Ninth Avenue Station

3803 9th Avenue | also 3801 New Utrecht Avenue | Sunset Park

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1916

    June 24

    The Ninth Avenue station opens on the BMT West End Line

    The Ninth Avenue station opened on June 24, 1916, together with the first section of the West End Line, which ran from 36th Street to 18th Avenue. The line began as the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad, established in 1862. The Dual Contracts of 1913 brought an elevated line over New Utrecht Avenue, 86th Street and Stillwell Avenue.

    “The Ninth Avenue station opened on June 24, 1916, along with the first portion of the BMT West End Line from 36th Street…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1954

    The Independent Subway System takes over the Culver route and a shuttle begins at the lower level

    In 1954 the Independent Subway System took over the main part of the BMT Culver Line route through the Culver Ramp. At the same time a Culver Shuttle began running from this station's lower level to a new single-track terminal at Ditmas Avenue.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1975

    May 11

    The Culver Shuttle ends and the lower level is abandoned

    Culver Shuttle service from Ninth Avenue ended on May 11, 1975. Passengers have not used the lower level since it was abandoned; it is dark, with a fluorescent light still burning on the southbound side, while the upper level keeps serving the West End Line.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1986

    Crocodile Dundee ends on the station's abandoned lower level

    In the original Crocodile Dundee (1986), the abandoned lower level stood in for the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station in the final scene. The '9' wall mosaics and the sunlight in the very last shot made it clear the scene was filmed at Ninth Avenue.

    “The lower level was used for the filming of the original Crocodile Dundee (1986) movie when it posed as the 59th Street–Columbus Circle station…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2019

    The disused platform appears in a violent scene of Joker

    The abandoned lower level of the station also appeared in Joker (2019), in a pivotal violent scene of the film. Later screen uses of the empty platforms included In the Heights and an episode of The Equalizer.

    “The abandoned lower level also appeared in a pivotal violent scene from the film Joker (2019).”

    Source: Wikipedia

  6. 2021

    In the Heights stages a musical number on the old platform

    For a key musical sequence in In the Heights (2021), the production used the abandoned lower-level platform, with vintage subway cars that were rented from the New York Transit Museum brought in for the scene.

    “In the Heights (2021) used the abandoned subway platform for a key musical sequence, with vintage subway cars rented from the New York Transit Museum.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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