Norwood Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)
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Norwood Avenue
 
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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| Address | Norwood Avenue & Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11208 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||
| Locale | Cypress Hills | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′54″N 73°52′45″W / 40.681582°N 73.879151°WCoordinates: 40°40′54″N 73°52′45″W / 40.681582°N 73.879151°W | ||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||
| Line | BMT Jamaica Line | ||||||||||
| Services |
J  (all except rush hours, peak direction)Z  (rush hours, peak direction) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Q24
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 30, 1893 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 1,159,274  1.2% |
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| Rank | 346 out of 425 | ||||||||||
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| Next north |
Crescent Street: J Z
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| Next south |
Cleveland Street: J (Z skips to Van Siclen Avenue)
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Norwood Avenue is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Norwood Avenue and Fulton Street in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, it is served by the Z train during rush hours in peak direction and the J at all other times.
This station was opened on May 30, 1893 as part of a four stop extension of the Lexington Avenue Line to Cypress Hills.
From July 18, 2005 to March 13, 2006 this station was closed in order to undergo a station rehabilitation. As part of the rehabilitation project, the stairs were rehabilitated, the floors were renewed, major structural repairs were made, new canopies were installed, the area around the station booth was reconfigured, the platform edge strips were replaced, walls were replaced, and a high-quality public address system was installed.
This elevated station has two tracks and one island platform. The platform has a short red canopy with green frames and support columns at the east (railroad north) end and silver lampposts and black station sign structures for the rest of the length.
The 2007 artwork here is called "Culture Swirl" by Margaret Lazetta, It consists of stained glass artwork of various images on the platform sign structures.
Between here and Crescent Street, the remains of a former connection to the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Avenue Branch one block to the south of the BMT Jamaica Line can be seen at Chestnut Street. In the 1890s, the railroad wanted access to Manhattan while the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company wanted access to The Rockaways. Due to the close proximity of the two lines, the companies cooperated on a connection beginning in 1898. The LIRR ran service to Broadway Ferry while BRT ran service to the Rockaways via Woodhaven Junction. When the Williamsburg Bridge opened, LIRR service was extended to Essex Street and later Chambers Street. This was the LIRR's first direct access to Manhattan.
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