Nostrand Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)

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Nostrand Avenue
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	IND Fulton Street Line
Services	A (all times) C (all except late nights)
Platforms	4 side platforms (2 on each of 2 levels)
Tracks	4 (2 on each of 2 levels)
Passengers (2006)	4.748 million ▲ 6%
Other
Borough	Brooklyn
Opened	April 9, 1936
Next north	Franklin Avenue (local): A C Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (express): A
Next south	Kingston–Throop Avenues (local): A C Utica Avenue (express): A

Nostrand Avenue is a two-level express station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn. It is the only station in the system to have the express tracks on the upper level and the local tracks on the lower one.

This station was originally planned to be a local station with a mezzanine. The upper platforms are double wide which would have been consistent with the design of a mezzanine. There is a closed passageway with a crossover to Bedford Avenue at the north end of the upper level along with a closed exit to Arlington Place. The lower level has a curtain wall separating the two tracks and inside are two additional trackways. From the northbound platform’s south end a hole in the wall allows a bright flashlight beam to show those trackways. There is no direct entrance to the LIRR station of the same name, which is two blocks south.

Early in the morning on February 17, 2005, workers found two trash bags on the tracks of this station which contained the body parts of Rashawn Brazell, who was reported missing three days earlier. The case, considered one of the most gruesome in New York City history, is still under investigation as the murderer has not been identified and no arrests have been made.^[1]