Nostrand Avenue station (LIRR)

Nostrand Avenue
Street view of Nostrand Avenue station from Atlantic Avenue.
Location Nostrand & Atlantic Avenues
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates 40°40′42″N 73°56′58″W / 40.67845°N 73.94940°W / 40.67845; -73.94940Coordinates: 40°40′42″N 73°56′58″W / 40.67845°N 73.94940°W / 40.67845; -73.94940
Owned by City of New York
Line(s)
  Atlantic Branch
(City Terminal Zone)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections New York City Subway:
"A" train ​"C" train at Nostrand Avenue (two blocks north)
NYCT Bus: B25, B44, B44 SBS, B65
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened August 13, 1877 (August 13, 1877)
Rebuilt 1905 (1905)
Electrified July 26, 1905
750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 856[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Terminus
City Terminal Zone
toward Long Island

Nostrand Avenue is an elevated station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Trains leave every 12–15 minutes during peak hours and 30 minutes during off peak hours until 11 p.m.

The station resembles a typical elevated New York City Subway station and has white on black signage as found on the subway. Though originally built in 1877, the current elevated station was built between 1903 and 1905.[2]

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ← City Terminal Zone toward Atlantic Terminal (Terminus)
Track 2 City Terminal Zone toward Long Island destinations (East New York) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Ground level Entrance/exit

The station has two tracks and two six-car-long side platforms above Atlantic Avenue. The north platform, adjacent to Track 1, is generally used for westbound trains to Atlantic Terminal. The south platform, adjacent to Track 2, is generally used by eastbound trains to Long Island.

A street stair is at either extreme ends of both platforms. The western stairs go down to either eastern corner of Nostrand Avenue while the eastern stairs go down to either western corner of New York Avenue. A ticket booth and two daily ticket machines are located at the Nostrand Avenue end of the eastbound platform.

As of 2018 the station is being renovated. It will receive two elevators, one to each platform. During construction, each platform can only accommodate four cars.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ↑ Brooklyn & Jamaica Railroad and LIRR History at Nostrand Avenue Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
  3. ↑ "Nostrand Avenue Station Renovation Project Gets Underway". MTA. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

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Replacement of the Atlantic Avenue Viaduct at Nostrand Avenue in July 2011.
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