Euclid Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)

Euclid Avenue New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Euclid Avenue & Pitkin Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11208
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East New York
Coordinates	40.675366°N 73.871899°W / 40.675366; -73.871899
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Fulton Street Line
Services	A  (all times)       C  (all except late nights)
Connection	New York City Bus: B13, Q7, Q8
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	November 28, 1948 (November 28, 1948)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	3,004,395  4%
Rank	154 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Shepherd Avenue (local): A  C  Broadway Junction (express): A
Next south	Grant Avenue: A  (Terminal): C
Next north	Franklin Avenue (local): A  C  Jay Street – MetroTech (express): A
Next south	Howard Beach – JFK Airport (via Rockaway): A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Euclid Avenue is an express station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn, it is served by the A train at all times, and the southern terminal for the C train, at all times except late nights. During late nights, this is the northern terminal for the Lefferts Boulevard shuttle from Ozone Park, Queens.

This is an express station, with four tracks and two island platforms. It has the same 10" × 5" eggshell-beige wall tile as the next three stations north. The tile band, however, is a delicate shade of lilac with a violet border, similar to the Delancey Street stop in Manhattan. The I-beams are tiled and feature mini-vertical name tablets reading "Euclid," along with the two-tone border motif. Away from the platform center, there is a single row of these I-beams running down the middle of the platform. A crew quarters room is over the south end of both platforms. The station has a crossover in the mezzanine along with an active newsstand.

East (railroad south) of the station the track-work is quite complex, first allowing trains to enter the Pitkin Yard from either the express or the local tracks (where C trains relay to get from the southbound to the northbound local track), then the connection to Grant Avenue station, also from either the express or local tracks. All four trackways continue, disused, east under Pitkin Avenue until approximately Elderts Lane. It was planned that the four unused tracks would continue under Pitkin Avenue to Queens, as part of a never-built system expansion.

This station was an incomplete shell during World War II that could not be finished because of material shortages from the war effort. This meant the station received a sightly different tile job and design for the mezzanine compared to the rest of the stations along the line.

External links

• nycsubway.org — IND Fulton: Euclid Avenue
• Station Reporter — C train
• Station Reporter — A Lefferts
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• The Subway Nut — Euclid Avenue Pictures
• Euclid Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View