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South of Avenue X, the avenue is a very wide two-way divided road with six traffic lanes. The avenue, originally called Nostrand Lane, has been open since 1840. [3] In 2004, the 200th anniversary of Haiti's independence, Nostrand Avenue was co-named Toussaint Louverture Boulevard in honor of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture (1743 ...
The Nostrand Avenue station is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway.Located at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, it is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights and the 4 train during late nights.
The IRT Eastern Parkway Line was built as part of Route 12 from 1915 to 1918, from the section east of the Atlantic Avenue station to Utica Avenue and down the Nostrand Avenue Subway to Flatbush Avenue. Groundbreaking for the IRT extension took place on May 23, 1914, [24] [25] but actual work did not start for several weeks. [26]
As part of Contract 4, the IRT agreed to build a subway line along Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. [3] [4] [5] The construction of the subway along Nostrand Avenue spurred real estate development in the surrounding areas. [6] The Nostrand Avenue Line opened on August 23, 1920, and the Winthrop Street station opened along with it. [7]
At Farragut Road, the northbound B44 Local shifts back to Nostrand Avenue, as two-way traffic resumes. At Flatbush Avenue, the northbound B44 SBS runs along Flatbush Avenue to Nostrand Avenue to meet up with the B44 Local at the Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College subway station. Then the line continues down Nostrand in Midwood to Avenue U ...
Crown Heights is served by the New York City Subway's IRT Eastern Parkway Line, with stations at Franklin Avenue (2, 3, 4, and 5 trains), Nostrand Avenue (3 train), Kingston Avenue (3 train), and Utica Avenue (3 and 4 trains). It is also served by the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line at President and Sterling Streets (2 and 5 trains).
The Nostrand Avenue station is a bi-level express station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in Brooklyn. As part of Contract 3, the IRT agreed to build a subway line along Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. [3] [4] [5] The line was supposed to extend to Coney Island. [6] The construction of the subway along Nostrand Avenue spurred real estate development in the surrounding areas. [7]