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The Nostrand Avenue station is an elevated 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.
In 1800, Bedford was designated one of the seven districts of the Town of Brooklyn, and, in 1834, it became part of the seventh and ninth wards of the newly incorporated City of Brooklyn. With the building of the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad in 1833, along Atlantic Avenue , Bedford was established as a railroad station near the intersection of ...
The Bedford–Nostrand Avenues station is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Lafayette Avenue between Bedford and Nostrand Avenues in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn , it is served by the G train at all times.
Woodhaven Junction power substation. The current Atlantic Branch is the successor to two separate lines: the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad (opened 1836) along Atlantic Avenue from Flatbush Avenue to Jamaica, and the South Side Railroad of Long Island (opened 1867) from Jamaica to Valley Stream.
The Long Island Rail Road celebrated its 175th anniversary on April 22, 2009, with a trip on the TC82 inspection car from Brooklyn to Greenport, the original LIRR main line. The train stopped along the way to pick up proclamations from county executives in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Both the BMT Franklin Avenue Line and BMT Brighton Line began as another excursion railroad to Coney Island called the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway. Originating on July 2, 1878, the BF&CI ran from the former Bedford Station on the Atlantic Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, to Brighton Beach.
The next stop to the west (railroad north) is Kingston–Throop Avenues for local trains and Nostrand Avenue for express trains; the next stop to the east (railroad south) is Ralph Avenue for local trains and Broadway Junction for express trains. [7] The outer track walls are made of tile and have a maroon trim line with a dark maroon border.
Long Island Rail Road: LI LI 1834 1997 New York and Atlantic Railway: Still exists as a passenger railroad Long Island Railroad North Shore Branch: LI: 1892 1921 Long Island Rail Road: Long Island City and Flushing Railroad: LI: 1881 1889 Long Island Rail Road: Long Island City and Manhattan Beach Railroad: LI: 1883 1885 New York, Brooklyn and ...