DeKalb Avenue (BMT Brighton Line)

DeKalb Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
A Coney Island-bound train of R68 cars sits at DeKalb Avenue
Station statistics
Address	DeKalb Avenue & Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11201
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Downtown Brooklyn
Coordinates	40°41′25″N 73°58′56″W / 40.690254°N 73.982277°W / 40.690254; -73.982277Coordinates: 40°41′25″N 73°58′56″W / 40.690254°N 73.982277°W / 40.690254; -73.982277
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Brighton Line BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)       D  (late nights)       N  (late nights)       Q  (all times)       R  (all times)       W  (limited rush hour service only)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B25, B26, B38, B52, B54
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	6
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915; 101 years ago (1915-06-22) (Fourth Avenue) August 1, 1920; 96 years ago (1920-08-01) (Brighton)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,373,388  1.6%
Rank	85 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Canal Street (Broadway via Bridge): Q  Jay Street–MetroTech (Broadway via Tunnel): N  R  W  Grand Street (Sixth Avenue via Bridge): B  D  Myrtle Avenue (via Bridge, closed): no regular service
Next south	Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (Brighton): B  Q  Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (Fourth Avenue): D  N  R  W
Next north	14th Street–Union Square (Broadway via Bridge): Q  Jay Street–MetroTech (Broadway via Tunnel): N  R  W  Broadway–Lafayette Street (Sixth Avenue via Bridge): B  D
Next south	Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (Brighton): B  Q  Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (Fourth Avenue): D  N  R  W
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops weekdays only Stops late nights only Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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DeKalb Avenue is a local station shared by the BMT Fourth Avenue Line and the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn. It is served by the Q and R train at all times, the B train on weekdays, and the D and N trains during late nights. During rush hours only, a few W train trips in the peak direction also serve this station.

This underground station has six tracks with island platforms between the two outer pairs of tracks, while the two center tracks bypass the station. The platform columns are painted red on their lower halves and cream on their upper halves.

This station has two entrances/exits. The full-time one is near the extreme south end and has two staircases and one elevator from each platform that go up to a waiting area above the platforms and tracks that contains two restrooms open from 5:00 a.m. to midnight. Outside of the turnstile bank is a token booth, a single street stair to the southwest corner of DeKalb Avenue and the Flatbush Avenue extension built inside a store front, and two staircases that meet at their landings and an elevator that go up to the southeast corner outside an Applebee's restaurant.

The other entrance/exit is at the station's extreme north end and unstaffed. An up-only escalator and long staircase from each platform goes up to a mezzanine above the tracks. Two pairs of exit-only turnstiles and one set of three HEET turnstiles provide entrance/exit from the system. This entrance has two street stairs, one to Albee Square on the west side of Flatbush Avenue and the other to Fleet Street on the east side outside Long Island University.