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Winthrop Street station

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 Winthrop Street
 "2" train​"5" train
MTA NYC logo.svg New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Winthrop Street IRT Nostrand; NB Helvetica Pillar Sign.jpg
Platform level
Station statistics
AddressWinthrop Street & Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleProspect Lefferts Gardens
Coordinates40°39′25″N 73°57′01″W / 40.657039°N 73.950262°W / 40.657039; -73.950262Coordinates: 40°39′25″N 73°57′01″W / 40.657039°N 73.950262°W / 40.657039; -73.950262
DivisionA (IRT)[1]
LineIRT Nostrand Avenue Line
Services   2 all times (all times)
​   5 weekdays only (weekdays only)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B44, B44 SBS
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedAugust 23, 1920; 102 years ago (August 23, 1920)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		No
Traffic
20191,882,065[3] Decrease 12.1%
Rank250 out of 424[3]
Location
Winthrop Street station is located in New York City Subway
Winthrop Street station
Winthrop Street station is located in New York City
Winthrop Street station
Winthrop Street station is located in New York
Winthrop Street station
Track layout

Legend
to Sterling Street
to Church Avenue
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops weekdays only Stops weekdays only
Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights

The Winthrop Street station is a station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Winthrop Street and Nostrand Avenue. The station is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train on weekdays.

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Metro station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the case of an emergency. In the United Kingdom, they are known as underground stations, most commonly used in reference to the London Underground.

IRT Nostrand Avenue Line

IRT Nostrand Avenue Line

The IRT Nostrand Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the A Division of the New York City Subway running under Nostrand Avenue in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is served by the 2 train at all times and is also served by the 5 train during the daytime on weekdays.

New York City Subway

New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the most stations, with 472 stations in operation.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough, with 2,736,074 residents in 2020.

2 (New York City Subway service)

2 (New York City Subway service)

The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored red since it uses the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through most of Manhattan.

5 (New York City Subway service)

5 (New York City Subway service)

The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored forest green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.

History

The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in Brooklyn. As part of Contract 4, the IRT agreed to build a subway line along Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn.[4][5][6] The construction of the subway along Nostrand Avenue spurred real estate development in the surrounding areas.[7] The Nostrand Avenue Line opened on August 23, 1920, and the Winthrop Street station opened along with it.[8]

From 1962 to 1964, the platforms at Winthrop Street were extended at either end to 510 feet (160 m) so that they could accommodate 10-car trains. Platforms at other stations along the Nostrand Avenue Line were extended at this time.[9][10][11]

The Flatbush Avenue-bound platform closed from March 18, 2019, and reopened to the public on July 1, 2019.[12] This was so a staircase to the platform could be replaced.[13][14] Upon the Flatbush Avenue-bound platform's reopening, the Manhattan-bound platform closed until July 29, 2019.

Station layout

G Street level Exit/entrance
P
Platform level 		Side platform
Northbound ← "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (Sterling Street)
← "5" train toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue (Sterling Street)
Southbound → "2" train"5" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Church Avenue) →
Side platform
Northbound street stair
Northbound street stair

This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms which are slightly offset.[15] Both platforms have their original 1920s Dual Contracts era tiling. The name tablets read "WINTHROP ST." in gold lettering on a blue background with a green and brown border. The trim line consists of a light brown center surrounded by green lines and a darker brown border.[16] "W" tablets on a blue background and brown border run along the trim line at regular intervals.[17]

At either ends of each platform, where they were extended in the 1960s to accommodate the current standard "A" Division train length of 510 feet (160 m), there are white tiles with name tablets reading "WINTHROP ST" in white sans serif face spelled on a blue background at regular intervals.[18] All columns in the station are I-beams and are painted green.[19]

Exits

Each platform has one fare control area one block apart from each other and there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions.[20] The one on the Manhattan-bound side, located on platform level, has a turnstile bank, token booth, and one staircase going up to the northeast corner of Winthrop Street and Nostrand Avenue.[21][22][23]

The fare control area on the Flatbush Avenue-bound platform is unstaffed. Two ten-step staircases go up to a mezzanine[24] where two exit-only turnstiles and one High Entry/Exit Turnstiles provides access to/from the station.[25] Outside fare control, there is a single staircase going up to the southwest corner of Parkside and Nostrand Avenues, one block south of the staircase to the Manhattan-bound fare control area.[26] Mosaic directional signs on the southbound platform indicate that it used to have an exit to Winthrop Street as well.[21][27]

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Side platform

Side platform

A side platform is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, one for each direction of travel, is the basic design used for double-track railway lines. Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with an island platform where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track.

2 (New York City Subway service)

2 (New York City Subway service)

The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored red since it uses the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through most of Manhattan.

Wakefield–241st Street station

Wakefield–241st Street station

The Wakefield–241st Street station is a terminal station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 241st Street and White Plains Road in the Wakefield neighborhood of the Bronx. It is served by the 2 train at all times. This station is geographically the northernmost station in the entire New York City Subway system.

Sterling Street station

Sterling Street station

The Sterling Street station is a station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn at the intersection of Sterling Street and Nostrand Avenue, the station is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train on weekdays.

5 (New York City Subway service)

5 (New York City Subway service)

The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored forest green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.

Eastchester–Dyre Avenue station

Eastchester–Dyre Avenue station

The Eastchester–Dyre Avenue station is the northern terminal station of the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, at Dyre Avenue and Light Street in the Eastchester neighborhood of the Bronx. It is served by the 5 train at all times.

Nereid Avenue station

Nereid Avenue station

The Nereid Avenue station is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Nereid Avenue and White Plains Road in the Bronx. It is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction. Nereid Avenue is the northern terminal for all peak-direction rush-hour 5 trains that use this branch. However, all 2 trains terminate at the next stop, Wakefield–241st Street.

Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station

Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station

The Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station is the southern terminal station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the intersection of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues in Flatbush, Brooklyn, locally called "The Junction". The station is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train on weekdays. It is also the closest subway station to Brooklyn College and Midwood High School.

Church Avenue station (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)

Church Avenue station (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)

The Church Avenue station is a station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Church and Nostrand Avenues straddling the East Flatbush and Flatbush communities. The station is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train on weekdays.

Dual Contracts

Dual Contracts

The Dual Contracts, also known as the Dual Subway System, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The contracts were signed on March 19, 1913, by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. As part of the Dual Contracts, the IRT and BRT would build or upgrade several subway lines in New York City, then operate them for 49 years.

Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Located near the southern tip of New York State, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Zone and constitutes both the geographical and demographic center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. Over 58 million people live within 250 miles of Manhattan, which serves as New York City’s economic and administrative center, cultural identifier, and the city’s historical birthplace. Residents of the outer boroughs of New York City often refer to Manhattan as "the city". Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, and hosts the United Nations headquarters. Manhattan also serves as the headquarters of the global art market, with numerous art galleries and auction houses collectively hosting half of the world’s art auctions.

Turnstile

Turnstile

A turnstile is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. A turnstile can be configured to enforce one-way human traffic. In addition, a turnstile can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, ticket, pass, or other method of payment. Modern turnstiles can incorporate biometrics, including retina scanning, fingerprints, and other individual human characteristics which can be scanned. Thus a turnstile can be used in the case of paid access, for example to access public transport, a pay toilet, or to restrict access to authorized people, for example in the lobby of an office building.

Source: "Winthrop Street station", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 8th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop_Street_station.

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Further Reading

Elder Avenue station

Bowling Green station

Bergen Street station (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

Crown Heights–Utica Avenue station

Sterling Street station

Beverly Road station

Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti station

Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station

90th Street–Elmhurst Avenue station

82nd Street–Jackson Heights station

Borough Hall/Court Street station

Bay Ridge Avenue station

45th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

77th Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

53rd Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

Church Avenue station (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)

Nostrand Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

Livonia Avenue station
References
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  2. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "Terms and Conditions of Dual System Contracts". nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  5. ^ "The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)". nycsubway.org.
  6. ^ "Most Recent Map of the Dual Subway System WhIch Shows How Brooklyn Borough Is Favored In New Transit Lines". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 9, 1917. Retrieved August 23, 2016 – via Brooklyn Newspapers.
  7. ^ "Big Eastern Parkway Deal". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1915. Retrieved August 23, 2016 – via Brooklyn Newspapers.
  8. ^ "Brooklyn Tube Extensions Open: I.R.T. Begins Service on Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue Lines" (PDF). New York Times. August 23, 1920. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  9. ^ Authority, New York City Transit (1967). Minutes and Proceedings. p. 152.
  10. ^ Annual Report For The Year Ending June 30, 1963. New York City Transit Authority. 1963. p. 14.
  11. ^ Annual Report For The Year Ending June 30, 1964. New York City Transit Authority. 1964. p. 10.
  12. ^ "5 Line - Weekday and Weekend Planned Service Change Update". mymtaalerts.com. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 1, 2019. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  13. ^ "Service Alert: Southbound Winthrop Street Train Station To Close For Three Months". BKLYNER. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  14. ^ "Service Information". MTA. March 14, 2019. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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  16. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "A Winthrop St name tablet". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  17. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "A close up of a W in the trimline at Winthrop Street". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  18. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "A close up of 1950s blocky Winthrop St text on the extreme southern end of the Manhattan-bound platform". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  19. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "Looking down the long Manhattan-bound platform at Winthrop Street, the platform's single exit is nowhere in site". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  20. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "A sign at the bottom of the street stair warns passengers again, it says To Flatbush only-no crossover: For Manhattan trains enter at corner of Nostrand & Winthrop Sts". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  21. ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Crown Heights" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  22. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "On the street at the corner of Winthrop Street & Nostrand Avenue, the single street stair for Manhattan-bound trains". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  23. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "Approaching the single bank of turnstiles and exit to street from the Manhattan-bound platform at Winthrop St". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  24. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "Looking up one of two short staircases from the platform to the small upper level where the exit from the Flatbush-bound platform at Winthrop Street". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  25. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "The single High Entrance Turnstile provides the only way to board Flatbush Av-bound trains at Winthrop Street, there also two High Exit Turnstiles for passengers leaving the subway system". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  26. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "The street stair at the corner of Winthrop St & Prospect Av. It's the only entrance to Flatbush Avenue 2 trains". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  27. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (July 22, 2009). "An arrow beneath a sign for a functional exit 'To Winthrop Street' on the Flatbush-bound platform points towards a No Exit: Exit at other end sign". subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
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