Nostrand Avenue

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Nostrand Avenue (/ˈnoʊstrənd/) is a major street in Brooklyn, New York, that runs for 8 miles (13 km) north from Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay to Flushing Avenue in Williamsburg, where it continues as Lee Avenue. It occupies the position of East 30th Street in the Brooklyn street grid. It is named after Gerret Noorstrandt whose family was one of the first families that settled in New Utrecht, Brooklyn, when New York was still a Dutch colony. Between 1790 and 1820, the Nostrand family owned approximately 43 enslaved people.^[1]

Description

From Flushing Avenue to Farragut Road, Nostrand Avenue is a one-way two-lane street going southbound only. Between Farragut road and Kings Highway, it is a two way street with two traffic lanes. Between

In 2004, the 200th anniversary of Haiti's independence, Nostrand Avenue was co-named Toussaint Louverture Boulevard in honor of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture (1743 – 1803).^[3][4][5]

Public transportation

The street is serviced by the following public transportation:

• The
  streetcar
  line in 1951, serves the entire avenue.
• The BM4 express bus runs on the avenue between Avenue K and Quentin Road.
• The
  Flatbush Avenue
  .
• The New York City Subway's
  local station (3 train) on Eastern Parkway
  .
• The
  Atlantic Avenue
  .
• The New York City Subway's
  express station (A and ​C trains) on Fulton Street
  .
• The New York City Subway's
  station (G
  train) on Lafayette Avenue.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nostrand Avenue (Brooklyn).

• Brooklyn Nostrand Ave on East Flatbush, Brooklyn NY, is now Toussaint Louverture Boulevard
• Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation

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