President Street–Medgar Evers College station

President Street–Medgar Evers College (originally President Street) 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, NY 11225
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Crown Heights
Coordinates	40.668009°N 73.950691°W
Division	A (IRT)
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
Station code	353[1]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	President Street
Traffic
2019	1,037,219[2]  13.3%
Rank	355 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next north	Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College: 2  ​5
Next south	Sterling Street: 2  ​5
Location
Track layout to Franklin Av to Sterling St
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops weekdays only 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

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

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.

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.[11]

Exit location[11]	Exit type	Number of exits
NW corner of Nostrand Avenue and President Street	Staircase	1
NE corner of Nostrand Avenue and President Street	Staircase	1

References

1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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. "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
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• The Subway Nut — President Street Pictures
• President Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View