President Street–  Medgar Evers College  ​
Station statistics
Address	President Street & Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Crown Heights
Coordinates	40°40′05″N73°57′02″W / 40.668009°N 73.950691°W /40.668009; -73.950691
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
Services	2  (all times) ​  5  (weekdays only)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B44
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 23, 1920; 105 years ago (August 23, 1920)
Accessible	notADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Former/other names	President Street (1920–2020)
Traffic
2024	749,838[2]  1%
Rank	338 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College 2  ​5  services split Sterling Street 2  ​5  towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toFranklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College toSterling Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops all times except late nights

ThePresident Street–Medgar Evers College station (originallyPresident Street station) is astation on theIRT Nostrand Avenue Line of theNew York City Subway. Located at the intersection of President Street and Nostrand Avenue inBrooklyn, the station is served by the2 train at all times and the5 train on weekdays.

TheDual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in theCity of New York. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in Brooklyn. As part of Contract 3, the IRT agreed to build a subway line along Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn.^[3][4][5] The construction of the subway along Nostrand Avenue spurred real estate development in the surrounding areas.^[6] The Nostrand Avenue Line opened on August 23, 1920, and the President Street station opened along with it.^[7]

During the 1950s the platform was lengthened at its southern end to be able to accommodate 10-car trains which are 514 feet (157 m) long.

President Street, along with theFranklin Avenue station on theIRT Eastern Parkway Line, are the two closest stations to theCity University of New York'sMedgar Evers College. In 2019, a bill to add the college's name to both stations' names was passed in the New York state legislature and signed into law.^[8] The name of the President Street station was officially changed toPresident Street–Medgar Evers College on October 1, 2020, both to reflect the station's proximity to the college and to honor the college's namesake, civil rights figureMedgar Evers.^[9][10]

As part of its 2025–2029 Capital Program, the MTA has proposed making the station wheelchair-accessible in compliance with theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990.^[11]

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Mezzanine	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
Platform level	Northbound	← towardWakefield–241st Street(Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College) ← towardEastchester–Dyre Avenue orNereid Avenue(Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College)
	Island platform
	Southbound	→ towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College(Sterling Street) →

This deep underground station is the northernmost on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line and the only one that has oneisland platform and two tracks. All stations to the south are set up as two track and twoside platforms. To the north, the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line curves west and joins the local tracks of theIRT Eastern Parkway Line, where there are crossovers to the express tracks in an interlocking called Rogers Junction. TheNostrand Avenue station on that line is just two blocks north.^[12] The station is served by the2 train at all times^[13] and by the5 train on weekdays during the day.^[14] It is betweenSterling Street to the south andFranklin Avenue to the north.^[15]

Fixed platform barriers, which are intended to prevent commuters falling to the tracks, are positioned near the platform edges.^[16][17] 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 originalDual 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 (160 m), 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 aturnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outsidefare control, there is a token booth and two street stairs going up to both northern corners of President Street and Nostrand Avenue.^[18]

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