Flatbush Avenue (LIRR station)
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 Looking down Platform B. A train to Far Rockaway is on the right |
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| Address | Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues and Hanson Place Brooklyn, New York |
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| Connections | New York City Subway          at Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street (New York City Subway) NYCT Buses |
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| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | July 2, 1877 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | July 26, 1905 | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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Flatbush Avenue, also called the Atlantic Terminal, is the westernmost stop on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. It is the primary terminal for the Far Rockaway, Hempstead, and, on weekdays, West Hempstead Branches. It serves Downtown Brooklyn and, via a subway connection, Lower Manhattan.
It is located in the City Terminal Zone, and is in the CityTicket program. It is in the LIRR's Zone 1.
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[edit] Subway & Bus Connections
It is near several subway lines. The Atlantic Avenue IRT, Atlantic Avenue BMT, Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street BMT are inside the same station, while the Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue stations are three and four blocks northeast respectively.
It also has connections to some bus routes: B41, B45, B63, B65, and B67.
[edit] Nearby attractions
It is close to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower and the recently-constructed Atlantic Terminal Mall.
[edit] Tracks and platforms
It has six tracks and three platforms.
- Tracks 1 and 2 each hold ten cars, though the first two cars on Track 1 are not accessible due to a large gap between the train and the platform.
- Tracks 3 and 4 each hold eight cars. BROOK Tower is at the east end of this platform.
- Track 5 holds six cars.
- Track 6 holds six cars, but only four cars can platform. The west end of this track is adjacent to the uptown local subway platform.
[edit] Future developments
The massive Atlantic Yards residential, commercial and sports complex (including Barclays Center) are under construction around the station and above its tracks.[1]
As part of the proposed Lower Manhattan-Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project, Flatbush Avenue station would switch from a terminal station to a through station for trains terminating at a proposed station in Lower Manhattan.
[edit] Gallery
 1910 photo of the former LIRR Atlantic Terminal |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD - I. R. T. CONNECTION 1
- NYCSubway.org's page about the terminal
- The official station page
- Flatbush Avenue (LIRR station) is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Hybrid satellite image/street map from WikiMapia
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