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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Neck Road
| image = Neck Road Station.jpg
| image_caption =View from northbound platform 
| address = Gravesend Neck Road &amp; East 16th Street<br />Brooklyn, New York
| borough = [[Brooklyn]]
| locale = [[Homecrest, Brooklyn|Homecrest]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40.595124|N|73.95528|W|display=inline,title}}
| division = BMT
| line = [[BMT Brighton Line]]
| service = Brighton local
| connection = 
| platforms = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks = 4
| structure = Embankment
| open_date = {{start date and age|August 23, 1907}}
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line1=Brighton local|left1=Avenue U|right1=Sheepshead Bay
|note-row2={{Rail-interchange|nycs|B}} does not stop here}}
| other_adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR former|line=Manhattan Beach Branch|left=King's Highway
|right=Sheepshead Bay
|line2=Manhattan Beach Branch|note-mid2=Racetrack spur|right2=Race Track|to-right2=Race Track}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}
| layout = {{NYCS 4-tracked local station|inline=y
|1=Avenue U
|2=Sheepshead Bay
|code=BMT Brighton Line
|code2=
|deg=015
}}
}}

The '''Neck Road station''' (formerly '''Gravesend Neck Road station''') is a local [[Metro station|station]] on the [[BMT Brighton Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. It is located at Gravesend Neck Road between East 15th and East 16th Streets in [[Homecrest, Brooklyn]]. The station is served by the [[Q (New York City Subway service)|Q]] train at all times.<ref>{{NYCS const|timetable|q}}</ref>

== History ==
This station opened on August 23, 1907.

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>

This station underwent reconstruction from December 2008 to January 2010. Both platforms were rebuilt with new windscreens, canopies, and [[Tactile paving|tactile strip]] edges. A temporary platform over the express tracks was used to provide service on the side that was under rebuilding.<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=2009-07-29|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=2017-08-11|archive-date=2017-08-12|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> In 2010, the foundation of the LIRR station was excavated to street grade to allow expansion of the station house and installation of the Manhattan-bound platform staircase. The retaining wall and staircase facing Gravesend Neck Road remain intact. Construction continued in 2011 with a mural installation along the southbound platform staircase, and preparation of retail space for newsstand occupancy.

==Station layout==
{{NYCS Platform Layout BMT Brighton Line/embankment}}
[[File:Neck Road LIRR jeh.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Former Neck Road LIRR station]]

This station has two [[side platform]]s and four tracks. The center tracks are used by the '''[[B (New York City Subway service)|B]]''' express train when it operates on weekdays.<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref> Like the rest of the Brighton Line between [[Avenue H (BMT Brighton Line)|Avenue H]] and [[Sheepshead Bay (BMT Brighton Line)|Sheepshead Bay]], it is situated on an [[Embankment (transportation)|embankment]].

Both platforms have beige windscreens with green outlines and frames along their entire lengths and red canopies with green frames in the center. The station signs are in the standard black plates in white lettering and lamp posts are on all support columns of the windscreens in the non-canopied areas. The Coney Island-bound platform has a storage area above the mezzanine staircase.[[File:Neck Road BMT entry jeh.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Station entrance]]

To the east of this station are the remains of a station on the former [[Manhattan Beach Branch]] of the [[Long Island Rail Road]], also named '''Neck Road'''. Until the mid-1920s, this line ran parallel to the Brighton Line from just south of [[Avenue H (BMT Brighton Line)|Avenue H]], where it branched off from the LIRR's [[Bay Ridge Branch]], to Sheepshead Bay, where it diverged east to [[Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn]]. While much of the Manhattan Beach [[right-of-way (railroad)|right-of-way]] has been built over, the station foundation and staircases remain. The station had two tracks and two side platforms. A spur also branched off just south of Neck Road and crossed towards the now-razed [[Sheepshead Bay Race Track]].

===Exit===
The station has one ground-level station house directly underneath the tracks and platforms on the north side of Neck Road. It has a token booth, a single standard [[MetroCard (New York City)#MetroCard vending machines|MetroCard vending machine]], small [[turnstile]] bank, two gates, and a double-wide staircase to each platform. Both staircase landings have two [[HEET turnstile|full height turnstiles]] leading directly to the sidewalk. The ones on the Coney Island-bound side are exit-only while the Manhattan-bound side has one for exit-only and another for entry and exit.<ref name=map>{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Sheepshead Bay|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B19_Sheepshead_Bay_2015.pdf|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|accessdate=2 August 2015|date=2015}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:NYC Subway BMT Brighton LIne Neck Road - southbound entrance.jpg|Staircase leading to the southbound platform
File:NYC Subway BMT Brighton LIne Neck Road - stair and ceiling.jpg|Clerestory over the staircase
File:NYC Subway BMT Brighton LIne Neck Road - looking on northbound platform.jpg|Looking at the northbound platform
File:NYC Subway BMT Brighton LIne Neck Road - Looking northeast.jpg|Trackage north of station
</gallery>

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==In popular culture==
This station served as part of the backdrop for a few scenes in the [[1993 in film|1993]] film ''[[A Bronx Tale]]'', starring [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Chazz Palminteri]].

== References ==

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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Neck Road (BMT Brighton Line)}} 
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/BMT_Brighton_Line#Neck_Road|BMT Brighton Line|Neck Road}}
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310154017/http://www.stationreporter.net/qtrain.htm Q Train]
* ARRT's Archives — Manhattan Beach Branch — [http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/mbbr5.html Neck Road Station]
* The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/bmt/neckq/index.php Neck Road Pictures]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.594973,-73.954993&spn=0.002273,0.009645&layer=c&cbll=40.59497,-73.954991&panoid=IjrtX8m7D74M9yTC90NRPQ&cbp=12,316.85,,0,-2.03&t=m&z=17 Entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.59515,-73.9550171,3a,59.6y,72.26h,87.35t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-XSpP5UOxiNc%2FWHBriRAnslI%2FAAAAAAAAZNA%2FO7J6JTpMrsYgKB4WTehZwnSGJZeK5jSZACLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-XSpP5UOxiNc%2FWHBriRAnslI%2FAAAAAAAAZNA%2FO7J6JTpMrsYgKB4WTehZwnSGJZeK5jSZACLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i7168!8i3584!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]

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[[Category:BMT Brighton Line stations]]
[[Category:New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1907]]
[[Category:1907 establishments in New York City]]
[[Category:Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn]]