Nostrand Avenue (disambiguation)

Last updated May 03, 2019

Nostrand Avenue may refer to:

Nostrand Avenue is a major street in Brooklyn, New York, that runs for eight miles 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.

New York City Subway

Current stations

Nostrand Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line), serving the AandCtrains
Nostrand Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line), serving the 2,3,4, and5trains
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line, serving the 2and5trains

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.

Nostrand Avenue is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, it is served by the 3 train at all times except late night, when the 4 train takes over service. There is also limited weekday rush hour 2 train service here in the peak direction, as well a single northbound 5 train during the morning peak.

The IRT Nostrand Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the IRT division of the New York City Subway running under Nostrand Avenue in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is served at all times by the 2 train, and is also served by the 5 train on weekdays during the daytime.

Former stations

Nostrand Avenue was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. The next stop to the north was Tompkins Avenue. The next stop to the south was Franklin Avenue. The station closed on October 4, 1969, after a fire on the elevated structure.

Nostrand Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. It was originally built on April 24, 1888 and had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms. It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and served as the eastern terminus of the line for a month and a week. Nostrand Avenue station had connections to at least four streetcar lines; The Nostrand Avenue Trolley, the Lorimer Street Line, the Marcy Avenue Line, and the Ocean Avenue Line trolleys. Under the Dual Contracts, the station was the west end of a project to expand the line from two to three tacks. On April 9, 1936, the Independent Subway System built the Nostrand Avenue Subway Station along the IND Fulton Street Line rendering the station obsolete. It closed on May 31, 1940.

Nostrand Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Lexington Avenue Line. It was opened on May 13, 1885, and had two tracks and two side platforms. It was located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. It also had connections to the connection to Nostrand Avenue Line and Lorimer Street Line streetcars. The station closed on October 13, 1950. The next southbound stop was Franklin Avenue. The next northbound stop was Tompkins Avenue. The current site of the station is mostly residential with the exception of storefronts along the first floors of brownstones on the southeast corner of the intersection.

Long Island Rail Road

Nostrand Avenue (LIRR station)

Other

Nostrand Avenue Line (surface)

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