th Ave. near the jct. of New Utrecht Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.64641648400004,"lon":-73.99440826899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-07-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Engineering","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A subway station at 38th Street and 9th Avenue in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, built in 1914 and opened in 1916 as part of Contract 4 of the Dual System BRT on the West End Line.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A for transportation, community planning and development, and social history, because it was a major junction that supported the growth of Sunset Park. It also meets Criterion C for engineering and architectural design, shown by its Arts and Crafts details and arched platform canopy. It was designed by Dual System chief architect Squire J. Vickers and retains a relatively high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Located at 38th Street and 9th Avenue in Brooklyn's Sunset Park, this subway station was built in 1914 and opened in 1916 as part of Contract 4 of the Dual System BRT. It serves the West End Line and has two track levels, an open-cut upper platform and a subterranean platform that carried Culver Line trains until 1975. A single-story control house with buff yellow brick, blue and green terra cotta friezes and mosaic interior details shows the Arts and Crafts style, and the platforms are shaded by arched steel canopies. The station was designed by Squire J. Vickers, with Alfred Craven as chief engineer. Excavating the deep Culver Cut to hold two stacked track levels was a major undertaking. The station became a junction for four lines and supported population growth in Sunset Park, near the Bush Terminal and Brooklyn Army Terminal. It retains a relatively high degree of integrity, though the control house shows deterioration.","period_of_significance":"1914-1916","architect_builder":"Craven, Alfred (engineer); Vickers, Squire J. (architects)","architectural_style":"Other: Arts and Crafts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The station is still in use for D and M train service. The lower Culver Line platform has been closed to the public since 1975. The control house has been modified but remains essentially intact, with the cornice and gutters missing from about three-quarters of the building and some cracking in the terra cotta.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.207357-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000676.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000676/0eb40aec7c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000676/0eb40aec7c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Adam Moss from Highland Park, NJ, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:9_Avenue_vc.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Moss from Highland Park, NJ, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:9_Avenue_vc.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313331","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninth_Avenue_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2439660"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/9th-avenue-station-dual-system-brt-05000676/"}