Nostrand Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Nostrand Avenue
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford-Stuyvesant
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line
Services	None
Transit connections	Nostrand Avenue, Lorimer Street, Marcy Avenue, and Ocean Avenue Trolleys
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 24, 1888
Closed	May 31, 1940
Station succession
Next north	Franklin Avenue
Next south	Brooklyn Avenue

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.^[1] 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 rendering the station obsolete. It closed on May 31, 1940.

References

1. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net.