Nevins Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

Nevins Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Platform level
Station statistics
Address	Nevins Street & Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Downtown Brooklyn
Coordinates	40°41′19″N 73°58′51″W / 40.688709°N 73.980904°W / 40.688709; -73.980904Coordinates: 40°41′19″N 73°58′51″W / 40.688709°N 73.980904°W / 40.688709; -73.980904
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all except late nights)       4  (all times)       5  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m.)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B25, B26, B38, B41, B47, B52, B67 MTA Bus: B103
Structure	Underground
Levels	2 (lower level abandoned)
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	May 1, 1908; 108 years ago (May 1, 1908)
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,310,625  7.5%
Rank	154 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Hoyt Street (local): 2  3  Borough Hall (express): 4  5
Next south	Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center: 2  3  4  5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops weekdays only
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Nevins Street is an express station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Nevins Street, Flatbush Avenue, and Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn, it is served by the 2 and 4 trains at all times, the 3 train at all times except late nights, and the 5 train on weekdays.

The IRT Brooklyn/Eastern Parkway Line was contracted in 1904 as a two-track line under Fulton Street expanding to three tracks under Flatbush Avenue, to end at the Long Island Rail Road terminal under Atlantic Avenue. The Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners halted work in April 1905 for redesign. By that date, the tunnels had been dug out and steelwork had been installed. Work resumed in October 1905 with two additional tracks added, making four under Fulton Street and five under Flatbush Avenue. The additional trackways were added outside the trackways already set in place.

Under the 1905 redesign, numerous provisions were made for connections to future routes. In the area around the Nevins Street station, which was partially constructed as a local station on a three track subway, a new lower level was added underpinning the structure that had been built. The lower level had one trackway and platform in the station, with two connections on each side, all built at great cost under existing work, but none of it was ever used.

In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.

The station has two island platforms, situated between the express and local tracks in each direction. A fifth track once existed between the two express tracks. The fifth track was removed in 1956. Original plans called for this to be a local station on a three-track line, but before it opened the two outer local tracks were added. Fare control is in an upper mezzanine, with a crossunder via part of an unused lower level platform. Next to this platform is a single unused trackway under the southbound local track.

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