This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms. → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Terminus) → ← toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue ( Beverly Road) ← toward Wakefield–241st Street ( Beverly Road) The station was formally rededicated on November 18, 2021, the 203rd anniversary of the Battle of Vertières (the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution). On November 15, 2021, the Newkirk Avenue station was renamed. The proposed name was meant to recognize the large Haitian community in the area around the station. The legislation provides funding for renaming the Newkirk Avenue station to Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti station. In early 2021, the New York State Assembly passed a bill presented by state assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. They lengthened the platforms to 514 feet (157 m) long and allowed them to accommodate 10-car trains. In the 1950s, an additional exit-only was constructed on the Flatbush Avenue–bound platform that leads to the west side of Nostrand Avenue just south of Avenue D.ĭuring the 1960s platform extensions were constructed at the southern ends of the platforms. The Nostrand Avenue Line opened on August 23, 1920, and the Beverly Road station opened along with it. The construction of the subway along Nostrand Avenue spurred real estate development in the surrounding areas.

As part of Contract 4, the IRT agreed to build a subway line along Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in Brooklyn. The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. Located at the intersection of Newkirk and Nostrand Avenues in Brooklyn, the station is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train on weekdays. The Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti station is a station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.

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