Nostrand Avenue (LIRR station)

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Nostrand Avenue
Station statistics
Address Nostrand Avenue & Atlantic Avenue
Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York
Lines
Atlantic Branch
(City Terminal Zone)
Connections New York City Subway
NYC Subway A serviceNYC Subway C service @ Nostrand Avenue (IND) 2 blocks north
NYCT Buses
Other information
Opened August 13, 1877
Electrified July 26, 1905
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 1
Services
Preceding station   Long Island Rail Road   Following station
Terminus
Atlantic Branch
(City Terminal Zone)

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The station resembles a typical elevated New York City subway station.

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