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Nostrand Avenue station (LIRR)

1877 establishments in New York (state)Bedford–Stuyvesant, BrooklynLong Island Rail Road stations in New York CityRailway stations in BrooklynRailway stations in the United States opened in 1877
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Nostrand Avenue Renovated 2019
Nostrand Avenue Renovated 2019

Nostrand Avenue 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. Despite being a commuter rail stop, the station resembles a typical elevated New York City Subway station. Before the renovations began in 2018, the station featured white-on-black signage as found on the subway. They have since been replaced with black-on-white signage as seen at all other LIRR stations. Though originally built in 1877, the current elevated station was built between 1903 and 1905.

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Nostrand Avenue station (LIRR)
Atlantic Avenue, New York Brooklyn

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N 40.67845 ° E -73.9494 °
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Atlantic Avenue 1243
11216 New York, Brooklyn
New York, United States
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