Shepherd Avenue station

Shepherd Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
R179 C train arriving on the southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Shepherd Avenue & Pitkin Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East New York
Coordinates	40°40′27″N 73°52′51″W / 40.674064°N 73.880825°W / 40.674064; -73.880825
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Fulton Street Line
Services	A  (late nights) ​   C  (all except late nights)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	November 28, 1948; 75 years ago (November 28, 1948)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	559,941[2]  3.3%
Rank	371 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Van Siclen Avenue A  ​C  toward 168th Street Local Euclid Avenue A  ​C  Terminus
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Track layout Legend to Van Siclen Avenue to Euclid Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only

The Shepherd Avenue station is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Shepherd and Pitkin Avenues in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.

Construction on the Shepherd Avenue station started in 1938 as part of a four-station extension of the Fulton Street subway eastward under Pitkin Avenue toward Queens. Work was delayed by funding problems due to World War II, even though the stations were mostly complete. Construction resumed on the extension of the Fulton Street Line in November 1946, and this part of the Fulton Street Line opened in 1948. The extension of the Fulton Street subway replaced the Fulton Street elevated line, which closed afterward.