Church Avenue (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)

Church Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Church Avenue & Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11226
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Flatbush
Coordinates
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
Services	2  (all times)       5  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m.)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B35, B44, B44 SBS
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 23, 1920 (1920-08-23)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,070,551  1.7%
Rank	165
Station succession
Next north	Winthrop Street: 2  5
Next south	Beverly Road: 2  5
Next north	Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center: 2  5
Next south	Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College: 2  5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops weekdays only
Location

Church Avenue is a station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Church and Nostrand Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train on weekdays.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance (Elevator for northbound service at SE corner of Church Avenue and Nostrand Avenue; elevator for southbound service at SW corner)
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Wakefield – 241st Street, toward Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue (Winthrop Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (Beverly Road) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

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Tilework

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Southbound staircase at Church and Nostrand Avenues

This underground station, opened on August 23, 1920, has two tracks and two side platforms. Each platform was re-tiled during a 1997 renovation with a reproduction of its original 1920 Dual Contracts era tiling. The name tablets contain "CHURCH AVE" in serif font on a blue background and green border. The station's trim line consists of light brown color with a mostly green border and "C" tablets (for "Church") at regular intervals.

Beneath the original trim line along the platform walls are streaks of many colors that were added during the 1997 renovation. There are green tiles for about the first two feet of the platform walls from the bottom up and single lines of yellow above them go up to form accent lines to the "C" tablets in the station's trim line.

The platforms are narrower at either ends than in the middle, where the station's exits are on the same level and the station columns are. The columns are dark blue colored I-beams and every other column has the standard black and white name tablet.

The fare control area on the Manhattan-bound side has a full-time turnstile bank, token booth, and two perpendicular staircases to the northeast corner of Church and Nostrand Avenues and one staircase and one elevator to the southeast corner. The Flatbush Avenue-bound platform's fare control is unstaffed, containing three exit-only turnstiles and one HEET turnstile. This exit has two perpendicular staircases to the northwest corner of Church and Nostrand Avenues and one staircase and one elevator to the southwest corner. Both elevators, installed in Spring 1999, make this station fully ADA-accessible.

The Manhattan-bound platform has a newsstand and a plaque commemorating the station's 1997 renovation.

The 2001 artwork here is called Transitions by Louis Delsarte. It contains stained glass and glass mosaic murals depicting neighborhood and ethnic scenes.

Exits

Exit location	Exit type	Number of exits	Platform served
NW corner of Nostrand Avenue and Church Avenue	Staircase	2	Southbound
SW corner of Nostrand Avenue and Church Avenue	Staircase	1	Southbound
	Elevator	1	Southbound
NE corner of Nostrand Avenue and Church Avenue	Staircase	1	Northbound
SE corner of Nostrand Avenue and Church Avenue	Staircase	1	Northbound
	Elevator	1	Northbound

External links

• nycsubway.org—Brooklyn IRT: Church Avenue
• nycsubway.org — Transitions Artwork by Louis Delsarte (2001)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• The Subway Nut — Church Avenue Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Church Avenue (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)
• Church Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View