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Atlantic Terminal

Coordinates: 40°41′03″N 73°58′38″W / 40.684226°N 73.977234°W / 40.684226; -73.977234
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This article is about the Long Island Rail Road station. For the adjacent shopping center, see Atlantic Terminal (shopping mall).

Atlantic Terminal
The entrance pavilion at Atlantic Terminal, which opened in 2010.
General information
LocationAtlantic Avenue, Flatbush Avenue & Hanson Place
Brooklyn, New York City
Coordinates40°41′03″N 73°58′38″W / 40.684226°N 73.977234°W / 40.684226; -73.977234
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Atlantic Branch
Platforms3 island platforms
Tracks6
Connections New York City Subway:
"2" train​"3" train​"4" train​"5" train​"B" train​"D" train"N" train​"Q" train​"R" train​"W" train​ at Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center
Local Transit NYCT Bus: B41, B45, B63, B65, B67, B103
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
OpenedJuly 2, 1877
Rebuilt1907, 2010
ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1905
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesBrooklyn (1852–1877)
Flatbush Avenue (1877–2010)
Passengers
2012—201421,829[1]
Rank4 of 125
Services
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Legend
to Vanderbilt Yard
to Nostrand Avenue

Atlantic Terminal (formerly Flatbush Avenue) is the westernmost stop on the Long Island Rail Road's (LIRR) Atlantic Branch, located at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. It is the primary terminal for the Far Rockaway, Hempstead, and West Hempstead Branches. The terminal is located in the City Terminal Zone, the LIRR's Zone 1, and thus part of the CityTicket program.

History

The station was originally named Brooklyn in 1852,[2] twenty years after the line was established as the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad, and was not originally a terminus.[2] The original terminus was South Ferry, via the now shuttered Cobble Hill Tunnel. When LIRR subsidiary New York and Jamaica Railroad built a new line between Hunter's Point and Jamaica in 1861, the main line was relocated there, and the line was abandoned west of East New York, in compliance with Brooklyn's ban on steam railroads. West of East New York, the tracks were taken over by horse car lines.

The Brooklyn station designation was replaced by the Flatbush Avenue station on July 2, 1877. That same summer local Atlantic Avenue rapid transit trains began to stop there on August 13.[3] The old depot was renovated between July–August 1878, when it began serving the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad. It was rebuilt again in June 1880. The headquarters for the Long Island Express Company was installed there in 1882, and gave the station a series of tracks that would later be known as the "EX Yard." In 1888, the Union Elevated Railway built an elevated railway line and station that connected to the LIRR station called the Atlantic Avenue station. The Union Elevated eventually became part of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation. Further rebuilding took place again in 1893.

Between 1904 and 1906, the Carlton Avenue Freight Yards were replaced by the Vanderbilt Avenue Freight Yards. This was just a portion of a major improvement project that included the complete reconstruction of the station. The second depot opened on April 1, 1907 with the depot at street level and the tracks installed underground. The station had a lobby that was larger than most LIRR stations, and contained subway type entrances to the tracks.[4] It also served as a post office building until 1925,[5] and contained a baggage depot, express buildings, some meat houses which were inherited from the previous version of the station, and a merchandise terminal for "less than carload freight" added on in 1908. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company built a subway line called the Eastern Parkway Line and a station on Atlantic Avenue, that connected to the station on May 1, 1908. The BMT also built two more subway lines on Pacific Street along the Fourth Avenue Line on June 22, 1915, and Atlantic Avenue along the Brighton Line on August 1, 1920. The connection to the BMT Fifth Avenue Line was lost on May 31, 1940.[6]

Interior of the station, c. 1893

The station was refurbished and the exterior was sandblasted in the early 1940s. The decline of rail service after World War II led to the station's gradual demise, however. Track #1 was out of service on April 10, 1959. Former express tracks numbers 9-14 ("EX" Yard) were taken out of service on March 3, 1971. At some point, the express buildings became a parking garage. Local businesses were still allowed to utilize the station, such as a barber shop, restaurants, candy stores, a snack bar, a podiatrist's office, a dental office, a beauty school, and even a row of telephone booths. Those businesses were gone by 1978. The tracks that were originally numbered from south to north were renumbered from north to south on July 1, 1978. Despite efforts to repaint the lobby in the early-1980s, random vandalism plagued the station interior causing water damage that was so severe, the street level depot was closed in 1988,[7] and portions were razed during the 1990s.

On January 5, 2010, a new entry pavilion, designed by di Domenico + Partners, opened, providing improved connections between the LIRR, subways, and buses.[8] In March 2010, the station was renamed Atlantic Terminal after a six-year reconstruction project,[9] during which trains continued to operate.

In 2014, the LIRR announced that service from Babylon and Hicksville will go directly to Atlantic Terminal during New York Islanders games at Barclays Center. Passengers would normally have to transfer at Jamaica to go to Babylon or Hicksville.[10] However, in preparation for East Side Access project, most service to Atlantic Terminal will be provided by a high-frequency shuttle service to and from Jamaica.[11]

Accident

During the morning rush hour of January 4, 2017, a train overran the bumper block at the end of track 6, injuring 103, none seriously.[12][13] There were 650 passengers on the train, which had originated from Far Rockaway.[14] The incident was compared to a September 2016 train crash at Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey, wherein a train also overran a bumper block.[12] The accident occurred at about 8:20 a.m. Two carriages of the six-carriage electric multiple unit involved were severely damaged when it collided with the buffer stop at a speed of 10 to 15 miles per hour (16 to 24 km/h).[12][15] The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Railway Administration opened investigations into the accident.[12]

Station layout

The LIRR terminal, one floor below the ground level, has three high-level island platforms adjacent to six tracks. Platform A is ten cars long, but the two easternmost cars on Track 1 are not accessible due to a large gap between the train and the platform. Platform B is eight cars long. Platform C is six cars long, but Track 6 only has enough space for four cars to meet the platform as it is adjacent to the northbound local platform of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line.

Ground Street level Entrances/exits, pavilion, station house, fare control, station agents, LIRR ticket booth, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Barclays Center
Connection to Atlantic Terminal shopping mall
Basement 1
Eastern Parkway platforms 		Side platform Disabled access
Northbound local ← "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (Nevins Street)
← "3" train toward Harlem–148th Street (Nevins Street)
← "4" train toward Woodlawn late nights (Nevins Street)
Northbound express ← "4" train toward Woodlawn (Nevins Street)
← "5" train weekdays toward Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue (Nevins Street)
Island platform Disabled access
Southbound express → "4" train toward Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue select rush hour trips) (Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College) →
→ "5" train weekdays toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College) →
Southbound local → "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Bergen Street) →
→ "3" train ("4" train late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Bergen Street) →
Side platform Disabled access
Basement 1
LIRR platforms 		Track 1 →      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue) →
Platform A, island platform Disabled access
Track 2 →      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue) →
Track 3 →      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue) →
Platform B, island platform Disabled access
Track 4 →      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue) →
Track 5 →      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue) →
Platform C, island platform Disabled access
Track 6 →      Atlantic Branch services toward Jamaica and points east (Nostrand Avenue) →
Basement 2 Mezzanine Passageway between platforms
Basement 3
Brighton platform 		Northbound ← "B" train weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (DeKalb Avenue)
← "Q" train toward 96th Street (DeKalb Avenue)
Island platform Disabled access
Southbound → "B" train weekdays toward Brighton Beach (Seventh Avenue) →
→ "Q" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Brighton (Seventh Avenue) →
Basement 3
Fourth Avenue platforms 		Northbound local ← "R" train toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Whitehall Street–South Ferry late nights) (DeKalb Avenue)

← "D" train toward Norwood–205th Street late nights (DeKalb Avenue)
← "N" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard late nights (DeKalb Avenue)
← "W" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) (DeKalb Avenue)

Island platform Disabled access
Northbound express ← "D" train toward Norwood–205th Street (Grand Street)
← "N" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard or 96th Street (select weekday trips) (Canal Street)
Southbound express → "D" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via West End (36th Street) →
→ "N" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Sea Beach (36th Street) →
Island platform Disabled access
Southbound local → "R" train toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Union Street) →
→ "D" train"N" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (Union Street)→
→"W" train toward 86th Street (select weekday trips) (Union Street) →

Subway and bus connections

Atlantic Terminal is connected to the New York City Subway's Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center complex, which is served by the 2, ​3, ​4, ​5​, B, ​D, N, ​Q​, R and ​W​ trains.[16] Buses serving outside the complex include B41, B45, B63, B65, B67, and B103.[17]

Nearby points of interest

The rail terminal is adjacent to and below the Atlantic Terminal mall and near the Barclays Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, as well as Brooklyn Technical High School.

The massive Pacific Park residential, commercial and sports complex, which includes Barclays Center, is being built near the station and above its yard tracks.[18]

  • Atlantic Terminal LIRR station
  • 1910 photo of the former LIRR Flatbush Avenue station (demolished 1988)
    1910 photo of the former LIRR Flatbush Avenue station (demolished 1988)
  • Looking down Platform A. A train to Far Rockaway is on the right
    Looking down Platform A. A train to Far Rockaway is on the right
  • Looking down Platform C
    Looking down Platform C
  • Looking down to track level in the entry pavilion
    Looking down to track level in the entry pavilion

See also

References

  1. ^ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 197. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Long Island Station History". Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "rapid transit". Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "FLATBUSH AVENUE TERMINAL 3 - INTERIOR". Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "Postal History". Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  6. ^ Ministry of Travel: The New LIRR Brooklyn Terminal; Forgotten New York
  7. ^ Gray, Christopher (April 17, 1988). "STREETSCAPES: Flatbush Avenue Terminal; The Final Weeks for a Neo-Renaissance Grand Dame?". New York Times. p. 10:17. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  8. ^ "New LIRR Atlantic Terminal Pavilion Opens To The Public" (Press release). Long Island Rail Road. January 5, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  9. ^ "This new LIRR terminal is on a roll". The Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  10. ^ Castillo, Alfonso A. (September 20, 2014). "LIRR, Barclays Center work to get Islanders fans to come to Brooklyn". Newsday. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  11. ^ Kulick, Beth (2014). "Jamaica Interlocking Reconfiguration Operations Simulation" (PDF). apta.com. TranSystems Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  12. ^ a b c d "Officials: More than 100 hurt in LIRR train derailment". Newsday. January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  13. ^ Siff, Andrew; Santia, Marc. "LIRR Train Derails in Brooklyn; 103 People Hurt". NBC New York. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  14. ^ McLaughlin, Aidan. "LIRR train derails, injuring 103 people in Brooklyn at Atlantic Terminal". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  15. ^ McLaughlin, Aidan. "LIRR train derails, injuring 103 people in Brooklyn at Atlantic Terminal". New York Daily News. BBC News Online. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  16. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  17. ^ "Brooklyn Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  18. ^ Bagli, Charles V. (March 21, 2008). "Slow Economy Likely to Stall Atlantic Yards". The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
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