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{{short description|Long Island Rail Road station in Brooklyn, New York}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{otheruses|Nostrand Avenue (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Nostrand Ave
| style              = LIRR
| image              = Nostrand_Avenue_Renovated_2019.jpg
| image_size         =
| image_caption      = The Nostrand Avenue LIRR station, as seen in 2019, during renovations.
| address            = Nostrand &amp; Atlantic Avenues<br>[[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford–Stuyvesant]], [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 11216
| coordinates        = {{coord|40.67845|N|73.94940|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| line               = [[Atlantic Branch]]
| distance           = {{convert|1.6|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Atlantic Terminal]]<ref name="ett-20120514">{{cite web | title=TIMETABLE No. 4 | author=Long Island Rail Road | date= May 14, 2012 | accessdate=August 4, 2022 | url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrhistoricaldata/LIRRTimeTable4_5-14-2012.pdf | page=VI}}</ref>
| other              = {{rint|newyork|subway}} '''[[New York City Subway]]''':<br>{{NYCS Fulton|time=bullets}} at {{stl|NYCS|Nostrand Avenue|Fulton}} <small>(two blocks north)</small><br>{{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} '''[[New York City Transit buses|NYCT Bus]]''': {{NYC bus link|B25|B44|B44 SBS|B65}}
| platform           = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks             = 2
| parking            =
| bicycle            =
| baggage_check      =
| passengers         = 1,217<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf|title=2012–2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers|date=August 23, 2016|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717085537/http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf|archive-date=July 17, 2019|access-date=March 29, 2020|at=PDF pp. 15, 199}}</ref>
| pass_year          = 2012—2014
| pass_rank          = 69 of [[List of Long Island Rail Road stations|125]]
| opened             = {{start date and age|August 13, 1877}}
| closed             =
| rebuilt            = 1905; 2018–2020
| electrified        = July 26, 1905<br>750 [[volt|V]] ([[Direct current|DC]]) [[third rail]]
| accessible                = yes
| code               =
| owned              = [[Long Island Rail Road]]
| zone               = 1
| former             =
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR
|line1=City Atlantic|left1=Atlantic Terminal|right1=East New York
|line2=West Hempstead|left2=Atlantic Terminal|right2=East New York|to-left2=Atlantic Terminal
|line3=Hempstead|left3=Atlantic Terminal|right3=East New York|to-left3=Atlantic Terminal|note-mid3=Peak periods only
|line4=Babylon|left4=Atlantic Terminal|right4=East New York|to-left4=Atlantic Terminal|note-mid4=Peak periods only|to-right4=Freeport
}}
| mpassengers        =
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The '''Nostrand Avenue station''' is an elevated [[train station|station]] on the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Atlantic Branch]] in the [[Bedford–Stuyvesant]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]. Trains leave every 12–15 minutes during peak hours and 30 minutes during off-peak hours until 11 p.m.
Despite being a [[commuter rail]] stop, the Nostrand Avenue station resembles a typical elevated [[New York City Subway]] station. Before the renovations began in 2018, the station featured white-on-black signage as found on the subway. They have since been replaced with black-on-white signage as seen at all other LIRR stations.
== History ==
Though originally built in 1877, the current elevated station was built between 1903 and 1905.<ref>[http://arrts-arrchives.com/aaidiv2.html Brooklyn & Jamaica Railroad and LIRR History at Nostrand Avenue Station (Arrt's Arrchives)]</ref>
Between 2018 and 2020, the station underwent an extensive reconstruction project.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Nostrand Avenue Station Renovation Project Gets Underway |url=http://web.mta.info/supplemental/lirr/nostrandaverenovationunderway.htm |access-date=May 26, 2018 |website=MTA}}</ref> The project included the installation of two elevators, one for each platform, bringing the station into compliance with the [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Nostrand Ave Station Rehabilitation (Completed 01/2020) |url=https://www.amodernli.com/project/nostrand-ave-station-rehabilitation/ |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=A Modern LI |language=en-US}}</ref> The project was completed in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 5, 2020 |title=LIRR Completes Nostrand Avenue Station Modernization |url=https://shorefrontnews.com/2020/02/05/lirr-completes-nostrand-avenue-station-modernization/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214211120/https://shorefrontnews.com/2020/02/05/lirr-completes-nostrand-avenue-station-modernization/ |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2020 |website=Shorefront News}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
==Station layout==
The station has two tracks and two six-car-long [[side platform]]s above [[Atlantic Avenue (New York City)|Atlantic Avenue]]. A street stair is at either extreme ends of both platforms. The western stairs go down to either of the eastern corners of [[Nostrand Avenue]], while the eastern stairs go down to either of the western corners of New York Avenue. A ticket booth and two daily ticket machines are located at the Nostrand Avenue end of the eastbound platform.
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4 valign=top|'''P'''<br>Platform level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right {{access icon}}</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Track '''1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|LIRR|Atlantic|inline=yes}} services toward {{lirrs|Atlantic Terminal}} <small>(Terminus)</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray"|Track '''2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray"|{{0|→}} {{rcb|LIRR|Atlantic|inline=yes}} services toward {{lirrs|Jamaica}} and [[Long Island|Points East]] <small>({{lirrs|East New York}})</small> →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right {{access icon}}</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Ground level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=450|Entrance/exit
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Commonscat-inline|Nostrand Avenue (LIRR station)}}
{{LIRR links}}
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.678376,-73.949597&spn=0.003914,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.678366,-73.949473&panoid=ka7OaUjfG7_SbH_cMb5rEA&cbp=12,116.76,,0,2.6 Nostrand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.678815,-73.947301&spn=0.003914,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.678412,-73.946948&panoid=YfSutrNNKWB1yA28ZJe8lQ&cbp=12,298.33,,0,4.36 New York Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6783662,-73.9482531,3a,75y,242.88h,90.28t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-eHprLsrxEWY%2FWHBrkmUJZWI%2FAAAAAAAAZNk%2FmgT_mbtHLAcAxMPTJrmFqWqWku4WRVH9QCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-eHprLsrxEWY%2FWHBrkmUJZWI%2FAAAAAAAAZNk%2FmgT_mbtHLAcAxMPTJrmFqWqWku4WRVH9QCLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i7168!8i3584!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]
[[File:NostrandAveViaductReplacement.jpg|thumb|left|Replacement of the Atlantic Avenue Viaduct at Nostrand Avenue in July 2011.]]
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