Flatbush Avenue
Looking down Platform B. A train to Far Rockaway is on the right
Station statistics
Address	Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues and Hanson Place Brooklyn, New York
Lines	Atlantic Branch (City Terminal Zone)
Connections	New York City Subway at Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street (New York City Subway) NYCT Buses
Platforms	3
Tracks	6
Other information
Opened	July 2, 1877
Electrified	July 26, 1905
Accessible
Owned by	MTA
Fare zone	1
Services
Preceding station   Long Island Rail Road   Following station Terminus Atlantic Branch (City Terminal Zone) Nostrand Avenue toward Long Island

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. The Atlantic Branch is an electrified Rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U Flatbush Avenue is one of the major avenues in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Atlantic Avenue is an important street in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous It is the primary terminal for the Far Rockaway, Hempstead, and, on weekdays, West Hempstead Branches. The Far Rockaway Branch is an electrified Rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U The Hempstead Branch is an electrified Rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U The West Hempstead Branch is an electrified Rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U It serves Downtown Brooklyn and, via a subway connection, Lower Manhattan. 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

It is located in the City Terminal Zone, and is in the CityTicket program. The City Terminal Zone is the name given to a collection of rail lines of the Long Island Rail Road in New York City. CityTicket is a program instituted in 2004 by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York It is in the LIRR's Zone 1.

Subway & Bus Connections

It is near several subway lines. 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 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. Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, the BMT Brighton Line and Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, the BMT Brighton Line and Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, the BMT Brighton Line and Fulton Street is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway, located on Lafayette Avenue between South Portland Avenue and Fulton Lafayette Avenue is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street in

It also has connections to some bus routes: B41, B45, B63, B65, and B67. The Flatbush Avenue Line is a Public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along Flatbush Avenue between The St Johns Place Line is a Public transit line in Brooklyn, New York, mainly along Atlantic Avenue, Washington Avenue Sterling Place and The Fifth Avenue Line is a Public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running mainly along Fifth Avenue and The Bergen Street Line is a Public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running westbound mostly along Bergen Street The Seventh Avenue Line is a Public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States.

Nearby attractions

It is close to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower and the recently-constructed Atlantic Terminal Mall. Brooklyn Academy of Music ( BAM) is a major performing arts venue in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, known as a center for progressive and avant garde The Williamsburgh Savings Bank or One Hanson Place is the tallest building in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City and a familiar Brooklyn Atlantic Terminal Mall is a Shopping mall located on Atlantic Avenue surrounded by Hanson Place Fort Greene Place and Flatbush Avenue in the

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. Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, the BMT Brighton Line and

Future developments

The massive Atlantic Yards residential, commercial and sports complex (including Barclays Center) are under construction around the station and above its tracks. The Atlantic Yards is a mixed-use commercial and residential development project of 16 high-rise buildings currently proposed in the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights and The Barclays Center is a proposed sports Arena to be built partly on a platform over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority -owned Atlantic Yards at [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. The Lower Manhattan-Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project is a proposed public-works project in New York City, New York, that would use the Long Island Rail

Gallery

1910 photo of the former LIRR Atlantic Terminal

See also

• Atlantic Terminal Urban Renewal Area
• Lower Manhattan-Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project

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 40°41′03″N 73°58′38″W / 40.684226, -73.977234 (Flatbush Avenue (LIRR station))Coordinates: 40°41′03″N 73°58′38″W / 40.684226, -73.977234 (Flatbush Avenue (LIRR station))
  • Hybrid satellite image/street map from WikiMapia