25 Av Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

2,590riders a day
#328 of 424busiest stations
-2.6%vs last year so far
7 AMbusiest hour

How busy is 25 Av?

About 2,590 riders a day enter 25 Av (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #328 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at 25 Av is down 2.6% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

When is it busiest?

Average riders entering per hour, last 56 days (from Aug 28, 2026).

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 429 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 4).

  • 12 AM9
  • 1 AM4
  • 2 AM4
  • 3 AM9
  • 4 AM42
  • 5 AM86
  • 6 AM220
  • 7 AM429
  • 8 AM378
  • 9 AM212
  • 10 AM145
  • 11 AM118
  • 12 PM116
  • 1 PM122
  • 2 PM139
  • 3 PM147
  • 4 PM122
  • 5 PM110
  • 6 PM91
  • 7 PM60
  • 8 PM47
  • 9 PM37
  • 10 PM25
  • 11 PM16

Station report card

Elevators and escalators: share of hours in service over 24 hours, October 2025 – September 2026 (MTA availability). Entrapments = times riders were stuck inside an elevator. Riders vs 2019 compares the last 12 months with 2019, the last full year before the pandemic.

Accessible (ADA)No
Riders vs 201962% of the 2019 level (October 2025 – September 2026)

Where do riders from here go?

Share of subway trips starting here that end at each station, September 2026 (MTA origin-destination ridership estimate).

The top 5 destinations take 22% of subway trips that start at 25 Av.

  1. 1
    Grand StB D · Manhattan6.8%
  2. 2
    34 St-Herald SqB D F M N Q R W · Manhattan4.4%
  3. 3
    Coney Island-Stillwell AvD F N Q · Brooklyn4%
  4. 4
    Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr2 3 4 5 B D N Q R · Brooklyn3.6%
  5. 5
    79 StD · Brooklyn3.5%

Lines at this station

On time = share of each line's trips reaching the last stop within 5 minutes of schedule (MTA terminal on-time performance), October 2025 – September 2026. The MTA measures this per line, not per station.

25 Av is served by the D train.

D train · 78.3% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
Avenue UN2,6370.4 mi
Bay PkwyD4,7690.5 mi
Kings HwyN3,7930.5 mi
86 StN1,5940.6 mi
Bay 50 StD1,8710.6 mi

Questions

How many people use 25 Av station?

About 2,590 riders a day enter 25 Av (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #328 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is 25 Av station busiest?

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 429 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 4).

Is 25 Av getting busier?

Ridership at 25 Av is down 2.6% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at 25 Av?

25 Av is served by the D train.

Data: MTA Subway Hourly Ridership (data.ny.gov). Riders are entries at the turnstiles and OMNY readers, so transfers inside the station are not counted. Updated Oct 29, 2026. All stations ranked → · All subway ridership →
Source code: github.com/MantieReid/mta-data-analysis · Analysis by Mantie Reid II (CC BY 4.0).

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