Sutter Avenue is a Canarsie Line station, located on an elevated structure with two narrower than usual side platforms. The station was renovated between 2006 and 2008 (including a closure of the Canarsie-bound platform), and mostly the windscreens were redone from the wavy, metal design to the more smooth cream-colored ones that the modern elevated stations now have. The yellow tactile warning strip was also added. The elevated structure is located along a private ROW, just west of Van Sinderen Avenue, the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch is located in an open cut just west and below the subway elevated (streets go under the subway and over the LIRR freight line).
The station has a single open entrance with a short staircase leading up the north side of Sutter Avenue, between Van Sinderen Avenue and the overpass of the Bay Ridge Branch, up to a small station house. From here are turnstiles before a single staircase loops around at an intermediate landing before arriving at the extreme southern (Canarsie-bound) end of each narrow platform.
There is an abandoned mezzanine towards the northern end of the platforms, with a small station house, no longer in public use nestled beneath the elevated structure. This provided access to Belmont Avenue when it was open. It is long closed, with no access from the street and one closed staircase leading to a hatchway on the floor of the Canarsie-bound platform.
Photo 1-10: January 1, 2005; 11-22: May 29, 2007; 23-27: February 13, 2016;
Looking down the narrow Manhattan-bound L platform has a northbound L train leaves Sutter Avenue.
Little plastic leaning seats provide seating at Sutter Avenue beneith the metal windscreen that curves out to the canopy in a bit of an ornate way.
Looking down the tactile warning strip at Sutter Avenue at sunset.
Looking across to the narrow Canarsie-bound platform at Sutter Avenue, two signs are visible on the boring metal windscreen that distracts from the slighltly interesting metal work that holds up the canopy.
Looking down the narrow staircase to the street at Sutter Avenue, notice the slightly decroative designs in the metalwork.
The chain linked fence along a staircase at Sutter Avenue provides the photographer a place to get an extremely rare trackside view of the trains.
Looking down the tracks through the metal fence along the staircase at Sutter Avenue.
A R143 L train appraoches Sutter Avenue at sunset.
Looking up at a R143 L train from track-level at Sutter Avenue, looking through the metal fence along one of the staircases.
A Manhattan-bound R143 L train stopped at Sutter Avenue on the evening of New Years Day.
A Canarsie-bound R143 L train begins to leave Sutter Avenue.
Looking down the now renovated, narrow Canarise-bound platform at Sutter Avenue.
A modern station sign set into the modern windscreen at Sutter Avenue.
Looking down the two track station at Sutter Avenue.
The sign to the one narrow staircase at the front of the Canarise-bound platform that leads to the exit at Sutter Ave.
Looking down the narrow staircase to the exit at Sutter Avenue.
Looking down the narrow staircase to the exit at Sutter Avenue.
The stylized circles in the metalwork that supports the station canopies at Sutter Avenue have survived the renovation.
Another view down the narrow platforms at Sutter Avenue.
Last Updated: September 7, 2022
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