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Bedford–Nostrand Avenues station

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Not to be confused withBedford Avenue station.

TheBedford–Nostrand Avenues stationis astationon theIND Crosstown Lineof theNew York City Subway.Located at Lafayette Avenue betweenBedfordandNostrand AvenuesinBedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn,it is served by theGtrain at all times.

Bedford–Nostrand Avenues
"G" train
New York City Subwaystation (rapid transit)
View from southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressLafayette Avenue between Nostrand Avenue & Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBedford–Stuyvesant
Coordinates40°41′23″N73°57′13″W/ 40.689587°N 73.953567°W/40.689587; -73.953567
DivisionB(IND)[1]
LineIND Crosstown Line
ServicesGall times(all times)
TransitBus transportNYCT Bus:B38,B44,B44 SBS
StructureUnderground
Platforms2island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedJuly 1, 1937(87 years ago)(1937-07-01)[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20231,985,142[3] Increase9.6%
Rank168 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City SubwayNew York City Subway Following station
Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues
towardCourt Square
 Classon Avenue
towardChurch Avenue
Location
Bedford–Nostrand Avenues station is located in New York City Subway
Bedford–Nostrand Avenues station
Bedford–Nostrand Avenues station is located in New York City
Bedford–Nostrand Avenues station
Bedford–Nostrand Avenues station is located in New York
Bedford–Nostrand Avenues station
Track layout

Legend
End of tail tracks
toMyrtle–Willoughby Avenues
toClasson Avenue
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

History

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This station opened on July 1, 1937, when the entire Crosstown Line was completed betweenNassau Avenueand its connection to theIND Culver Line.On this date, the GG was extended in both directions toSmith–Ninth StreetsandForest Hills–71st Avenue.[2]

Station layout

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Ground Street level Entrances/exits
Mezzanine Station agent, fare control,OMNYandMetroCardmachines
Platform level Northbound ←towardCourt Square(Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues)
Island platform
Center track →No regular service
Island platform
Southbound →towardChurch Avenue(Classon Avenue)→
AnR46G train arrives at the station

This underground station has three tracks and twoisland platforms.TheGstops at the station at all times.[4]The station is betweenMyrtle–Willoughby Avenuesto the north andClasson Avenueto the south.[5]

Both outer track walls have a light green trim line with a dark green border. Below the trim line are small black tile captions at regular intervals that alternate between "BEDFORD" and "NOSTRAND" in white lettering. The tiles were part of a color-codedtile systemused throughout the IND.[6]The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away fromLower Manhattan.Because the Crosstown Line does not merge into a line that enters Manhattan at either end, all stations on the line had green tiles.[7][8]Both platforms have green I-beam columns (formerly painted red) running along them at regular intervals, alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

Exits

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Station mezzanine

This station has a full-lengthmezzanineabove the platforms and tracks with staircases to each side at regular intervals that connect the two fare control areas. The full-time one is at the north (geographical east) end. It has aturnstilebank, token booth, two staircases going up to the western corners of Nostrand and Lafayette Avenues, and two more staircases going up to the eastern corners of Nostrand and Lafayette Avenues that have since been boarded up.[9]Thefare controlarea at the south (geographical west) end of the mezzanine is unstaffed, containing justfull height turnstilesand staircases to all corners of Bedford and Lafayette Avenues.[10][11][12]However, the two staircases on the western corners have been boarded up.[12]They had been previously exit-only. A gate seals off the passageway towards the stairs.

Middle track and expansion provisions

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G train on southbound track

The middle track is used for storage of rush hour trains, or for maintenance and refuse trains. West (railroad south) of this station, the center track has switches to the two outer tracks before ending at a bumper block, while the trackway continues intoClasson Avenue.East (railroad north) of the station, the middle track splits into two tracks that ramp down under the outer tracks before those tracks curve north. The tail tracks continue to Marcy Avenue and end atbumper blocks.[11][13][14]A signal and switch tower is located in the tunnel north of the station, staffed during rush hour and midday service, but primarily used during construction reroutes if trains need to be terminated at the station.[15][16][17][18]

Unused in regular service, the middle and tail tracks were originally intended for an unbuilt extension proposed in theIND Second System.Not part of the first official plan in 1929, it was proposed by the cityBoard of Transportationon October 12, 1930 as an addition to the original plans.[13][19]The plan was for a line to continue east along Lafayette Avenue toBroadway(atKosciuszko Streetof theBMT Jamaica Line), then northeast along Stanhope Street to a junction with theBMT Myrtle Avenue Lineand a planned IND Myrtle-Central Avenues Line alongMyrtle Avenue(between theCentral AvenueandKnickerbocker Avenuestations). The IND would then run east along Myrtle Avenue past the Myrtle El, then along Central Avenue in Queens (distinct from the Central Avenue in Brooklyn) to 73rd Place and Cooper Avenue inGlendale, Queens,adjacent to theLong Island Rail Road'sMontauk Branch.The line would have likely continued along or parallel to the Montauk andRockaway Beach Branchesof the LIRR toRockaway BeachandFar Rockaway.[13][19][20][21]Upon completion of the extension, the center track would have been used to terminate short-run trains, or to provide an additional track to hold trains during peak hours.[19]

Following the construction of the subway, Banneker Playground was created atop the line's curve from Lafayette Avenue onto Marcy Avenue.[22]

References

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  1. ^"Glossary".Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS)(PDF).Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on February 26, 2021.RetrievedJanuary 1,2021.
  2. ^ab"New Crosstown Subway Line Is Opened".Brooklyn Daily Eagle.July 1, 1937.RetrievedDecember 24,2015– viaNewspapers.
  3. ^ab"Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)".Metropolitan Transportation Authority.2023.RetrievedApril 20,2024.
  4. ^"G Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024".Metropolitan Transportation Authority.RetrievedJune 28,2024.
  5. ^"Subway Map"(PDF).Metropolitan Transportation Authority.September 2021.RetrievedSeptember 17,2021.
  6. ^"Tile Colors a Guide in the New Subway; Decoration Scheme Changes at Each Express Stop to Tell Riders Where They Are".The New York Times.August 22, 1932.ISSN0362-4331.Archivedfrom the original on July 1, 2022.RetrievedJuly 1,2022.
  7. ^Carlson, Jen (February 18, 2016)."Map: These Color Tiles In The Subway System Used To Mean Something".Gothamist.Archivedfrom the original on May 10, 2023.RetrievedMay 10,2023.
  8. ^Gleason, Will (February 18, 2016)."The hidden meaning behind the New York subway's colored tiles".Time Out New York.Archivedfrom the original on May 10, 2023.RetrievedMay 10,2023.
  9. ^"Old and on a Train".Forgotten New York.September 30, 2012.
  10. ^"MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bedford Stuyvesant"(PDF).Metropolitan Transportation Authority.2015.RetrievedOctober 28,2015.
  11. ^ab"Review of the G Line: Appendices"(PDF).Metropolitan Transportation Authority.July 10, 2013.RetrievedOctober 28,2015.
  12. ^ab"NYC DoT Maps: Bedford-Nostrand Avs (G)"(PDF).mta.info.New York City Department of Transportation.2016.RetrievedJuly 5,2016.
  13. ^abcRaskin, Joseph B. (2013).The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System.New York, New York: Fordham University Press.doi:10.5422/fordham/9780823253692.001.0001.ISBN978-0-82325-369-2.
  14. ^Marrero, Robert (January 1, 2017)."472 Stations, 850 Miles"(PDF).B24 Blog, viaDropbox.RetrievedApril 27,2018.
  15. ^"Review of the G Line"(PDF).mta.info.Metropolitan Transportation Authority.July 10, 2013.RetrievedAugust 2,2015.
  16. ^Roy, Jessica (February 25, 2015)."Mysterious Subway People Not Going to Hogwarts After All".New York.RetrievedOctober 28,2015.
  17. ^Carlson, Jen (February 25, 2015)."Witnesses Describe Portal To Mysterious G Train Platform Between Subway Stations".Gothamist.Archived fromthe originalon November 8, 2015.RetrievedOctober 28,2015.
  18. ^Carlson, Jen (February 26, 2015)."Photos: Here's The Mysterious G Train Portal".Gothamist.Archived fromthe originalon October 17, 2015.RetrievedOctober 28,2015.
  19. ^abcBlackford, Harold J. (October 12, 1930)."Shortline Tube To Link Queens To Stores Here: Altered City Subway Plan Provides Easier Way to Shopping Center".Brooklyn Daily Eagle.pp. 1, 2.RetrievedOctober 27,2015– viaNewspapers.
  20. ^Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929)."OUR GREAT SUBWAY NETWORK SPREADS WIDER; New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York"(PDF).The New York Times.RetrievedAugust 19,2015.
  21. ^Board of Transportation of the City of New York Engineering Department, Proposed Additional Rapid Transit Lines And Proposed Vehicular Tunnel,dated August 23, 1929
  22. ^"Banneker Playground: History".New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.RetrievedOctober 17,2018.
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