Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)
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Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
 
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Looking down the platform
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| Address | Flatbush Avenue & Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | Flatbush | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°37′56.5″N 73°56′50.95″W / 40.632361°N 73.9474861°WCoordinates: 40°37′56.5″N 73°56′50.95″W / 40.632361°N 73.9474861°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT Nostrand Avenue Line | ||||||||
| Services |
2  (all times)5  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m.) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B6, B11, B41, B44, B44 SBS MTA Bus: B103, BM2, Q35
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||
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| Opened | August 23, 1920 | ||||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 6,487,608  0.6% |
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| Rank | 68 out of 425 | ||||||||
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| Next north |
Newkirk Avenue: 2 5
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| Next south | (Terminal): 2 5
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| Next north |
Church Avenue: 2 5
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| Next south |
none: 2 5
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Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (announced as Brooklyn College–Flatbush Avenue on the R142 and R142A trains) is the southern terminal station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the intersection of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues in Flatbush, Brooklyn, locally called "The Junction". Served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train on weekdays, it is also the closest subway station to Brooklyn College and Midwood High School.
The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in Brooklyn. As part of Contract 4, the IRT agreed to build a subway line along Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. The construction of the subway along Nostrand Avenue spurred real estate development in the surrounding areas. The Nostrand Avenue Line opened on August 23, 1920, and the Flatbush Avenue station opened as its terminal.
This underground station is the only "dead-end" terminal station in the subway system that does not have an island platform. It was built with two side platforms and two tracks to allow for a planned, but not carried out extension of the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line south towards Voorhies Avenue in Sheepshead Bay. In various plans discussed over the years, the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line would be extended along Flatbush Avenue to Avenue U, or along Nostrand Avenue to Voorhies Avenue.21st Street–Queensbridge on the IND 63rd Street Line was also built like this before being connected to the IND Queens Boulevard Line in December 2001.
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