DeKalb Avenue station (BMT lines)

DeKalb Avenue  ​​​​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	DeKalb Avenue & Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene
Coordinates	40°41′25″N 73°58′56″W / 40.690254°N 73.982277°W / 40.690254; -73.982277
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Brighton Line BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	B  (weekdays during the day) ​   D  (late nights) ​   N  (late nights, and limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction) ​   Q  (all times) ​   R  (all times) ​   W  (limited rush hour service only)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B25, B26, B38, B52, B54
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	6
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915; 109 years ago (1915-06-22)[2] (Fourth Avenue) August 1, 1920; 103 years ago (1920-08-01) (Brighton)[3]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	4,272,247[4]  9.1%
Rank	64 out of 423[4]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Grand Street B  ​D  toward 145th Street Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center B  ​Q  via Prospect Park Canal Street Q  toward 96th Street Jay Street–MetroTech N  R  ​W  toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue Local Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center D  ​N  ​R  ​W  toward Bay Ridge–95th Street
Non-revenue services and lines Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Myrtle Avenue Fourth Ave local Bridge; closed no service
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Grand Street to Canal Street ramps onto Manhattan Bridge Myrtle Avenue to Jay Street MetroTech DeKalb Avenue to Atlantic Avenue (Fourth Avenue) to Atlantic Avenue (Brighton)
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops weekdays during the day Stops late nights only Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The DeKalb Avenue station is an interchange station on the BMT Brighton Line and BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues in Downtown Brooklyn. It is served by the Q and R trains at all times, the B train on weekdays, and the D and N trains during late nights. During rush hours only, a few W train trips also serve this station.

The station has six tracks and two island platforms. The two innermost tracks are used by Fourth Avenue express trains, which skip the station, while the four outer tracks are used by Brighton Line and Fourth Avenue local trains. The track configuration has been arranged several times. The current configuration dates from a 1956–1961 reconstruction project to straighten the platforms and eliminate a level junction north of the station, which had caused a switching bottleneck. Other plans, such as connections to the BMT Fulton Street Line and IRT Eastern Parkway Line, were considered at times.