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	The '''Avenue H station''' is a local [[metro station\|station]] on the [[BMT Brighton Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. It is located at Avenue H between East 15th and East 16th Streets near the border of [[Midwood, Brooklyn\|Midwood]] and [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]]. The station is served by the [[Q (New York City Subway service)\|Q]] train at all times.<ref>{{NYCS const\|timetable\|q}}</ref>		The '''Avenue H station''' is a local [[metro station\|station]] on the [[BMT Brighton Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. It is located at Avenue H between East 15th and East 16th Streets near the border of [[Midwood, Brooklyn\|Midwood]] and [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]]. The station is served by the [[Q (New York City Subway service)\|Q]] train at all times.<ref>{{NYCS const\|timetable\|q}}</ref> {{show by date\|2025\|04\|01\|It is also served by the [[B (New York City Subway service)\|B]] train on weekdays until early 2025.<ref>{{NYCS const\|timetable\|b}}</ref>}}

	The Avenue H station was opened on or around April 26, 1897 as '''Fiske Terrace''', a two-track surface station serving the new planned community of [[Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn\|Fiske Terrace]] in Midwood, Brooklyn. It served the [[Kings County Elevated Railway]] and then the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]] (BRT). The station house serving the northbound platform, built in 1906 as a sales office for Fiske Terrace, was converted to a passenger facility shortly afterward when the station was substantially rebuilt in 1907. The Avenue H station became part of the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]] (BMT) system in 1923 and the [[New York City Transit Authority\|New York City Transit]] system in 1940. It was renovated in the first decade of the 21st century.		The Avenue H station was opened on or around April 26, 1897 as '''Fiske Terrace''', a two-track surface station serving the new planned community of [[Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn\|Fiske Terrace]] in Midwood, Brooklyn. It served the [[Kings County Elevated Railway]] and then the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]] (BRT). The station house serving the northbound platform, built in 1906 as a sales office for Fiske Terrace, was converted to a passenger facility shortly afterward when the station was substantially rebuilt in 1907. The Avenue H station became part of the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]] (BMT) system in 1923 and the [[New York City Transit Authority\|New York City Transit]] system in 1940. It was renovated in the first decade of the 21st century.

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	The sales office was converted to [[railroad]] use and "debuted as a transit station" on August 23, 1907,and was renamed "Avenue H".<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}<ref>{{Cite enc-nyc\|pages=982, 984}}</ref> In this same time frame, the Brighton Beach Line was rebuilt as a four-track railroad and regraded from [[Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line)\|Church Avenue]] to [[Sheepshead Bay station\|Sheepshead Bay]]. This rebuilding placed the Avenue H station at the transition point between the open cut to the north and the embankment to the south. after which the railway was to pass over the Bay Ridge Branch and the nearby Manhattan Beach Junction station; previously, the line crossed underneath the Bay Ridge Branch. With the station house on the surface, the station remained open during the regrading project.		The sales office was converted to [[railroad]] use and "debuted as a transit station" on August 23, 1907,and was renamed "Avenue H".<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}<ref>{{Cite enc-nyc\|pages=982, 984}}</ref> In this same time frame, the Brighton Beach Line was rebuilt as a four-track railroad and regraded from [[Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line)\|Church Avenue]] to [[Sheepshead Bay station\|Sheepshead Bay]]. This rebuilding placed the Avenue H station at the transition point between the open cut to the north and the embankment to the south. after which the railway was to pass over the Bay Ridge Branch and the nearby Manhattan Beach Junction station; previously, the line crossed underneath the Bay Ridge Branch. With the station house on the surface, the station remained open during the regrading project.

			On August 1, 1920, a tunnel under [[Flatbush Avenue]] opened, connecting the Brighton Line to the [[BMT Broadway Line\|Broadway subway]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news \|date=August 1, 1920 \|title=New Subway Link Opens; Service Started Through Queens and Montague Street Tubes. \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/08/01/archives/new-subway-link-opens-service-started-through-queens-and-montague.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018165643/https://www.nytimes.com/1920/08/01/archives/new-subway-link-opens-service-started-through-queens-and-montague.html \|archive-date=October 18, 2022 \|access-date=May 3, 2018 \|website=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="BDE-MontagueBegun-1920">{{cite news \|date=August 1, 1920 \|title=Montague Street Tube, Brighton Subway Operation Begun \|url=http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/56149279/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503112814/http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/56149279/ \|archive-date=May 3, 2018 \|access-date=May 3, 2018 \|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle \|page=53 \|via=[[Brooklyn Public Library]]; [[newspapers.com]]}}</ref> At the same time, the line's former track connections to the [[Fulton Street Elevated]] were severed. Subway trains from Manhattan and elevated trains from [[Franklin Avenue station (Fulton Street)\|Franklin Avenue]] served Brighton Line stations, sharing the line to [[Coney Island]].<ref name="BDE-MontagueBegun-1920" /><ref name="Kennedy 2003">{{cite news \|last=Kennedy \|first=Randy \|date=September 30, 2003 \|title=Tunnel Vision; Short Line. Small Train. Little Graffiti. \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/nyregion/tunnel-vision-short-line-small-train-little-graffiti.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503114234/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/nyregion/tunnel-vision-short-line-small-train-little-graffiti.html \|archive-date=May 3, 2018 \|access-date=May 3, 2018 \|newspaper=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

	The Brighton Line became part of the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]] (BMT) in 1923 and then became the property of the City of New York in 1940.<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}		The Brighton Line became part of the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]] (BMT) in 1923 and then became the property of the City of New York in 1940.<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}

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	\| borough = [[Brooklyn]]		\| borough = [[Brooklyn]]
	\| locale = [[Midwood, Brooklyn\|Midwood]], [[Flatbush, Brooklyn\|Flatbush]], [[Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn\|Fiske Terrace]]		\| locale = [[Midwood, Brooklyn\|Midwood]], [[Flatbush, Brooklyn\|Flatbush]], [[Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn\|Fiske Terrace]]
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	=== Early history ===		=== Early history ===
	The [[Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway]] (BF&CI; now the BMT Brighton Line) opened in 1878.<ref name="NYTImes-AnotherRR-Jul1878">{{cite news\|date=July 2, 1878\|title=Another Coney Island Railroad; Opening of the Brooklyn and Flatbush Line to Brighton Beach\|page=5\|newspaper=The New York Times\|url={{fullurl:File:Nytimes_1878-07-02_another-coney-island-railroad-opening-of-the-brooklyn-and-flatbush.jpg}}\|access-date=December 11, 2019\|issn=0362-4331\|quote=The Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad was formally opened for public travel yesterday [July 1, 1878]}}</ref><ref name="Willink">{{cite news\|date=July 1, 1878\|title=Finished\|page=2\|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]\|location=[[Brooklyn\|Brooklyn, NY]]\|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50423394/}}</ref> There was originally no station at the site of what is now Avenue H station. The nearest stations were [[Newkirk Plaza station\|South Midwood]] to the north and [[Avenue M station\|South Greenfield]] to the south, while Avenue H site did not have any station, though the railway passed below the nearby [[Manhattan Beach Branch\|New York & Manhattan Beach Railway]] (now LIRR).<ref name="The Third Rail 2000">{{cite web\|date=October 27, 2000\|title=The Little Station in the Woods\|url=http://thethirdrail.net/9912/h2.htm\|access-date=March 22, 2021\|website=The Third Rail\|page=2}}</ref> The BF&CI was reorganized as the Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad in 1887<ref name="Cudahy 2009">{{cite book\|last=Cudahy\|first=B.J.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtUzg07N0wwC&pg=PT113\|title=How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County\|publisher=Fordham University Press\|year=2009\|isbn=978-0-8232-2211-7\|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref>{{rp\|91}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite web\|last=Anderson\|first=Bob\|title=Joint LIRR / BRT Elevated/Rapid Transit Service\|url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/joint.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000706201041/http://www.lirrhistory.com/joint.html\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=July 6, 2000\|access-date=June 21, 2016\|website=www.lirrhistory.com}}</ref> and was subsequently leased by the [[Kings County Elevated Railway]] (KCER) in 1896.<ref>{{cite news\|date=February 6, 1896\|title=Union of Brooklyn Roads; Kings County Elevated Leases Part of Brooklyn and Brighton Beach.\|language=en-US\|newspaper=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1896/02/06/archives/union-of-brooklyn-roads-kings-county-elevated-leases-part-of.html\|access-date=March 30, 2018\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The KCER was subsumed into the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]] (BRT) by 1899.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web\|last=Walsh\|first=Kevin\|date=October 4, 1998\|title=The lore of the franklin Avenue Shuttle\|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/1998/10/franklin-avenue-shuttle-the-city-has-closed-this-line-for-reconstruction-but-while-it-was-open-it-was-probably-the-most-decrepit-route-in-the-city-here-are-some-pictures-from-just-before-the-renov/\|access-date=June 21, 2016\|website=forgotten-ny.com}}</ref> [[File:Avenue H (Brighton) Station House.JPG\|thumb\|left\|Northbound station house, originally a sales office]]What is now the Avenue H station opened April 27, 1897 on land contributed by the Fiske Brothers. as a two-track surface station on the BRT's Brighton Beach Line.<ref>{{cite news \|date=May 16, 1896 \|title=Flatbush Notes \|page=7 \|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] \|location=[[Brooklyn\|Brooklyn, NY]] \|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50432259/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|date=April 27, 1897 \|title=Parkville Notes \|page=10 \|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] \|location=[[Brooklyn\|Brooklyn, NY]] \|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50440283/ \|quote=Charles H Severs of Washington avenue has finished work on the railroad station at Fiske Terrace.}}</ref> The first station house was a small structure at the northeast corner of Avenue H and the railroad.		The [[Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway]] (BF&CI; now the BMT Brighton Line) opened in 1878.<ref name="NYTImes-AnotherRR-Jul1878">{{cite news\|date=July 2, 1878\|title=Another Coney Island Railroad; Opening of the Brooklyn and Flatbush Line to Brighton Beach\|page=5\|newspaper=The New York Times\|url={{fullurl:File:Nytimes_1878-07-02_another-coney-island-railroad-opening-of-the-brooklyn-and-flatbush.jpg}}\|access-date=December 11, 2019\|issn=0362-4331\|quote=The Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad was formally opened for public travel yesterday [July 1, 1878]}}</ref><ref name="Willink">{{cite news\|date=July 1, 1878\|title=Finished\|page=2\|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]\|location=[[Brooklyn\|Brooklyn, New York]]\|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50423394/}}</ref> There was originally no station at the site of what is now Avenue H station. The nearest stations were [[Newkirk Plaza station\|South Midwood]] to the north and [[Avenue M station\|South Greenfield]] to the south, while Avenue H site did not have any station, though the railway passed below the nearby [[Manhattan Beach Branch\|New York & Manhattan Beach Railway]] (now LIRR).<ref name="The Third Rail 2000">{{cite web\|date=October 27, 2000\|title=The Little Station in the Woods\|url=http://thethirdrail.net/9912/h2.htm\|access-date=March 22, 2021\|website=The Third Rail\|page=2}}</ref> The BF&CI was reorganized as the Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad in 1887<ref name="Cudahy 2009">{{cite book\|last=Cudahy\|first=B.J.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtUzg07N0wwC&pg=PT113\|title=How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County\|publisher=Fordham University Press\|year=2009\|isbn=978-0-8232-2211-7\|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref>{{rp\|91}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite web\|last=Anderson\|first=Bob\|title=Joint LIRR / BRT Elevated/Rapid Transit Service\|url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/joint.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000706201041/http://www.lirrhistory.com/joint.html\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=July 6, 2000\|access-date=June 21, 2016\|website=www.lirrhistory.com}}</ref> and was subsequently leased by the [[Kings County Elevated Railway]] (KCER) in 1896.<ref>{{cite news\|date=February 6, 1896\|title=Union of Brooklyn Roads; Kings County Elevated Leases Part of Brooklyn and Brighton Beach.\|language=en-US\|newspaper=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1896/02/06/archives/union-of-brooklyn-roads-kings-county-elevated-leases-part-of.html\|access-date=March 30, 2018\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The KCER was subsumed into the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]] (BRT) by 1899.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web\|last=Walsh\|first=Kevin\|date=October 4, 1998\|title=The lore of the franklin Avenue Shuttle\|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/1998/10/franklin-avenue-shuttle-the-city-has-closed-this-line-for-reconstruction-but-while-it-was-open-it-was-probably-the-most-decrepit-route-in-the-city-here-are-some-pictures-from-just-before-the-renov/\|access-date=June 21, 2016\|website=forgotten-ny.com}}</ref> [[File:Avenue H (Brighton) Station House.JPG\|thumb\|left\|Northbound station house, originally a sales office]]What is now the Avenue H station opened April 27, 1897 on land contributed by the Fiske Brothers. as a two-track surface station on the BRT's Brighton Beach Line.<ref>{{cite news \|date=May 16, 1896 \|title=Flatbush Notes \|page=7 \|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] \|location=[[Brooklyn\|Brooklyn, New York]] \|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50432259/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|date=April 27, 1897 \|title=Parkville Notes \|page=10 \|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] \|location=[[Brooklyn\|Brooklyn, New York]] \|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50440283/ \|quote=Charles H Severs of Washington avenue has finished work on the railroad station at Fiske Terrace.}}</ref> The first station house was a small structure at the northeast corner of Avenue H and the railroad.

	On June 8, 1905 Thomas Benton Ackerson paid $285,000 to George P. and Elizabeth Fiske for their Flatbush estate with a mansion (since demolished) called [[Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn\|Fiske Terrace.]] Ackerson's [[T.B. Ackerson Company]] soon began construction, and named the development Fiske Terrace after the estate.		On June 8, 1905 Thomas Benton Ackerson paid $285,000 to George P. and Elizabeth Fiske for their Flatbush estate with a mansion (since demolished) called [[Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn\|Fiske Terrace.]] Ackerson's [[T.B. Ackerson Company]] soon began construction, and named the development Fiske Terrace after the estate.

	<blockquote>''According to a 1907 brochure for the development, the company so swiftly transformed the land "from a wooded hilltop to a high class developed Suburban Home Site" that the project would "go down in history as being the most rapidly developed of its kind on record."''<ref name="NYCL-2158">{{cite web\|date=2004-06-29\|title=Avenue H Station House\|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2158.pdf\|accessdate=2008-10-28\|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission}}</ref>{{Rp\|3}}</blockquote>In 1906 Ackerson built a real estate office on the southwest corner of East 15th Street and Avenue to sell homes in their development. <ref name="The Third Rail 1999">{{cite web\|date=December 25, 1999\|title=The Little Station in the Woods\|url=http://thethirdrail.net/9912/h3.htm\|access-date=March 22, 2021\|website=The Third Rail\|page=3}}</ref><ref name="Brooklyn Eagle 2017">{{cite web\|last=Croghan\|first=Lore\|date=May 3, 2017\|title=Brooklyn's second-quirkiest landmark is in Victorian Flatbush\|url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/05/03/brooklyns-second-quirkiest-landmark-is-in-victorian-flatbush/\|access-date=March 22, 2021\|website=Brooklyn Eagle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|date=1908-07-19\|title=Flatbush Dwellings Sold; Good Demand for Houses in Fiske Terrace and Other Sections.\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/07/19/archives/flatbush-dwellings-sold-good-demand-for-houses-in-fiske-terrace-and.html\|access-date=2021-03-22\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In a contemporary brochure the building was depicted as having exterior [[Siding (construction)\|siding]] and other materials made of wood.<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}		<blockquote>''According to a 1907 brochure for the development, the company so swiftly transformed the land "from a wooded hilltop to a high class developed Suburban Home Site" that the project would "go down in history as being the most rapidly developed of its kind on record."''<ref name="NYCL-2158">{{cite web\|date=2004-06-29\|title=Avenue H Station House\|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2158.pdf\|accessdate=2008-10-28\|publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission}}</ref>{{Rp\|3}}</blockquote>In 1906 Ackerson built a real estate office on the southwest corner of East 15th Street and Avenue to sell homes in their development.<ref name="The Third Rail 1999">{{cite web\|date=December 25, 1999\|title=The Little Station in the Woods\|url=http://thethirdrail.net/9912/h3.htm\|access-date=March 22, 2021\|website=The Third Rail\|page=3}}</ref><ref name="Brooklyn Eagle 2017">{{cite web\|last=Croghan\|first=Lore\|date=May 3, 2017\|title=Brooklyn's second-quirkiest landmark is in Victorian Flatbush\|url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/05/03/brooklyns-second-quirkiest-landmark-is-in-victorian-flatbush/\|access-date=March 22, 2021\|website=Brooklyn Eagle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|date=1908-07-19\|title=Flatbush Dwellings Sold; Good Demand for Houses in Fiske Terrace and Other Sections.\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/07/19/archives/flatbush-dwellings-sold-good-demand-for-houses-in-fiske-terrace-and.html\|access-date=2021-03-22\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In a contemporary brochure the building was depicted as having exterior [[Siding (construction)\|siding]] and other materials made of wood.<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}

	The sales office was converted to [[railroad]] use and "debuted as a transit station" on August 23, 1907,and was renamed "Avenue H".<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}<ref>{{Cite enc-nyc\|pages=982, 984}}</ref> In this same time frame, the Brighton Beach Line was rebuilt as a four-track railroad and regraded from [[Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line)\|Church Avenue]] to [[Sheepshead Bay station\|Sheepshead Bay]]. This rebuilding placed the Avenue H station at the transition point between the open cut to the north and the embankment to the south. after which the railway was to pass over the Bay Ridge Branch and the nearby Manhattan Beach Junction station; previously, the line crossed underneath the Bay Ridge Branch. With the station house on the surface, the station remained open during the regrading project.		The sales office was converted to [[railroad]] use and "debuted as a transit station" on August 23, 1907,and was renamed "Avenue H".<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}<ref>{{Cite enc-nyc\|pages=982, 984}}</ref> In this same time frame, the Brighton Beach Line was rebuilt as a four-track railroad and regraded from [[Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line)\|Church Avenue]] to [[Sheepshead Bay station\|Sheepshead Bay]]. This rebuilding placed the Avenue H station at the transition point between the open cut to the north and the embankment to the south. after which the railway was to pass over the Bay Ridge Branch and the nearby Manhattan Beach Junction station; previously, the line crossed underneath the Bay Ridge Branch. With the station house on the surface, the station remained open during the regrading project.

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	\| borough = [[Brooklyn]]		\| borough = [[Brooklyn]]
	\| locale = [[Midwood, Brooklyn\|Midwood]], [[Flatbush, Brooklyn\|Flatbush]], [[Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn\|Fiske Terrace]]		\| locale = [[Midwood, Brooklyn\|Midwood]], [[Flatbush, Brooklyn\|Flatbush]], [[Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn\|Fiske Terrace]]

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	\| address = Avenue H & East 16th Street<br>Brooklyn, NY 11230		\| address = Avenue H & East 16th Street<br>Brooklyn, NY 11230
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	\| tracks = 4		\| tracks = 4
	\| code = 048
	\| structure = [[Embankment (transportation)\|Embankment]] / At-Grade		\| structure = [[Embankment (transportation)\|Embankment]] / At-Grade
	\| open_date = April 26, 1897		\| open_date = April 26, 1897
	\| passengers = 1,034,018<ref>{{NYCS const\|riderref}}</ref>
	\| pass_year = 2018
	\| pass_percent = 2.7
	\| rank = 346
	\| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations\|system=New York City Subway		\| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations\|system=New York City Subway
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	In 2003, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] announced plans to demolish the station house, citing its wood construction as a fire hazard. The community objected, emphasizing the building's historic importance, architectural significance, connection to the adjacent community and the fact that several other wooden station houses on the subway system were already city landmarks.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bahrampour\|first=Tara\|date=2003-03-30\|title=Neighborhood Report: Midwood; A Community's Future May Rest on a Station's Past\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/30/nyregion/neighborhood-report-midwood-a-community-s-future-may-rest-on-a-station-s-past.html\|access-date=2021-03-22\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On June 29, 2004, the exterior of the station house was designated a landmark by the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]], although this designation did not affect the interior.<ref name="NYCL-2158" /> The contract to "restore the landmark station control house" as well as rehabilitation of the platforms and other stations structures was advertised for bids by the MTA for January 2007.		In 2003, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] announced plans to demolish the station house, citing its wood construction as a fire hazard. The community objected, emphasizing the building's historic importance, architectural significance, connection to the adjacent community and the fact that several other wooden station houses on the subway system were already city landmarks.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bahrampour\|first=Tara\|date=2003-03-30\|title=Neighborhood Report: Midwood; A Community's Future May Rest on a Station's Past\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/30/nyregion/neighborhood-report-midwood-a-community-s-future-may-rest-on-a-station-s-past.html\|access-date=2021-03-22\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On June 29, 2004, the exterior of the station house was designated a landmark by the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]], although this designation did not affect the interior.<ref name="NYCL-2158" /> The contract to "restore the landmark station control house" as well as rehabilitation of the platforms and other stations structures was advertised for bids by the MTA for January 2007.

	This station underwent reconstruction from September 2009 to December 2011. Both platforms were rebuilt with new windscreens, canopies, and [[Tactile paving\|tactile strip]] edges. The respective platform being rebuilt was closed while it was under renovation. An additional unstaffed station house the southbound platform was added on adjacent property at Avenue H. The new station house includes an [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990\|ADA-accessible]] ramp. The northbound station house was also renovated, and several [[turnstile]]s were added to the station.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/temporary-loss-brighton-line-express\|title=Press Release - NYC Transit - Temporary Loss of Brighton Line Express\|date=July 29, 2009\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=August 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2014/04/avenue-h-brighton-line/\|title = AVENUE H, Brighton Line\|date = April 30, 2014}}</ref> The station fully reopened in September 2011<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Flatbush, Midwood Subway Stops to Reopen After 2 Years \|publisher=WNYC\|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/158014-blog-avenue-h-and-avenue-m-subway-stops-reopen/\|access-date=2021-03-23\|date=September 12, 2011\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ng\|first=Alfred\|title=H and M stations are back!\|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/h-and-m-stations-are-back/\|date=2011-09-13\|access-date=2021-03-23\|work=Brooklyn Paper\|language=en-US}}</ref> and the northbound station house was completed two months later at a cost of $47.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Rosenberg\|first=Eli\|title=Country station at a city price\|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/country-station-at-a-city-price/\|date=2011-11-13\|access-date=2021-03-23\|work=Brooklyn Paper\|language=en-US}}</ref>		This station underwent reconstruction from September 2009 to December 2011. Both platforms were rebuilt with new windscreens, canopies, and [[Tactile paving\|tactile strip]] edges. The respective platform being rebuilt was closed while it was under renovation. An additional unstaffed station house the southbound platform was added on adjacent property at Avenue H. The new station house includes an [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990\|ADA-accessible]] ramp. The northbound station house was also renovated, and several [[turnstile]]s were added to the station.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/temporary-loss-brighton-line-express\|title=Press Release - NYC Transit - Temporary Loss of Brighton Line Express\|date=July 29, 2009\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=August 11, 2017\|archive-date=August 12, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812060035/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/temporary-loss-brighton-line-express\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2014/04/avenue-h-brighton-line/\|title = AVENUE H, Brighton Line\|date = April 30, 2014}}</ref> The station fully reopened in September 2011<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Flatbush, Midwood Subway Stops to Reopen After 2 Years \|publisher=WNYC\|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/158014-blog-avenue-h-and-avenue-m-subway-stops-reopen/\|access-date=2021-03-23\|date=September 12, 2011\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ng\|first=Alfred\|title=H and M stations are back!\|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/h-and-m-stations-are-back/\|date=2011-09-13\|access-date=2021-03-23\|work=Brooklyn Paper\|language=en-US}}</ref> and the northbound station house was completed two months later at a cost of $47.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Rosenberg\|first=Eli\|title=Country station at a city price\|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/country-station-at-a-city-price/\|date=2011-11-13\|access-date=2021-03-23\|work=Brooklyn Paper\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	Northbound accessibility for this station was proposed in February 2019 as part of the MTA's "Fast Forward" program.<ref name="mta 20190206">{{Cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvHkh1_8Lcs&t=1700s \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/CvHkh1_8Lcs \|archive-date=2021-12-19 \|url-status=live\|title=NYCT Public Event - Discussion About the Next Accessible Subway Stations - 02/06/2019\|author=mtainfo\|date=February 6, 2019\|medium=video\|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> By September 2020, the accessible ramp from the northbound station house to the northbound platform was expected to be completed in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://new.mta.info/document/20191\|title=Transit and Bus Committee Meeting September 2020\|date= 2020-09-23\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=September 19, 2020\|pages=268, 333}}</ref> The work started in October 2020 and necessitated minor service diversions; it also created a park at the dead-end on Avenue H west of East 16th Street. To facilitate the construction of an accessible wheelchair ramp, the northbound platform was closed for renovations during March and April 2021.<ref name="Brooklyn Community Board 14 2021">{{cite web\|date=March 2, 2021\|title=Avenue H Brighton Station ADA Project\|url=https://www.cb14brooklyn.com/projects/avenue-h-ada-project/\|access-date=March 22, 2021\|website=Brooklyn Community Board 14}}</ref> The ramp was completed on June 29, 2021,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://new.mta.info/document/44216\|title=Transit and Bus Committee Meeting\|date=July 19, 2021\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=July 16, 2021\|page=74}}</ref> and was officially dedicated in mid-July 2021.<ref name="Verde 2021">{{cite web \| last=Verde \| first=Ben \| title=Brooklyn's folksiest subway station is now ADA accessible \| website=Brooklyn Paper \| date=July 15, 2021 \| url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/avenue-h-train-station-is-now-ada-accessible/ \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Brooklyn Eagle 2021">{{cite web \| title=Upgrade of 1907 Midwood subway now 21st century \| website=Brooklyn Eagle \| date=July 16, 2021 \| url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2021/07/15/upgrade-of-1907-midwood-subway-now-21st-century/ \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref> The project cost $14 million. At the time of the ramp's completion, the New York City Subway system had 26 ramps, and the Avenue H station was one of only 14 stations in the system with ramps.<ref name="The City 2021">{{cite web \| title=MTA Looks to Ramp Up Subway Accessibility With Fewer Costly Elevators \| website=The City \| date=August 18, 2021 \| url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/8/17/22629915/mta-looks-to-ramp-up-subway-accessibility-with-fewer-elevators \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref>		Northbound accessibility for this station was proposed in February 2019 as part of the MTA's "Fast Forward" program.<ref name="mta 20190206">{{Cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvHkh1_8Lcs&t=1700s \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/CvHkh1_8Lcs \|archive-date=2021-12-19 \|url-status=live\|title=NYCT Public Event - Discussion About the Next Accessible Subway Stations - 02/06/2019\|author=mtainfo\|date=February 6, 2019\|medium=video\|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> By September 2020, the accessible ramp from the northbound station house to the northbound platform was expected to be completed in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://new.mta.info/document/20191\|title=Transit and Bus Committee Meeting September 2020\|date= 2020-09-23\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=September 19, 2020\|pages=268, 333}}</ref> The work started in October 2020 and necessitated minor service diversions; it also created a park at the dead-end on Avenue H west of East 16th Street. To facilitate the construction of an accessible wheelchair ramp, the northbound platform was closed for renovations during March and April 2021.<ref name="Brooklyn Community Board 14 2021">{{cite web\|date=March 2, 2021\|title=Avenue H Brighton Station ADA Project\|url=https://www.cb14brooklyn.com/projects/avenue-h-ada-project/\|access-date=March 22, 2021\|website=Brooklyn Community Board 14}}</ref> The ramp was completed on June 29, 2021,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://new.mta.info/document/44216\|title=Transit and Bus Committee Meeting\|date=July 19, 2021\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=July 16, 2021\|page=74}}</ref> and was officially dedicated in mid-July 2021.<ref name="Verde 2021">{{cite web \| last=Verde \| first=Ben \| title=Brooklyn's folksiest subway station is now ADA accessible \| website=Brooklyn Paper \| date=July 15, 2021 \| url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/avenue-h-train-station-is-now-ada-accessible/ \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Brooklyn Eagle 2021">{{cite web \| title=Upgrade of 1907 Midwood subway now 21st century \| website=Brooklyn Eagle \| date=July 16, 2021 \| url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2021/07/15/upgrade-of-1907-midwood-subway-now-21st-century/ \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref> The project cost $14 million. At the time of the ramp's completion, the New York City Subway system had 26 ramps, and the Avenue H station was one of only 14 stations in the system with ramps.<ref name="The City 2021">{{cite web \| title=MTA Looks to Ramp Up Subway Accessibility With Fewer Costly Elevators \| website=The City \| date=August 18, 2021 \| url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/8/17/22629915/mta-looks-to-ramp-up-subway-accessibility-with-fewer-elevators \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref>

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	The '''Avenue H station''' is a local [[metro station\|station]] on the [[BMT Brighton Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. It is located at Avenue H between East 15th and East 16th Streets near the border of [[Midwood, Brooklyn\|Midwood]] and [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]]. The station is served by the [[Q (New York City Subway service)\|Q]] train at all times.<ref>{{NYCS const\|timetable\|q}}</ref>		The '''Avenue H station''' is a local [[metro station\|station]] on the [[BMT Brighton Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. It is located at Avenue H between East 15th and East 16th Streets near the border of [[Midwood, Brooklyn\|Midwood]] and [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]]. The station is served by the [[Q (New York City Subway service)\|Q]] train at all times.<ref>{{NYCS const\|timetable\|q}}</ref> {{show by date\|2025\|04\|01\|It is also served by the [[B (New York City Subway service)\|B]] train on weekdays until early 2025.<ref>{{NYCS const\|timetable\|b}}</ref>}}

	The Avenue H station was opened on or around April 26, 1897 as '''Fiske Terrace''', a two-track surface station serving the new planned community of [[Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn\|Fiske Terrace]] in Midwood, Brooklyn. It served the [[Kings County Elevated Railway]] and then the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]] (BRT). The station house serving the northbound platform, built in 1906 as a sales office for Fiske Terrace, was converted to a passenger facility shortly afterward when the station was substantially rebuilt in 1907. The Avenue H station became part of the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]] (BMT) system in 1923 and the [[New York City Transit Authority\|New York City Transit]] system in 1940. It was renovated in the first decade of the 21st century.		The Avenue H station was opened on or around April 26, 1897 as '''Fiske Terrace''', a two-track surface station serving the new planned community of [[Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn\|Fiske Terrace]] in Midwood, Brooklyn. It served the [[Kings County Elevated Railway]] and then the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]] (BRT). The station house serving the northbound platform, built in 1906 as a sales office for Fiske Terrace, was converted to a passenger facility shortly afterward when the station was substantially rebuilt in 1907. The Avenue H station became part of the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]] (BMT) system in 1923 and the [[New York City Transit Authority\|New York City Transit]] system in 1940. It was renovated in the first decade of the 21st century.

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	The sales office was converted to [[railroad]] use and "debuted as a transit station" on August 23, 1907,and was renamed "Avenue H".<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}<ref>{{Cite enc-nyc\|pages=982, 984}}</ref> In this same time frame, the Brighton Beach Line was rebuilt as a four-track railroad and regraded from [[Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line)\|Church Avenue]] to [[Sheepshead Bay station\|Sheepshead Bay]]. This rebuilding placed the Avenue H station at the transition point between the open cut to the north and the embankment to the south. after which the railway was to pass over the Bay Ridge Branch and the nearby Manhattan Beach Junction station; previously, the line crossed underneath the Bay Ridge Branch. With the station house on the surface, the station remained open during the regrading project.		The sales office was converted to [[railroad]] use and "debuted as a transit station" on August 23, 1907,and was renamed "Avenue H".<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}<ref>{{Cite enc-nyc\|pages=982, 984}}</ref> In this same time frame, the Brighton Beach Line was rebuilt as a four-track railroad and regraded from [[Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line)\|Church Avenue]] to [[Sheepshead Bay station\|Sheepshead Bay]]. This rebuilding placed the Avenue H station at the transition point between the open cut to the north and the embankment to the south. after which the railway was to pass over the Bay Ridge Branch and the nearby Manhattan Beach Junction station; previously, the line crossed underneath the Bay Ridge Branch. With the station house on the surface, the station remained open during the regrading project.

			On August 1, 1920, a tunnel under [[Flatbush Avenue]] opened, connecting the Brighton Line to the [[BMT Broadway Line\|Broadway subway]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news \|date=August 1, 1920 \|title=New Subway Link Opens; Service Started Through Queens and Montague Street Tubes. \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/08/01/archives/new-subway-link-opens-service-started-through-queens-and-montague.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018165643/https://www.nytimes.com/1920/08/01/archives/new-subway-link-opens-service-started-through-queens-and-montague.html \|archive-date=October 18, 2022 \|access-date=May 3, 2018 \|website=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="BDE-MontagueBegun-1920">{{cite news \|date=August 1, 1920 \|title=Montague Street Tube, Brighton Subway Operation Begun \|url=http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/56149279/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503112814/http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/56149279/ \|archive-date=May 3, 2018 \|access-date=May 3, 2018 \|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle \|page=53 \|via=[[Brooklyn Public Library]]; [[newspapers.com]]}}</ref> At the same time, the line's former track connections to the [[Fulton Street Elevated]] were severed. Subway trains from Manhattan and elevated trains from [[Franklin Avenue station (Fulton Street)\|Franklin Avenue]] served Brighton Line stations, sharing the line to [[Coney Island]].<ref name="BDE-MontagueBegun-1920" /><ref name="Kennedy 2003">{{cite news \|last=Kennedy \|first=Randy \|date=September 30, 2003 \|title=Tunnel Vision; Short Line. Small Train. Little Graffiti. \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/nyregion/tunnel-vision-short-line-small-train-little-graffiti.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503114234/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/nyregion/tunnel-vision-short-line-small-train-little-graffiti.html \|archive-date=May 3, 2018 \|access-date=May 3, 2018 \|newspaper=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

	The Brighton Line became part of the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]] (BMT) in 1923 and then became the property of the City of New York in 1940.<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}		The Brighton Line became part of the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]] (BMT) in 1923 and then became the property of the City of New York in 1940.<ref name="NYCL-2158" />{{Rp\|3}}

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	In 2003, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] announced plans to demolish the station house, citing its wood construction as a fire hazard. The community objected, emphasizing the building's historic importance, architectural significance, connection to the adjacent community and the fact that several other wooden station houses on the subway system were already city landmarks.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bahrampour\|first=Tara\|date=2003-03-30\|title=Neighborhood Report: Midwood; A Community's Future May Rest on a Station's Past\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/30/nyregion/neighborhood-report-midwood-a-community-s-future-may-rest-on-a-station-s-past.html\|access-date=2021-03-22\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On June 29, 2004, the exterior of the station house was designated a landmark by the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]], although this designation did not affect the interior.<ref name="NYCL-2158" /> The contract to "restore the landmark station control house" as well as rehabilitation of the platforms and other stations structures was advertised for bids by the MTA for January 2007.		In 2003, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] announced plans to demolish the station house, citing its wood construction as a fire hazard. The community objected, emphasizing the building's historic importance, architectural significance, connection to the adjacent community and the fact that several other wooden station houses on the subway system were already city landmarks.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bahrampour\|first=Tara\|date=2003-03-30\|title=Neighborhood Report: Midwood; A Community's Future May Rest on a Station's Past\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/30/nyregion/neighborhood-report-midwood-a-community-s-future-may-rest-on-a-station-s-past.html\|access-date=2021-03-22\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On June 29, 2004, the exterior of the station house was designated a landmark by the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]], although this designation did not affect the interior.<ref name="NYCL-2158" /> The contract to "restore the landmark station control house" as well as rehabilitation of the platforms and other stations structures was advertised for bids by the MTA for January 2007.

	This station underwent reconstruction from September 2009 to December 2011. Both platforms were rebuilt with new windscreens, canopies, and [[Tactile paving\|tactile strip]] edges. The respective platform being rebuilt was closed while it was under renovation. An additional unstaffed station house the southbound platform was added on adjacent property at Avenue H. The new station house includes an [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990\|ADA-accessible]] ramp. The northbound station house was also renovated, and several [[turnstile]]s were added to the station.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/temporary-loss-brighton-line-express\|title=Press Release - NYC Transit - Temporary Loss of Brighton Line Express\|date=July 29, 2009\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=August 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2014/04/avenue-h-brighton-line/\|title = AVENUE H, Brighton Line\|date = April 30, 2014}}</ref> The station fully reopened in September 2011<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Flatbush, Midwood Subway Stops to Reopen After 2 Years \|publisher=WNYC\|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/158014-blog-avenue-h-and-avenue-m-subway-stops-reopen/\|access-date=2021-03-23\|date=September 12, 2011\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ng\|first=Alfred\|title=H and M stations are back!\|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/h-and-m-stations-are-back/\|date=2011-09-13\|access-date=2021-03-23\|work=Brooklyn Paper\|language=en-US}}</ref> and the northbound station house was completed two months later at a cost of $47.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Rosenberg\|first=Eli\|title=Country station at a city price\|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/country-station-at-a-city-price/\|date=2011-11-13\|access-date=2021-03-23\|work=Brooklyn Paper\|language=en-US}}</ref>		This station underwent reconstruction from September 2009 to December 2011. Both platforms were rebuilt with new windscreens, canopies, and [[Tactile paving\|tactile strip]] edges. The respective platform being rebuilt was closed while it was under renovation. An additional unstaffed station house the southbound platform was added on adjacent property at Avenue H. The new station house includes an [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990\|ADA-accessible]] ramp. The northbound station house was also renovated, and several [[turnstile]]s were added to the station.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/temporary-loss-brighton-line-express\|title=Press Release - NYC Transit - Temporary Loss of Brighton Line Express\|date=July 29, 2009\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=August 11, 2017\|archive-date=August 12, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812060035/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/temporary-loss-brighton-line-express\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2014/04/avenue-h-brighton-line/\|title = AVENUE H, Brighton Line\|date = April 30, 2014}}</ref> The station fully reopened in September 2011<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Flatbush, Midwood Subway Stops to Reopen After 2 Years \|publisher=WNYC\|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/158014-blog-avenue-h-and-avenue-m-subway-stops-reopen/\|access-date=2021-03-23\|date=September 12, 2011\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ng\|first=Alfred\|title=H and M stations are back!\|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/h-and-m-stations-are-back/\|date=2011-09-13\|access-date=2021-03-23\|work=Brooklyn Paper\|language=en-US}}</ref> and the northbound station house was completed two months later at a cost of $47.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Rosenberg\|first=Eli\|title=Country station at a city price\|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/country-station-at-a-city-price/\|date=2011-11-13\|access-date=2021-03-23\|work=Brooklyn Paper\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	Northbound accessibility for this station was proposed in February 2019 as part of the MTA's "Fast Forward" program.<ref name="mta 20190206">{{Cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvHkh1_8Lcs&t=1700s \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/CvHkh1_8Lcs \|archive-date=2021-12-19 \|url-status=live\|title=NYCT Public Event - Discussion About the Next Accessible Subway Stations - 02/06/2019\|author=mtainfo\|date=February 6, 2019\|medium=video\|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> By September 2020, the accessible ramp from the northbound station house to the northbound platform was expected to be completed in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://new.mta.info/document/20191\|title=Transit and Bus Committee Meeting September 2020\|date= 2020-09-23\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=September 19, 2020\|pages=268, 333}}</ref> The work started in October 2020 and necessitated minor service diversions; it also created a park at the dead-end on Avenue H west of East 16th Street. To facilitate the construction of an accessible wheelchair ramp, the northbound platform was closed for renovations during March and April 2021.<ref name="Brooklyn Community Board 14 2021">{{cite web\|date=March 2, 2021\|title=Avenue H Brighton Station ADA Project\|url=https://www.cb14brooklyn.com/projects/avenue-h-ada-project/\|access-date=March 22, 2021\|website=Brooklyn Community Board 14}}</ref> The ramp was completed on June 29, 2021,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://new.mta.info/document/44216\|title=Transit and Bus Committee Meeting\|date=July 19, 2021\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=July 16, 2021\|page=74}}</ref> and was officially dedicated in mid-July 2021.<ref name="Verde 2021">{{cite web \| last=Verde \| first=Ben \| title=Brooklyn's folksiest subway station is now ADA accessible \| website=Brooklyn Paper \| date=July 15, 2021 \| url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/avenue-h-train-station-is-now-ada-accessible/ \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Brooklyn Eagle 2021">{{cite web \| title=Upgrade of 1907 Midwood subway now 21st century \| website=Brooklyn Eagle \| date=July 16, 2021 \| url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2021/07/15/upgrade-of-1907-midwood-subway-now-21st-century/ \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref> The project cost $14 million. At the time of the ramp's completion, the New York City Subway system had 26 ramps, and the Avenue H station was one of only 14 stations in the system with ramps.<ref name="The City 2021">{{cite web \| title=MTA Looks to Ramp Up Subway Accessibility With Fewer Costly Elevators \| website=The City \| date=August 18, 2021 \| url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/8/17/22629915/mta-looks-to-ramp-up-subway-accessibility-with-fewer-elevators \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref>		Northbound accessibility for this station was proposed in February 2019 as part of the MTA's "Fast Forward" program.<ref name="mta 20190206">{{Cite AV media\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvHkh1_8Lcs&t=1700s \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/CvHkh1_8Lcs \|archive-date=2021-12-19 \|url-status=live\|title=NYCT Public Event - Discussion About the Next Accessible Subway Stations - 02/06/2019\|author=mtainfo\|date=February 6, 2019\|medium=video\|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> By September 2020, the accessible ramp from the northbound station house to the northbound platform was expected to be completed in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://new.mta.info/document/20191\|title=Transit and Bus Committee Meeting September 2020\|date= 2020-09-23\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=September 19, 2020\|pages=268, 333}}</ref> The work started in October 2020 and necessitated minor service diversions; it also created a park at the dead-end on Avenue H west of East 16th Street. To facilitate the construction of an accessible wheelchair ramp, the northbound platform was closed for renovations during March and April 2021.<ref name="Brooklyn Community Board 14 2021">{{cite web\|date=March 2, 2021\|title=Avenue H Brighton Station ADA Project\|url=https://www.cb14brooklyn.com/projects/avenue-h-ada-project/\|access-date=March 22, 2021\|website=Brooklyn Community Board 14}}</ref> The ramp was completed on June 29, 2021,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://new.mta.info/document/44216\|title=Transit and Bus Committee Meeting\|date=July 19, 2021\|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]\|access-date=July 16, 2021\|page=74}}</ref> and was officially dedicated in mid-July 2021.<ref name="Verde 2021">{{cite web \| last=Verde \| first=Ben \| title=Brooklyn's folksiest subway station is now ADA accessible \| website=Brooklyn Paper \| date=July 15, 2021 \| url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/avenue-h-train-station-is-now-ada-accessible/ \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Brooklyn Eagle 2021">{{cite web \| title=Upgrade of 1907 Midwood subway now 21st century \| website=Brooklyn Eagle \| date=July 16, 2021 \| url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2021/07/15/upgrade-of-1907-midwood-subway-now-21st-century/ \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref> The project cost $14 million. At the time of the ramp's completion, the New York City Subway system had 26 ramps, and the Avenue H station was one of only 14 stations in the system with ramps.<ref name="The City 2021">{{cite web \| title=MTA Looks to Ramp Up Subway Accessibility With Fewer Costly Elevators \| website=The City \| date=August 18, 2021 \| url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/8/17/22629915/mta-looks-to-ramp-up-subway-accessibility-with-fewer-elevators \| access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref>