President Street–Medgar Evers College station

The President Street–Medgar Evers College station (originally President Street station) is a station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of President Street and Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, the station is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train on weekdays.

President Street–  Medgar Evers College  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station platform
Station statistics
Address	President Street & Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Crown Heights
Coordinates	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	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 23, 1920; 104 years ago (August 23, 1920)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	President Street (1920–2020)
Traffic
2023	742,431[2]  7.2%
Rank	344 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  toward Flatbush 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 to Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College to Sterling 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

History

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. 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 the Franklin Avenue station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, are the two closest stations to the City University of New York's Medgar 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 to President 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 figure Medgar Evers.^[9][10]

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Mezzanine	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
Platform level	Northbound	← toward Wakefield–241st Street (Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College) ← toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue (Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College)
	Island platform
	Southbound	→ toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Sterling Street) →

Platform before the renaming

Stair to station

This deep underground station is the northernmost on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line and the only one that has one island platform and two tracks. All stations to the south are set up as two track and two side platforms. To the north, the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line curves west and joins the local tracks of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, where there are crossovers to the express tracks in an interlocking called Rogers Junction. The Nostrand Avenue station on that line is just two blocks north.^[11] The station is served by the 2 train at all times^[12] and by the 5 train on weekdays during the day.^[13] It is between Sterling Street to the south and Franklin Avenue to the north.^[14]

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 original Dual 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.

Exits

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 a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two street stairs going up to both northern corners of President Street and Nostrand Avenue.^[15]

References

1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
2. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. "Terms and Conditions of Dual System Contracts". nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
4. "The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)". nycsubway.org.
5. "Most Recent Map of the Dual Subway System WhIch Shows How Brooklyn Borough Is Favored In New Transit Lines". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 9, 1917. Retrieved August 23, 2016 – via Brooklyn Newspapers.
6. "Big Eastern Parkway Deal". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1915. Retrieved August 23, 2016 – via Brooklyn Newspapers.
7. "Brooklyn Tube Extensions Open: I.R.T. Begins Service on Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue Lines" (PDF). New York Times. August 23, 1920. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
8. "Crown Heights subway stations to be renamed for Medgar Evers College". Brooklyn Eagle. December 17, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
9. Meyer, David (October 1, 2020). "Two Brooklyn subway stations renamed after civil rights figure Medgar Evers". New York Post. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
10. "MTA Renames 2 Brooklyn Subway Stations After Civil Rights Icon Medgar Evers". October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
11. Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
12. "2 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
13. "5 Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
14. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
15. "NYC DoT Maps: President St (2)(5)" (PDF). mta.info. New York City Department of Transportation. 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

External links

• nycsubway.org – Brooklyn IRT: President Street