Sterling Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)
Sterling Street  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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Western entrance to the station | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
Sterling Street & Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225 | ||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | Prospect Lefferts Gardens | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°39′47″N 73°57′03″W / 40.663061°N 73.950863°WCoordinates: 40°39′47″N 73°57′03″W / 40.663061°N 73.950863°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT Nostrand Avenue Line | ||||||||
| Services |
2  (all times) 5  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m.) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B43, B44, B44 SBS | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||
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| Opened | August 23, 1920 | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2014) |
1,785,975[1]  4.3% | ||||||||
| Rank | 265 out of 421 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
President Street: 2 5 | ||||||||
| Next south |
Winthrop Street: 2 5 | ||||||||
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Sterling Street is a station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn at the intersection of Sterling Street and Nostrand Avenue, it is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train on weekdays.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound | ← toward Wakefield – 241st Street, toward Dyre Avenue (weekdays) or Nereid Avenue (PM rush) (President Street) | |
| Southbound | → (weekdays) toward Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (Winthrop Street) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
This underground station, opened on August 23, 1920, has two tracks and two side platforms. The platforms have their original 1920s Dual Contracts era tiling. The name tablets have "STERLING ST." in white letters on a brown background with a blue and brown border. The tile's trim line consists of light brown coloring with a border composed of a mix of dark blue and brown coloring. An intermediate line of green runs between these two borders.
The platforms are offset at the north end, where they were extended in the 1950s and tiling from that time period was installed. The name tablets here run at regular intervals and have "STERLING STREET" in white letters on a brown background. Both platforms and the mezzanine have light blue I-beam columns at regular intervals.
The station's only entrance/exit is a small mezzanine above the platforms towards the northern end. Inside fare control, it has two staircases going down to each platform, a newsstand, and a turnstile bank. Outside fare control, it has token booth and two street staircases leading up to both northern corners of Nostrand Avenue and Sterling Street. The mezzanine walls have four different large frames of drawings and paintings. It is not known who the author or what the name of this artwork is.
This is the only other station with two side platforms on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line that allows a free transfer between directions (besides Flatbush Avenue, which uses a U-shaped set of side platforms). All stations to the south, including Flatbush Avenue, have their fare control areas on platform level.
Exits
| Exit location | Exit type | Number of exits | Platform served |
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| NW corner of Nostrand Avenue and Sterling Street | Staircase | 1 | Both |
| NE corner of Nostrand Avenue and Sterling Street | Staircase | 1 | Both |
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
External links
- nycsubway.org—Brooklyn IRT: Sterling Street
- nycsubway.org — Unknown Artwork at Sterling Street (unknown date)
- Station Reporter — 2 Train
- The Subway Nut — Sterling Street Pictures
- Sterling Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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