Newkirk Avenue (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)

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This article is about the New York City Subway station at Newkirk and Nostrand Avenues in Brooklyn. For the station at the Newkirk Plaza Shopping Mall in Flatbush, Brooklyn, see Newkirk Avenue (BMT Brighton Line).


Newkirk Avenue
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
Services	2 (all times) 5 (rush hours until 8:45 p.m.)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other
Borough	Brooklyn
Opened	August 23, 1920
Next north	Beverly Road: 2 5
Next south	Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College: 2 5

Newkirk Avenue is a station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Newkirk and Nostrand Avenues in Brooklyn, it is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train during rush hours. The station has standard mosaics. All fare control is at the platform level. The southbound platform has an extra exit, also at platform level at the north end. There is evidence of a closed crossunder at the south end of both platforms.