Nostrand Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)

Nostrand Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
An train of R160B cars on the upper level
Station statistics
Address	Nostrand Avenue & Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11216
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford-Stuyvesant
Coordinates	40°40′49″N 73°56′58″W / 40.680345°N 73.949575°W / 40.680345; -73.949575Coordinates: 40°40′49″N 73°56′58″W / 40.680345°N 73.949575°W / 40.680345; -73.949575
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Fulton Street Line
Services	A  (all times)       C  (all except late nights)
Connection	New York City Bus: B25, B44, B44 SBS LIRR: Nostrand Avenue
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	4 side platforms (2 on each level)
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	April 9, 1936 (April 9, 1936)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	5,439,806[1]  1.3%
Rank	82 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Franklin Avenue (local): A  C  Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (express): A
Next south	Kingston–Throop Avenues (local): A  C  Utica Avenue (express): A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

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 served by the A train at all times and the C train at all times except late nights.

History

Nostrand Avenue station opened on April 9, 1936, as part of an extension of the Independent Subway System (IND) from its previous Brooklyn terminus at Jay Street – Borough Hall, which opened three years earlier, to Rockaway Avenue. The new IND subway replaced the BMT Fulton Street El. The Nostrand Avenue El station, which was formerly above the current subway station, closed on May 31, 1940.^[2]

In the early morning hours of February 17, 2005, transit workers found two trash bags on the tracks of this station. They contained the body parts of 19-year-old Rashawn Brazell, who was reported missing three days earlier, of Bushwick, Brooklyn. The case, considered one of the most gruesome in New York City history, is still under investigation as the murderer(s) has not been identified and no arrests have been made.^[3]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance
B1 Express platforms	North Mezzanine	Fare control, stairways to northbound local platform and to Exits/Entrances
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound express	← toward Inwood – 207th Street (Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets)
	Southbound express	→ toward Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue, Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street, or Lefferts Boulevard (Utica Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	South Mezzanine	Fare control, stairways to southbound local platform and to Exits/Entrances
B2 Local platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward 168th Street ( toward Inwood – 207th Street late nights) (Franklin Avenue)
	Wall
	Trackway	No service
	Trackway	No service
	Wall
	Southbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (Kingston–Throop Avenues)→
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Nostrand Avenue station is the only two-level station in the system that has the express tracks on the upper level and the local tracks on the lower one. It was originally planned to be a local station with a mezzanine as proven by the upper level platforms being wider than the lower level ones (which would have been consistent with the design of a mezzanine) and two trackways between the local tracks (which would have been consistent with the typical design of a local station on a four-track line). A curtain wall separates the local tracks from the unused trackways on both sides. On either side of the station, the express tracks ascend from the local tracks to serve the upper level, then descend to rejoin them.

The station's trim-line is Butterscotch yellow with a medium Mustard brown border and is three tiles high on all of the platform walls as well as the track walls on the lower level. Below the trim-line is "NOSTRAND" tiled in white on a black border and name tablets that read "NOSTRAND AVE." in white sans-serif font on the same (but reversed) contrasting color background and border (mustard brown/butterscotch yellow).

The platforms have directional signs to the other level in the same style as the name tablets and signs to the exit in the same style as the name tiles. Each upper level platform has its own same-level fare control, and there are no crossovers or crossunders. This is one of only three express stations in the system that do not allow free transfers between directions. The others are 86th Street on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and Bergen Street on the IND Culver Line (the lower level of the latter is not currently in use). Each fare control area has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The Manhattan-bound side stairs lead to both northern corners of Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street while the Queens-bound side stairs lead to both southern corners.

The station has a closed passageway with a crossover to Bedford Avenue at the north (geographical west) end of the upper level and a closed exit to Arlington Place. From the northbound platform’s south end a hole in the wall allows a bright flashlight beam to show the unused trackways.

Exits

References

External links

• nycsubway.org—IND Fulton Street Line: Nostrand Avenue
• Station Reporter — A Lefferts
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• Station Reporter — C Train
• The Subway Nut — Nostrand Avenue Pictures
• Nostrand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View