Church Avenue  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Church Avenue & Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11226
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East Flatbush, Flatbush
Coordinates	40°39′03″N 73°57′00″W / 40.650755°N 73.950005°W / 40.650755; -73.950005
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
Services	2  (all times) ​   5  (weekdays only)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B35, B44, B44 SBS
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 23, 1920; 103 years ago (1920-08-23)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2022	1,844,979[3]  20%
Rank	166 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Winthrop Street 2  ​5  via Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College Beverly Road 2  ​5  toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Winthrop Street to Beverly Road
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops all times except late nights

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.

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 Church Avenue station opened along with it.^[8]

The station was renovated in 1997. In Spring 1999, elevators were installed to make the station fully ADA-accessible.

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Wakefield–241st Street (Winthrop Street) ← toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue (Winthrop Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Beverly Road) →
	Side platform

This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms. South of the station, there are double crossovers that can allow trains to switch between either track. These crossovers can allow trains to terminate here.^[9] The station is served by the 2 train at all times^[10] and by the 5 train on weekdays during the day.^[11] It is between Beverly Road to the south and Winthrop Street to the north.^[12]

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 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

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.^[13]