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 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
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	4,863,842[1]  4%
Rank	86 out of 422
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 weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays 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.

Station layout

Nostrand Avenue 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.

It 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 free transfers between directions. Each fare control area has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The Manhattan-bound side stairs lead to either northern corners of Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street while the Queens-bound side stairs lead to the either 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.

Daytime, A trains stop on the upper level while C trains stop on the lower level. During late night hours, there is no C service, and the A stops on the lower level making local stops along Fulton Street.

2005 crime discovery

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.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
2. ^ Search is on for dismemberment killer America's Most Wanted Retrieved 2008-06-13

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