President Street (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line)

President Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	President Street & Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Crown Heights
Coordinates	40.668009°N 73.950691°W / 40.668009; -73.950691
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
Services	2  (all times)       5  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m.)
Connection	New York City Bus: B44
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 23, 1920 (August 23, 1920)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	1,130,601  8.2%
Rank	331 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Franklin Avenue: 2  5
Next south	Sterling Street: 2  5
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)

President Street is a station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of President Street and Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, it is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train weekdays.

This deep underground station, opened August 23, 1920, is the northernmost on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line and the only one that has one island platform and two tracks. All stations to the south are set up as two track and two side platforms. To the north, the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line curves west and joins the local tracks of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line. The Nostrand Avenue station on that line is just two blocks north.

This station's platform has wide I-beam columns painted in blue on both sides at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering. The track walls have their original Dual Contracts trim line with "P" tablets on it at regular intervals for "President." Towards the south end of the station, where the platform was extended in the 1950s to accommodate the current standard IRT train length of 510 feet, the walls have "PRESIDENT ST" in white sans serif font on a blue border.

The station's only entrance/exit is near the north end of the platform. A single double-flight staircase and up-only escalator go up three stories to a small waiting area, where a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two street stairs going up to either southern corners of President and Nostrand Avenues.

External links

• nycsubway.org — Brooklyn IRT: President Street
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• President Street entrance from Google Maps Street View