Nostrand Avenue station (BMT Lexington Avenue Line)

For other uses, see Nostrand Avenue (disambiguation).

Nostrand Ave.
General information
Location	Lexington Avenue and Nostrand Avenue Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°41′16″N73°57′04″W / 40.687677°N 73.951038°W / 40.687677; -73.951038
Operated by	City of New York (from 1940)
Line(s)	BMT Lexington Avenue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Nostrand Avenue and Lorimer Street Trolleys
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	May 13, 1885;140 years ago (May 13, 1885) [1]
Closed	October 13, 1950;74 years ago (October 13, 1950) [2]
Former services
Preceding station BMT Lines Following station Franklin Avenue toward Park Row 12: Lexington Avenue Tompkins Avenue toward Eastern Parkway

The Nostrand Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Lexington Avenue Line in Brooklyn, New York City. 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. It also had connections to the 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.

References

1. "Rapid Transit at Last". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . May 13, 1885. p. 4. Retrieved November 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Brooklyn 'El' Link Dies With Aplomb". The New York Times . October 14, 1950. p. 16. Retrieved November 7, 2022.

• "Lexington Avenue El". Station Reporter. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2009.