Bergen Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

Bergen Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Bergen Street & Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Park Slope
Coordinates	40°40′51″N 73°58′30″W / 40.680833°N 73.97511°W / 40.680833; -73.97511Coordinates: 40°40′51″N 73°58′30″W / 40.680833°N 73.97511°W / 40.680833; -73.97511
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all except late nights)       4  (late nights)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B41, B65, B67
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	6
Other information
Opened	October 10, 1920 (96 years ago) (1920-10-10)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,210,571  2.1%
Rank	339 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center: 2  3  4
Next south	Grand Army Plaza: 2  3  4
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only
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Bergen Street is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway, located at Bergen Street and Flatbush Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It is served by the 2 and 3 trains, the latter of which is replaced by the 4 train during late nights.

On October 10, 1920, three stations that were not ready to be opened with the rest of the line, at Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum, were opened.

During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Bergen Street, along with those at four other stations on the Eastern Parkway Line, were lengthened to 525 feet to accommodate a ten-car train of 51-foot IRT cars.

The station contains six tracks and two side platforms: the outermost tracks are used by the IRT local trains. To the inside are the IRT express tracks, which slant upward to the inside of the outer local tracks. In between the express tracks are the BMT Brighton Line tracks. Those routes were built at the same time as the tracks at this station as part of the Dual Contracts. A full curtain wall separates the local from the express tracks.

Both platforms have their original mosaics. The name tablets read "BERGEN ST." in gold Times New Roman font on a blue background and multi-layered green border. The trim line is green with "B" tablets on them on a blue background at regular intervals. At either ends of both platforms, where they were extended in 1964–1965, there are cinderblock tiles with signs reading "BERGEN ST" in sans serif font on a maroon background.

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