It is in front of the campus of John Dewey High School and has been adopted by its students as part of the New York City Transit Authority's Adopt-a-Station Program.

Bay 50th Street opened on July 21, 1917 as part of the final extension of the BMT West End Line from 25th Avenue to Coney Island.

[7] Four laminated glass windscreens by artist Amy Cheng, commissioned by the MTA Arts for Transit Program, were installed in July 2012 as part of the renovation.

Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green frames and support columns in the center and high mesh fences at either end.

[9] Bay 50th Street was the starting point of the classic chase sequence in the 1971 movie The French Connection.