Nostrand Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)
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Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Levels | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 side platforms (2 on each level) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 9, 1936[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 3,768,205[3] 12.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 80 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Nostrand Avenue station is a bi-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 Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It is served by the A train at all times and the C train at all times except late nights.
The station was planned as part of the construction of the
Nostrand Avenue has four tracks and four side platforms, with two platform levels. Express trains stop on the upper level while local trains stop on the lower level. This is because, in the original design for the station, the Nostrand Avenue station was slated to be a local station with only two platforms, and the current upper level was intended to be a mezzanine. The primary entrances to the local and express platforms in each direction are at Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street. Another set of entrances from both sets of platforms leads to Bedford Avenue and Fulton Street.
History
Early history
The Nostrand Avenue station was constructed as part of the IND Fulton Street Line, the main line of the city-owned
Although the station was built with entrances at Bedford Avenue, Arlington Place, and Nostrand Avenue, only the ones at Nostrand Avenue were used for entry when the station first opened; the other entrances had been constructed with the rest of the line, but were boarded up upon the line's completion.
Deterioration and crime
In 1981, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[14] The Bedford Avenue entrances were closed by the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) before or during the 1980s.[15][16][17] Though the entrances were closed, a portion of the mezzanine and passages to the mezzanine remained open to allow for free crossovers between directions.[18]
The rest of the mezzanine was closed on an emergency basis in April 1991, after the NYCTA, on March 28, 1991, ordered the closing of the 15 most dangerous passageways in the subway system within a week following the rape of a woman behind a pile of debris in a passage connecting the
On February 17, 2005, transit workers found two trash bags on the station's tracks, which contained the body parts of 19-year-old Rashawn Brazell, a Bushwick resident who had been reported missing three days earlier. In February 2017, 38-year-old Kwauhuru Govan was arrested for Brazell's murder.[24][25]
Renovation
Despite overcrowding at the Nostrand Avenue station as ridership increased, the Bedford Avenue entrances remained closed for over 25 years.[26][27][28] On December 11, 2015, New York City Transit released its Review of the A and C Lines report. Among the various aspects discussed, the report discussed the option of reopening closed station entrances along these routes. The report concluded that if additional capital funding was provided, or if the Federal Transit Administration's interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) reverted its original flexible approach, reopening closed entrances at Nostrand Avenue would become more feasible.[29]: 37–38 The report stated that reopening the Bedford Avenue entrances would reduce congestion at the Nostrand Avenue entrance, reduce uneven loading on A and C trains, and cut the walking distance for riders going to and from areas west of Arlington Place - including bus riders. It also found that opening the unopened entrances at Arlington Place and Fulton Street to the northbound platform would provide similar benefits at a lower cost.[29]: 73
In 2019, the MTA announced that the Nostrand Avenue station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[30] On February 6, 2020, the MTA announced that the Bedford Avenue entrances to the station would be reopened. The entrances were allowed to be reopened because the station would receive ADA improvements.[28][27] Reopening the entrances cost around $2 million, with $1.25 million coming from New York City Transit, $500,000 from Assembly Member Tremaine Wright and $250,000 from State Senator Velmanette Montgomery. The work comprised the installation of lighting and turnstiles, the rehabilitation of stairways, the scraping and repainting of areas, the repairing and replacement of tile, and the construction of new sidewalk entrance structures. The entrances were intended to allow for free transfers between directions, better serve areas west of Arlington Place, and provide a direct connection to northbound B44 SBS service, as well as reduce severe overcrowding during the p.m. rush hour.[26][27][28][31] The entrances were reopened on February 4, 2021.[32][33][34] At the time, overall subway crime had decreased significantly compared to the 1980s and 1990s.[33][34]
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
Basement 1 | Bedford Avenue mezzanine | Fare control |
Basement 2 Express platforms |
North mezzanine | Fare control |
Side platform | ||
Westbound express | ← toward Inwood–207th Street (Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets) | |
Eastbound express | toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue, Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard or Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Utica Avenue) → | |
Side platform | ||
South mezzanine | Fare control | |
Basement 3 Local platforms |
Side platform | |
Westbound local | ← toward 168th Street (Franklin Avenue) ← toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (Franklin Avenue) | |
Wall | ||
Trackway | No service | |
Trackway | No service | |
Wall | ||
Eastbound local | toward Euclid Avenue (Kingston–Throop Avenues) → toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights (Kingston–Throop Avenues) → | |
Side platform |
Nostrand Avenue is an express station, serving all trains, as opposed to a local station that serves only local trains.[35] The A train stops at the station at all times, running express during the day and local at night, while the C train stops here at all times except nights and is local. The next stop to the west (railroad north) is Franklin Avenue for local trains and Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets for express trains; the next stop to the east (railroad south) is Kingston–Throop Avenues for local trains and Utica Avenue for express trains.[36]
It is the only two-level express station in the system that has the express tracks on the upper level and the local tracks on the lower one. The station was originally planned to be a conventional local station with four tracks and two side platforms, with a
The station's trim-line is butterscotch yellow with a medium mustard brown border and is three tiles high, typical of IND express stations. Small tile captions reading "NOSTRAND" in white lettering on a black background run below the trim line, and there are mosaic name tablets reading "NOSTRAND AVE." in white sans-serif lettering on a mustard brown background with butterscotch yellow border.[38] Directional captions are present below some of the name tablets, though many of the ones pointing to the previously closed Bedford Avenue and never opened Arlington Place entrances are painted over. Yellow I-beam columns run along the upper level platforms at regular intervals (the lower level is column-less), alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering. There is artwork from the Ronald Edmonds Learning Center Community School on the northbound platform.[39] 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.[40]
Exits
Each upper-level platform has its own same-level
Both upper-level platforms also have a ramp at their geographical west (railroad north) ends, leading to a mezzanine with a crossover.[32][42] There is one stair to each of the northeastern and southeastern corners of Bedford Avenue and Fulton Street,[17][29][41] some 1,000 feet (300 m) west of the Nostrand Avenue entrances.[18]
The Manhattan-bound upper level has a third unopened fare control area to both northern corners of Arlington Place and Fulton Street.[29][43][44] This fare control area is located behind a tiled wall with a door near the railroad north (geographical west) end of the Manhattan-bound upper-level platform.[45]
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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
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View