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Coordinates: 40°41′25″N 73°58′56″W / 40.690254, -73.982277

DeKalb Avenue
NYC Subway B service NYC Subway D service NYC Subway M service NYC Subway N service NYC Subway Q service NYC Subway R service

New York City Subway station

Station information
LinesBMT Brighton Line
BMT Fourth Avenue Line
ServicesB weekdays until 9:30 p.m. (weekdays until 9:30 p. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The New York City Subway is a Rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency The BMT Brighton Line is a Rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City, United The Fourth Avenue Line is a Rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, mainly running under 4th Avenue in the New York City The B Sixth Avenue Express is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. m. )
D late nights (late nights)
M rush hours until 7:30 p.m. (rush hours until 7:30 p. The D Sixth Avenue Express is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. The M Nassau Street Local is a Rapid transit service of the B Division of the New York City Subway. m. )
N late nights (late nights)
Q all times (all times)
R all except late nights (all except late nights)
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks6 (2 bypass)
Other
BoroughBrooklyn
OpenedJune 19, 1915 (Fourth Avenue)
August 1, 1920 (Brighton)
AccessibleHandicapped/disabled access
Next northCanal Street (Broadway via bridge): Q all times
Lawrence Street–MetroTech (Broadway via tunnel): M rush hours until 7:30 p.m. N late nights R all except late nights
Grand Street (6th Avenue via bridge): B weekdays until 9:30 p.m. D late nights
Closed:
Myrtle Avenue
Next southAtlantic Avenue (Brighton): B weekdays until 9:30 p.m. Q all times
Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street (4th Avenue): D late nights M rush hours until 7:30 p.m. N late nights R all except late nights

DeKalb Avenue is a station shared by the BMT Fourth Avenue Line and the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn. The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. An island platform (also known as center platform or centre platform) on a Railway is where a single platform lies between two tracks Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Canal Street is a New York City Subway station complex in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chinatown, shared by the IRT Lexington Avenue Line The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. Lawrence Street–MetroTech is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. The M Nassau Street Local is a Rapid transit service of the B Division of the New York City Subway. The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. Grand Street is a station in Manhattan on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. The B Sixth Avenue Express is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. The D Sixth Avenue Express is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. Myrtle Avenue is an abandoned Rapid transit station on the Manhattan Bridge subway tracks ( south of the bridge in Brooklyn, New York City Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, the BMT Brighton Line and The B Sixth Avenue Express is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, the BMT Brighton Line and The D Sixth Avenue Express is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. The M Nassau Street Local is a Rapid transit service of the B Division of the New York City Subway. The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. A metro station is a railway station for a Rapid transit system often known by names such as "metro" "underground" and "subway" The Fourth Avenue Line is a Rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, mainly running under 4th Avenue in the New York City The BMT Brighton Line is a Rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City, United The New York City Subway is a Rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. (This is not to be confused with the other New York City subway stop named DeKalb Avenue, which is on the L line, in northern Brooklyn, near the boundary with Queens. The L 14th Street–Canarsie Local is a Rapid transit service of the New York City Subway, providing local service along the full length of the BMT Canarsie Line )

The station has six tracks, of which four serve the Fourth Avenue Line, and two serve the Brighton Line. There are island platforms between the first and second, and fifth and sixth tracks. The two center tracks bypass the station.

North of the station, the local and bypass tracks head towards the Manhattan Bridge, with a flying junction that allows trains to use either the north side of the bridge (to the IND Sixth Avenue Line) or the south side of the bridge (to the BMT Broadway Line). The Manhattan Bridge is a Suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street with A flying junction is a Railway junction at which one or more diverging or converging tracks in a multiple-track route cross other tracks on the route by bridge to avoid conflict The Sixth Avenue Line is a Rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in the United States. The BMT Broadway Line is a Rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan, New York City, United The express tracks continue north along the BMT Fourth Avenue Line into the Montague Street Tunnel towards the BMT Broadway Line. The Fourth Avenue Line is a Rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, mainly running under 4th Avenue in the New York City The Montague Street Tunnel carries the and trains of the New York City Subway under the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn The BMT Broadway Line is a Rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan, New York City, United South of the station, the bypass tracks become the express tracks on the Fourth Avenue Line. The four remaining tracks split at a flying junction, where trains headed south can switch to either the Brighton Line or the local tracks of the Fourth Avenue Line. In the current service pattern, the tunnel route is not used for Brighton Line trains.

Since it opened, DeKalb Avenue has been a major transfer point between BMT services, with the lines splitting north and south of the station. The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation ( BMT) was an Urban transit Holding company, based in Brooklyn, New York City, United DeKalb Avenue is fully handicapped-accessible. This is a list of Rapid transit stations on the New York City Subway system

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History

The station has been reconfigured a number of times. The current configuration dates from a 1956–61 reconstruction project to straighten the platforms and eliminate a level junction north of the station that had caused a switching bottleneck. In US Railroad practice a level junction (or in the United Kingdom a flat crossing) is a Railway junction that has a track A station at Myrtle Avenue was closed as part of the renovation.

As originally configured, the extreme outside tracks in each direction hosted the Fourth Avenue Line local tracks and the next pair hosted the Brighton Line. The middle tracks, which bypassed the station, hosted the Fourth Avenue express tracks. A group of level crossovers at the northern end of the station allowed all tracks access to both sides of the Manhattan Bridge and to the Montague Street Tunnel. The Manhattan Bridge is a Suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street with The Montague Street Tunnel carries the and trains of the New York City Subway under the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn

The current configuration was started in 1956 and completed in April 1961. All switches immediately north of the station were eliminated. The junction towards the Manhattan Bridge was rebuilt. The Manhattan Bridge is a Suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street with To make room for a new flying junction, the Myrtle Avenue station was closed. A flying junction is a Railway junction at which one or more diverging or converging tracks in a multiple-track route cross other tracks on the route by bridge to avoid conflict That station's northbound platform remains visible from passing trains, but the southbound platform was demolished.

The Chrystie Street Connection project was also tied to this improvement, as it resulted in more trains using the bridge. The Chrystie Street Connection is a major connecting line of the New York City Subway, and is one of the few connections between lines of the (former BMT and Over the years, as more of the business community shifted to midtown, the slower tunnel route became less popular, and it is now the least used of the three northbound routing options.

An earlier plan called the Ashland Place Connection would have allowed trains on the elevated BMT Fulton Street Line to run into the subway through DeKalb Avenue, making the bottleneck even worse. The Fulton Street Line or Kings County Line was an Elevated rail line mostly in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. This was not built, in part because the city was more interested in building its own system, the IND. The Independent Subway System ( IND or ISS) formerly known as the Independent City–Owned Subway System ( ICOS) or the Independent City–Owned [1] However, a whole new subway was also planned, splitting from this line and heading under the East River to the BMT Broadway Line at City Hall. The East River is a tidal Strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end The BMT Broadway Line is a Rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan, New York City, United City Hall has a single island platform serviced by the BMT Broadway Line local currently consisting of the,, and late-night trains This plan was considered in various forms between late 1916 and 1926.

The DeKalb Avenue station was built with provisions for a possible track connection to Nevins Street on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line; see that page for details. Nevins Street is an express station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. The Eastern Parkway Line is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Downtown Brooklyn south along Flatbush

Overhauling station's appearance

After the 1961 reconstruction period, the station made some adjustments. In the late 1960s, the station platforms were extended northward at least 150 feet to accommodate for a full 8 or 10 car 600 foot length train set. It also adds new 60's modern look tiling instead of the original tiling receiving.

Dekalb Avenue was receiving the another overhaul in the 1970s. MTA did fix the station's structure and the overhaul appearance. It fixed and replaces wall tiles, old signs, and incandescent lighting to the 70's modern look wall tiles, signs and fluorescent lights. It also fixes the staircases and platform edges.

The latest major overhaul is in 2004-2006. This time the station was received state of repairs as well as upgrading the station for ADA compliance. MTA did repair the staircases, re-tiling for the walls, new tiling on the floors, upgrading the station's lights and the public address system, installing ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge and, new trackbeds for all trains entering or bypassing the station. It also installed elevators on both sides of the platform as well as installing the street level to the subway station to accommodate the wheelchair accessible and the disability.

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