{"nrhp_refnum":"05000678","name":"New Urecht Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Beneath the jct. of New Utrecht Ave. with 15th Ave. and 62nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.62481315400004,"lon":-73.99638748099994,"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 four-track, open-cut subway station on the Sea Beach Line (N train) beneath New Utrecht Avenue, 15th Avenue and 62nd Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. It opened in 1915 as part of the Dual System BRT.","why_significant":"The station is significant for its role in the Dual Contracts expansion of rapid transit, which opened outer Brooklyn to residential growth, and for its engineering and design. It is one of only two Neo-Classical headhouses on the line and retains a relatively high degree of integrity. It is significant at the local level.","narrative":"Beneath the intersection of New Utrecht Avenue, 15th Avenue and 62nd Street in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood lies a subway station opened in 1915 on the Sea Beach Line. Built by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company under Dual Contract 4, it sits in an open cut with four tracks, two arcaded concrete side platforms and a Neo-Classical control house at each end. The headhouses carry polychrome tile friezes and ornamental concrete facades. Squire J. Vickers designed the station, and Alfred Craven served as chief engineer of the Dual Contracts expansion. The line replaced an older surface seashore railroad and helped draw new residents, many from the Lower East Side, to Bensonhurst. It is one of only two Neo-Classical headhouses on its line. Although weathering has left the exteriors in poor condition, the original features remain largely intact and can be restored.","period_of_significance":"1915","architect_builder":"Craven, Alfred (engineer); Vickers, Squire J. (architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival; Other: Arts & Crafts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in transit use; the headhouse facades are in poor condition from weathering, with spalling, cracking and deteriorated canopies, but original elements remain substantially intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.260968-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000678.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000678/5f059048eb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000678/5f059048eb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"IliketrainsR211T","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Utrecht_Avenue_Northbound_BMT_Platform.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">IliketrainsR211T</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Utrecht_Avenue_Northbound_BMT_Platform.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313343","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2615298"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/new-urecht-avenue-station-dual-system-brt-05000678/"}