Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station

The Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station (announced as Brooklyn College–Flatbush Avenue station on 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". The station is 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.

This article is about the current New York City Subway station. For the former station on the BMT Fulton Street Line, see Flatbush Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line). For the CTfastrak bus rapid transit station in Connecticut, see Flatbush Avenue (CDOT station).

 Flatbush Avenue–
 Brooklyn College
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New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Looking down the platform
Station statistics
AddressFlatbush Avenue & Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleFlatbush
Coordinates40°37′56.5″N 73°56′50.95″W
DivisionA (IRT)
LineIRT Nostrand Avenue Line
Services   2  (all times)
​   5  (weekdays only)
Transit
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedAugust 23, 1920 (1920-08-23)
Accessible ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		N/A
Former/other namesFlatbush Avenue
Traffic
20223,270,806  26.4%
Rank80 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti
2  ​5 
via Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College
 Terminus
Location
Track layout

to Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times
Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekdays and weekday late nights
Stops all times except late nights

The Flatbush Avenue station was built along with the Nostrand Avenue Line as part of the Dual Contracts. The station opened on August 23, 1920, along with the rest of the line. Various proposals to extend the line past Flatbush Avenue were considered throughout the 20th century, but none were carried out.

The Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station contains two side platforms and two tracks; the platforms are connected to each other at the southern end. It is the only such terminal station in the subway system, creating an inefficient design in which passengers must know which track a train is departing from before going to the platform. The platforms contain exits to the intersection of Nostrand and Flatbush Avenues, with a secondary exit to Avenue H. The station contains an elevator, which makes it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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