Atlantic Terminal

This article is about the Long Island Rail Road station. For the adjacent shopping center, see Atlantic Terminal Mall.

Atlantic Terminal
The terminal's entrance pavilion, opened 2010
Station statistics
Address	Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues and Hanson Place Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40.684226°N 73.977234°W / 40.684226; -73.977234
Lines	Atlantic Branch (City Terminal Zone)
Connections	New York City Subway: at Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street NYCT Buses
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	6
Other information
Opened	July 2, 1877
Rebuilt	1907, 2010
Electrified	July 26, 1905 750V (DC) third rail
Accessible
Owned by	MTA
Fare zone	1
Formerly	Brooklyn (1852–1877) Flatbush Avenue (1877–2010)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	27,850
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Terminus Atlantic Branch (City Terminal Zone) Nostrand Avenue toward Long Island

Atlantic Terminal, formerly called Flatbush Avenue, is the westernmost stop on the Long Island Rail Road's (LIRR) Atlantic Branch, located at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City. It is the primary terminal for the Far Rockaway, Hempstead, and, on weekdays, West Hempstead Branches. By transferring at Jamaica, access is available to all other LIRR branches except the Port Washington Branch. The terminal serves Downtown Brooklyn and, via subway connections, Lower Manhattan and other parts of Brooklyn.

The terminal is located in the City Terminal Zone, the LIRR's Zone 1, and in the CityTicket program.

Subway and bus connections

Atlantic Terminal provides a connection to the New York City Subway's Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street complex, which is served by the 2 3 4 5 B D N Q R trains. Buses serving outside the complex include B41, B45, B63, B65, and B67.

On January 5, 2010, a new entry pavilion opened, providing improved connections between the LIRR, subways, and buses.

Nearby attractions

The rail terminal is adjacent to and below the Atlantic Terminal Mall and near the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower.

Platform and track configuration

This terminal has three high-level island platforms adjacent to six tracks. The north platform, Platform A, is ten cars long and adjacent to Tracks 1 and 2. The two eastern-most cars on Track 1 are not accessible due to a large gap between the train and the platform. The center platform, Platform B, is eight cars long and adjacent to Tracks 3 and 4. (Brook Tower is at the east end of this platform.) The south platform, Platform C, is six cars long adjacent to Tracks 5 and 6. Because the west end of Track 6 is adjacent to the uptown local subway platform, this track has only enough space for four cars to meet the platform.

Future developments

The massive Atlantic Yards residential, commercial and sports complex (including Barclays Center) is being built near the station and above its yard tracks.

Gallery

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  Interior of the station, c. 1893

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  1910 photo of the former LIRR Atlantic Terminal

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  Looking down Platform B. A train to Far Rockaway is on the right

See also

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

External links

• Official LIRR station information page for Atlantic Terminal
• Station timetable for Atlantic Terminal
• LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD - I. R. T. CONNECTION 1
• NYCSubway.org's page about the terminal
• Flatbush Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• main entrance at Flatbush Avenue and Hanson Place from Google Maps Street View