Nostrand Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

For other uses, see Nostrand Avenue (disambiguation).

Nostrand Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. It was originally built on April 24, 1888, and had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms. It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and served as the eastern terminus of the line for a month and a week. Nostrand Avenue station had connections to at least four streetcar lines; The Nostrand Avenue Trolley, the Lorimer Street Line, the Marcy Avenue Line, and the Ocean Avenue Line trolleys. Under the Dual Contracts, the station was the west end of a project to expand the line from two to three tacks. On April 9, 1936, the Independent Subway System built the Nostrand Avenue Subway Station along the IND Fulton Street Line. The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.

Nostrand Avenue
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11216
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford-Stuyvesant
Coordinates	40.680377°N 73.949543°W / 40.680377; -73.949543
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line
Services	None
Transit	Nostrand Avenue, Lorimer Street, Marcy Avenue, and Ocean Avenue Trolleys
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 24, 1888 (1888-04-24)
Closed	May 31, 1940 (1940-05-31)
Traffic
2023
Rank	out of 423
Station succession
Next west	Franklin Avenue
Next east	Brooklyn Avenue
Location
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)