Nostrand Avenue (LIRR station)

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°WCoordinates: 40°40′42″N 73°56′58″W / 40.67845°N 73.94940°W
Owned by	City of New York
Line(s)	Atlantic Branch (City Terminal Zone)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	New York City Subway: at Nostrand Avenue (two blocks north) NYCT Bus: B25, B44, B65
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	August 13, 1877
Rebuilt	1905, Summer 2011
Electrified	July 26, 1905 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	856[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Atlantic Terminal Terminus Atlantic Branch (City Terminal Zone) East New York 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]

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.

Station layout

1	■ Atlantic Branch	toward Atlantic Terminal (Terminus)
2	■ Atlantic Branch	toward Long Island (East New York)

References

1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
2. Brooklyn & Jamaica Railroad and LIRR History at Nostrand Avenue Station (Arrt's Arrchives)

External links

Media related to Nostrand Avenue (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official LIRR station information page for Nostrand Avenue
• Station timetable for Nostrand Avenue
• Nostrand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• New York Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

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