Станция Union Street: история, реконструкции и планы развития

the demolished station actually at Union Street & Fifth Avenue

New York City Subway station in Brooklyn

The station was renovated again from 1991 to 1994. The $2.397 million contract for the project was awarded on February 28, 1991. During the closure of the Bay Ridge bound platform, the glazed tiles at the station were heavily defaced with graffiti, and were cleaned prior to the station's reopening with a heavy duty cleaner, which damaged the glazing. A modification to the contract was approved on May 23, 1994. As part of the modification, new graffiti resistant ceramic tile was installed, signage, advertising panels, benches and trash bins were removed and reinstalled, exhaust systems were added in the porter rooms at both platforms, and the wall mounted conductors board was replaced by a ceiling mounted one. The modification cost $174,000 , and change orders cost $111,004 The Brooklyn bound platform was closed between July 15 and November 15, 1991, while the Manhattan bound platform was closed between February 19 and June 20, 1992. In addition to upgrading the same elements that were replaced in the previous overhaul, floors and track wall tiling, the public announcement system, and safety treads along platform edges and track beds were replaced. It also included an art installation by Emmett Wigglesworth called CommUnion. It features twenty two panels of various designs in the recessed area of the platform tiles above the station signs and other designs on the openings in the track walls.

As part of the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program, $300 million was allocated to enhance station access and provide ADA accessibility at 15 stations chosen by New York City. Four stations were being evaluated for such improvements, including the Union Street station. In 2019, development firm Avery Hall Investments offered to pay $11 million for a new entrance to the southbound platform, including an elevator, as part of the development of a 17 story building on the northwestern corner of Fourth Avenue and Union Street (651 Union Street). In late March 2022, 204 4th Avenue LLC submitted an application for the new easement entrance to the New York City government.

This underground station has four tracks and two side platforms. The R stops here at all times; some rush hour W trains stop here in the peak direction; and the D and N stop here during late nights, but use the center express tracks to bypass the station during daytime hours. The station is between to the north and to the south. A white tiled curtain wall separates the express tracks from the local tracks, with several openings that allow a view of the tracks from the platforms. where they were extended in 1970 to accommodate 10 car trains. Here, the columns are cream colored I beams. The ceiling is lower in this section. Prior to the station's 1970 renovation, it was finished all in white and marble tile with green trim, in a distinctive shade to allow regular passengers to identify the station based only on the color of the marble trimmings.

Each platform has one same level fare control area in the center and there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfer between directions. The Manhattan bound side has a fare control area, a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The stairs on the Manhattan bound platform go up to the southeast corner of Union Street and Fourth Avenue while those on the Bay Ridge bound platform goes up to the southwest corner. The Bay Ridge bound side has a fare control area, a turnstile bank without a token booth, and two street stairs.