Type: | former |
Nostrand Avenue | |
Line: | BMT Fulton Street Line |
Service Custom: | None |
Connection: | Nostrand Avenue, Lorimer Street, Marcy Avenue, and Ocean Avenue Trolleys |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Address: | Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11216 |
Borough: | Brooklyn |
Locale: | Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Coordinates: | 40.6804°N -73.9495°W |
Division: | BMT |
Structure: | Elevated |
Next Topwest: | Franklin Avenue |
Next East: | Brooklyn Avenue |
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.[1] 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.[2] [3] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.[4]