Shepherd Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)

Shepherd Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Euclid Avenue-bound platform
Station statistics
Address Shepherd Avenue & Pitkin Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11208
Borough Brooklyn
Locale East New York
Coordinates 40°40′27″N 73°52′51″W / 40.674064°N 73.880825°W / 40.674064; -73.880825Coordinates: 40°40′27″N 73°52′51″W / 40.674064°N 73.880825°W / 40.674064; -73.880825
Division B (IND)
Line IND Fulton Street Line
Services       A  (late nights)
      C  (all except late nights)
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened November 28, 1948 (November 28, 1948)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 1,059,106[1]Increase 3.1%
Rank 356 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Van Siclen Avenue: A  C 
Next south Euclid Avenue: A  C 

Shepherd Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Shepherd and Pitkin Avenues in Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (Van Siclen Avenue)
Northbound express does not stop here
Southbound express does not stop here →
Southbound local toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (Euclid Avenue)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

This underground station has two side platforms and four tracks. The two center express tracks do not have any platforms. It resembles Van Siclen Avenue, having a crossover and a single double wide stairway to the mezzanine. There are no ads in this station.

This station, along with the Van Siclen Avenue and Liberty Avenue stations, was an unfinished shell during World War II, due to material shortages. Thus, the station got a sightly different tile job and design for the mezzanine compared to earlier local stations along the line. This station opened on November 28, 1948 along with the rest of the Fulton Street Line from East New York to Euclid Avenue.[2]

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