Bergen Street  ​​
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Bergen Street & Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Park Slope
Coordinates	40°40′51″N73°58′30″W / 40.680833°N 73.97511°W /40.680833; -73.97511
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services	2  (all times) ​  3  (all except late nights) ​  4  (late nights, and limited rush hour service)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B41,B45,B63,B65,B67
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	6
Other information
Opened	October 10, 1920 (105 years ago) (1920-10-10)
Traffic
2024	1,110,608[2]  12.1%
Rank	274 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center 2  ​3  ​4  via135th Street Local Grand Army Plaza 2  ​3  ​4  viaFranklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College does not stop here
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toAtlantic Avenue toGrand Army Plaza
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only

TheBergen Street station is a localstation on theIRT Eastern Parkway Line of theNew York City Subway, located at Bergen Street andFlatbush Avenue inPark Slope,Brooklyn. It is served by the2 train at all times, the3 train at all times except late nights, and the4 train during late nights.

After theInterborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT)'soriginal line opened as far asAtlantic Avenue inBrooklyn, the New York City government began planning new lines. As early as 1903,William Barclay Parsons, chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission, had proposed constructing a four-track extension of the IRT line under Flatbush Avenue, running southeast from Atlantic Avenue toGrand Army Plaza. From there, two branches would have extended south toFlatbush and east toBrownsville. This plan did not progress for a decade due to various disputes over the original subway.^[3]: 150 In 1913, New York City, theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT), and the IRT reached an agreement, known as theDual Contracts, to drastically expand subway service across New York City.^[4] As part of the Dual Contracts, two lines under Flatbush Avenue, one each operated by the BRT and IRT, were approved.^{[5]: 203–219 [4]} The IRT was authorized to extend its four-track Brooklyn line under Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway,^[6] while the BRT would construct a parallel two-track extension of theBrighton Line.^[7]

Groundbreaking for the IRT extension took place on May 23, 1914.^[8][9] The Bergen Street station was to be one of the stations on the IRT extension.^[9]

Service on theIRT Eastern Parkway Line had been extended fromAtlantic Avenue toUtica Avenue in August 1920,^[10] but the Bergen Street,Grand Army Plaza, andEastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum stations were not ready to open with the rest of the line.^[11][12] The contractor responsible for completing the three stations had gone bankrupt in the middle of the project.^[12] The stations opened on October 9, 1920.^[11][13] TheBMT Brighton Line was already in use at the time but used trackage that is now part of theFranklin Avenue Shuttle; the opening of the subway line beneathFlatbush Avenue provided a more direct route to Downtown Brooklyn and, eventually, Manhattan.^[13]

During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Bergen Street, along with those at four other stations on the Eastern Parkway Line, were lengthened to 525 feet (160 m) to accommodate a ten-car train of 51 foot (16 m) IRT cars.^[14][15] The work was performed by the Arthur A. Johnson Corporation.^[15]

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Basement 1	Side platform
	Northbound local	← towardWakefield–241st Street(Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center) ← towardHarlem–148th Street(Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center) ← towardWoodlawn late nights(Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center)
	Curtain wall
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Brighton Line	← do not stop here
		→ do not stop here →
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Curtain wall
	Southbound local	→ towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College(Grand Army Plaza) → → ( late nights) towardNew Lots Avenue(Grand Army Plaza) →
	Side platform

The station contains six tracks and twoside platforms: the outermost tracks are used by the IRT local trains. To the inside are the IRT express tracks, which slant upward to the inside of the outer local tracks. In between the express tracks are theBMT Brighton Line tracks. Those routes were built at the same time as the tracks at this station as part of theDual Contracts. A full curtain wall separates the local from the express tracks, though a gap exists in the curtain wall at the northern end of the station.^{[citation needed]} Fixed platform barriers, which are intended to prevent commuters falling to the tracks, are positioned near the platform edges.^[16][17]

The2 train stops here at all times,^[18] while the3 train stops here at all times except late nights.^[19] The4 train serves the station only during late nights.^[20] The next station to the north isAtlantic Avenue–Barclays Center, while the next station to the south isGrand Army Plaza.^[21]

Both platforms have their originalmosaics. The name tablets read "BERGEN ST." in gold serif font on a blue background and multi-layered green border. The trim line is green with "B" tablets on them on a blue background at regular intervals. At either ends of both platforms, where they were extended in 1964–1965,^[14] there are cinderblock tiles with signs reading "BERGEN ST" insans serif font on a maroon background.^{[citation needed]}

The platforms only have columns at the fare control areas and they arei-beam columns painted green.^{[citation needed]}

Each platform has one same-levelfare control area at the center and there are no crossovers or crossunders. The southbound platform has an unstaffed fare control area containing a bank of three regular turnstiles, two exit-only turnstiles, and twoHigh Entry/Exit Turnstiles. Outside fare control are two staircases going up to the southwestern corner of Flatbush Avenue and Bergen Street and a passage leading to another staircase going up to the northwestern corner.^[22] The Manhattan-bound platform has a full-timeturnstile bank and token booth. Outside fare control are and two staircases going up to either eastern corners of Bergen Street and Flatbush Avenue, as well as a closed and sealed stair to the southwestern corner of Sixth Avenue and Bergen Street.^{[citation needed]}

Wikimedia Commons has media related toBergen Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line).

• nycsubway.org
  • Brooklyn IRT: Bergen Street (text used with permission)
  • Brooklyn IRT: Map 2, Brooklyn IRT Dual Contracts (includes current and former track configurations, and provisions for future connections)

• IRT Eastern Parkway Line stations
• Park Slope
• New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1920
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