Nostrand Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

Nostrand Avenue  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View of the southbound upper level platform, with the passageway to the reopened Bedford Avenue mezzanine in the distance
Station statistics
Address	Nostrand Avenue & Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford–Stuyvesant
Coordinates	40°40′50″N 73°56′59″W / 40.68056°N 73.94972°W / 40.68056; -73.94972
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Fulton Street Line
Services	A  (all times) ​   C  (all except late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B25, B44, B44 SBS LIRR Nostrand Avenue station
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	4 side platforms (2 on each level)
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	April 9, 1936; 88 years ago (April 9, 1936)[2]
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	3,768,205[3]  12.6%
Rank	79 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets A  toward Inwood–207th Street Express Utica Avenue A  toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue or Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard Franklin Avenue A  ​C  toward 168th Street Local Kingston–Throop Avenues A  ​C  toward Euclid Avenue
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Track layout Legend Upper level to lower level to lower level Lower level to Hoyt–Schermerhorn Sts to Franklin Avenue to upper level to upper level to Kingston–Throop Avs to Utica Avenue Upper level Lower level Lower level trackway walls
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only

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. It is served by the A train at all times and the C train at all times except late nights.

The station was planned as part of the construction of the Independent Subway System (IND)'s Fulton Street Line. Construction of the station began around 1929, and it was opened to service on April 9, 1936. Several of the station's entrances were closed in the late 20th century due to crime. In the 2010s and 2020s, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced plans to make the station ADA-accessible and to reopen closed exits.

Nostrand Avenue has four tracks and four side platforms, with two platform levels. Express trains stop on the upper level while local trains stop on the lower level. This is because, in the original design for the station, the Nostrand Avenue station was slated to be a local station with only two platforms, and the current upper level was intended to be a mezzanine. The primary entrances to the local and express platforms in each direction are at Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street. Another set of entrances from both sets of platforms leads to Bedford Avenue and Fulton Street.