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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Shepherd Avenue
| image = IND Fulton Shepherd Avenue Southbound Platform 2.jpg
| image_caption = [[R179 (New York City Subway car)|R179]] C train arriving on the southbound platform
| address = Shepherd Avenue &amp; Pitkin Avenue<br>Brooklyn, New York
| locale = [[East New York, Brooklyn|East New York]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40.674064|N|73.880825|W|display=inline,title}}
| borough = [[Brooklyn]]
| division = IND
| line = [[IND Fulton Street Line]]
| service = Fulton local
| service_header = Fulton local header
| connection = <!--none-->
| platforms = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks = 4
| structure = Underground
| open_date = {{start date and age|November 28, 1948}}
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line=Fulton local|left=Van Siclen Avenue|right=Euclid Avenue|note-left={{NYCS Fulton local|time=1}}|note-right={{NYCS Fulton local|time=1}}}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptnights}}{{NYCS infobox legend|nightsonly}}
| layout = {{NYCS 4-tracked local station|inline=y
|1=Van Siclen Avenue
|2=Euclid Avenue
|code=IND Fulton Street Line
|dir=105
}}
}}

The '''Shepherd Avenue station''' is a local [[metro station|station]] on the [[IND Fulton Street Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Located at the intersection of Shepherd and Pitkin Avenues in the [[East New York, Brooklyn|East New York]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], it is served by the [[C (New York City Subway service)|C]] train at all times except nights, when the [[A (New York City Subway service)|A]] train takes over service.

Construction on the Shepherd Avenue station started in 1938 as part of a four-station extension of the Fulton Street subway eastward under Pitkin Avenue toward [[Queens]]. Work was delayed by funding problems due to [[World War II]], even though the stations were mostly complete. Construction resumed on the extension of the Fulton Street Line in November 1946, and this part of the Fulton Street Line opened in 1948. The extension of the Fulton Street subway replaced the [[Fulton Street Line (elevated)|Fulton Street elevated line]], which closed afterward.

==History==
[[File:Sheperdavindstairjeh.JPG|thumb|left|Station entrance]]
Shepherd Avenue was part of a four-station extension of the Fulton Street subway along Pitkin Avenue, past its original planned terminus at [[Broadway Junction (IND Fulton Street Line)|Broadway Junction]].<ref name=NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929>{{cite web|last1=Duffus|first1=R.L.|title=Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider; New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/09/22/91938390.pdf|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=August 19, 2015|date=September 22, 1929|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212104229/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/09/22/91938390.pdf|archivedate=February 12, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=IND2ndSystem1929Map>{{cite AV media|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/1929_IND_Second_System.jpg/368px-1929_IND_Second_System.jpg|publisher=Board of Transportation of the City of New York Engineering Department|title=Proposed Additional Rapid Transit Lines And Proposed Vehicular Tunnel|date=August 23, 1929|accessdate=January 21, 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122074448/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/1929_IND_Second_System.jpg/368px-1929_IND_Second_System.jpg|archivedate=January 22, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=BklynEagle-INDEuclidOpen-1948 /> The [[Fulton Street (Brooklyn)|Fulton Street]] subway was the city-owned Independent System (IND)'s main line from [[Downtown Brooklyn]] to southern Queens.<ref name=NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929/>

Further construction past the line's initial terminal at [[Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)|Rockaway Avenue]] was delayed by funding problems due to the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]] in the 1930s.<ref name=Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013>{{Cite Routes Not Taken}}</ref> This was temporarily solved by federal [[Works Progress Administration]] funding starting in 1936. The portion continuing from east of Rockaway Avenue along Pennsylvania and Pitkin Avenues to Crystal Street, including the Shepherd Avenue station, began construction in 1938.<ref name="BklynEagle-INDEuclidOpen-1948" /><ref name="ERA-INDFulton-Feb2006">{{cite journal|last1=Linder|first1=Bernard|title=Fulton Street Subway|journal=New York Division Bulletin|date=February 2006|volume=49|issue=2|page=2|url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2006-02-bulletin/2|accessdate=August 27, 2016|publisher=Electric Railroader's Association|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920170357/https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2006-02-bulletin/2|archivedate=September 20, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The progress lasted only a few years, as all work on the last portions in Brooklyn was stopped by December 1942 shortly after the United States entered [[World War II]] due to material shortages. The [[Broadway Junction station (IND Fulton Street Line)|Broadway−East New York]] station was complete but not in operation due to lack of signal equipment, and the remaining stations to [[Euclid Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)|Euclid Avenue]] were unfinished shells.<ref name="Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013" /><ref name="BklynEagle-INDFultonCulver-ShortageSnarl-1946">{{cite web|last1=Blauvelt|first1=Paul|title=Shortages Snarl $50,000,000 Tube Links|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/57726129/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|accessdate=October 9, 2015|page=21|date=June 9, 1946|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026233049/https://www.newspapers.com/image/57726129/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Priorities May Halt Work on Fulton Tube: Vital Defense Materials Are Needed To Complete Spur to Queens County Line|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52798680/?terms=%22grant%22%2B%22fulton%22%2B%22pitkin%22%2B%22subway%22%2B%22independent%2Bsubway%22|accessdate=August 26, 2016|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=November 18, 1941|page=3|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127185339/https://www.newspapers.com/image/52798680/?terms=%22grant%22%2B%22fulton%22%2B%22pitkin%22%2B%22subway%22%2B%22independent%2Bsubway%22|archivedate=January 27, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> At the time, work on the section that included the Shepherd Avenue station was more than 99% complete, but vital equipment had yet to be installed, precluding its opening.<ref name="ERA-INDFulton-Feb2006"/>

Construction resumed on the extension of the Fulton Street Line in November 1946,<ref name=BklynEagle-BoroSubwayRelief-Dec1946>{{cite web|last1=Jaffe|first1=Alfred|title=Borough Subway Relief Still 2 or 3 Years Off|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52906677/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|accessdate=October 9, 2015|pages=1, 5|date=December 6, 1946|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028091746/https://www.newspapers.com/image/52906677/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|archivedate=October 28, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Last Word in Subways and Cars for Boro|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52879214/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|accessdate=October 9, 2015|page=8|date=November 23, 1948|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028085904/https://www.newspapers.com/image/52879214/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|archivedate=October 28, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> following the conclusion of the war and the allocation of funds obtained by Mayor [[William O'Dwyer]].<ref name="Sparberg2014">{{cite book|last=Sparberg|first=Andrew J.|title=From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oktGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA111|date=October 2014|publisher=Fordham University Press|isbn=978-0-8232-6190-1}}</ref><ref name="Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013" /> After several test runs, the station opened to the public in the early morning of November 28, 1948, along with the rest of the line to Euclid Avenue.<ref name=BklynEagle-INDEuclidOpen-1948>{{cite web|title=Trains Roll on $47,000,000 Fulton St. Subway Extension|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52882609/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|accessdate=October 9, 2015|page=2|date=November 29, 1948|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028085942/https://www.newspapers.com/image/52882609/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|archivedate=October 28, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=BklynEagle-INDEuclidOpen2-1948>{{cite web|title=Fulton Subway Stations Open After All-Night 'Dry Runs'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52881207/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|accessdate=October 9, 2015|date=November 28, 1948|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028091529/https://www.newspapers.com/image/52881207/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|archivedate=October 28, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The cost of the extension was about $46.5 million.<ref name="Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013" /><ref name="BOT-1949">{{Cite book|title=Report for the three and one-half years ending June 30, 1949.|publisher=New York City Board of Transportation|date=1949|hdl = 2027/mdp.39015023094926}}</ref> Because Shepherd Avenue and three other stations were completed later than the rest of the line, they received different design features than other IND stations, including different wall tiles and [[fluorescent lighting]].<ref name="Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013" /><ref name="BklynEagle-INDEuclidOpen-1948" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Last Word in Subways and Cars for Boro|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52879214/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|accessdate=October 9, 2015|page=8|date=November 23, 1948|archive-date=October 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028085904/https://www.newspapers.com/image/52879214/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|url-status=live}}</ref> It later became the replacement for the elevated [[BMT Fulton Street Line]]'s [[Linwood Street station|Linwood Street]] and [[Montauk Avenue station|Montauk Avenue]] stations, which closed on April 26, 1956 when the connection to the eastern Fulton elevated was opened.<ref name="ERA-INDFulton-Feb2006"/><ref name=NYTimes-INDGrantAv-April1956>{{cite web|title=First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1956/04/30/94293042.pdf|website=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=June 29, 2015|date=April 30, 1956|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212104229/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1956/04/30/94293042.pdf|archivedate=February 12, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Station layout==
{{NYCS Platform Layout IND Fulton Street Line}}
[[File:IND Fulton Shepherd Avenue Mosaic Name Tablet.jpg|thumb|left|Mosaic name tablet]]
This underground station has two [[side platform]]s and four tracks.<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook}}</ref> The [[C (New York City Subway service)|C]] train stops here at all times except late nights, while the [[A (New York City Subway service)|A]] serves the station at night and uses the center express tracks to bypass the station during daytime hours.<ref name="tta">{{NYCS const|timetable|a}}</ref><ref name="ttc">{{NYCS const|timetable|c}}</ref> The station is between [[Euclid Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)|Euclid Avenue]] to the east ([[Railroad directions|railroad south]]) and [[Van Siclen Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)|Van Siclen Avenue]] to the west (railroad north).<ref name="submap">{{NYCS const|map}}</ref>

Both platform walls have a periwinkle trim line with a dark periwinkle border and mosaic name tablets reading "SHEPHERD AVE." in white [[sans-serif]] lettering on a dark periwinkle background and periwinkle border. Small tile captions reading "SHEPHERD" in white lettering on dark periwinkle run under the trim line, and directional signs in the same style are present under some of the name tablets. The walls have no ads, and there are no columns excepting a few where the exit is.

This station has a full length [[mezzanine (architecture)|mezzanine]] above the platforms and tracks.

===Exits===
There is a crossover and a single, double wide stairway from each platform to the [[mezzanine (architecture)|mezzanine]]. Outside of [[fare control]], exits lead to all four corners of Pitkin Avenue and Shepherd Avenue.<ref name=maps>{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Shepherd Av (C)|url=https://new.mta.info/document/4456|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|accessdate=March 29, 2019|date=September 2018|archive-date=September 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929130308/https://new.mta.info/document/4456|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|position=right|Shepherd Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)}} 
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IND_Fulton_Street_Line#Shepherd_Avenue|IND Fulton|Shepherd Avenue}}
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313005345/http://www.stationreporter.net/ctrain.htm C Train]
* The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/ind/shepherdc/index.php Shepherd Avenue Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112053944/http://subwaynut.com/ind/shepherdc/index.php |date=November 12, 2018 }}
* [https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.674015,-73.880782&spn=0.006111,0.011362&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.674218,-73.880833&panoid=h17G-HqPisPiGBgNoJXJRg&cbp=12,41.6,,1,12.07 Shepherd Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6741676,-73.8808212,3a,75y,223.89h,90.7t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-UTmUBSxqB7w%2FWHGIH47tpgI%2FAAAAAAAAZeU%2Fo3yNZZIQWT8DeIGoIJH1D8BQf98CljRiQCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-UTmUBSxqB7w%2FWHGIH47tpgI%2FAAAAAAAAZeU%2Fo3yNZZIQWT8DeIGoIJH1D8BQf98CljRiQCLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i7168!8i3584!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]

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