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Times Plaza is the historical name for the intersection ofFlatbush Avenue,Fourth Avenue, andAtlantic Avenue in theNew York City borough ofBrooklyn. The area came to be called Times Plaza for the nearby offices of theBrooklyn Daily Times.^[1] TheUnited States Postal Service office located at 539 Atlantic Avenue is still called the Times Plaza Station.

Times Plaza is inDowntown Brooklyn and sits on the borders of thePark Slope,Fort Greene, andBoerum Hill neighborhoods. It is a short distance down Flatbush Avenue from theGrand Army Plaza.

• The Times Plaza Control House, orheadhouse was the original entrance to theAtlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station of theNew York City Subway (now served by the2, ​3, ​4, ​5​, B, ​D, N, ​Q​, R and ​W​ trains) when it was built in 1908 byHeins & LaFarge. Its location on the triangular island at the center of the intersection proved inconvenient as traffic increased on the three major streets that surround it, so other entrances were created.^[1] It now serves as a skylight for the station.
• TheWilliamsburgh Savings Bank Tower at 1 Hanson Place is aNew York City designated landmark on the north side of Times Plaza.^[2]
• TheAtlantic Terminal of theLong Island Rail Road
• TheAtlantic Terminal Mall
• The site of thePacific Park (formerly Atlantic Yards) development project

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• Downtown Brooklyn
• Park Slope
• Fort Greene, Brooklyn
• Boerum Hill

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