Shepherd Avenue station

 Shepherd Avenue
 "C" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
R179 C train arriving on the southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressShepherd Avenue & Pitkin Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleEast New York
Coordinates40°40′27″N 73°52′51″W / 40.674064°N 73.880825°W / 40.674064; -73.880825
DivisionB (IND)[1]
LineIND Fulton Street Line
Services   A late nights (late nights)
   C all except late nights (all except late nights)
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedNovember 28, 1948; 75 years ago (November 28, 1948)
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
2023559,941[2]Increase 3.3%
Rank371 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Van Siclen Avenue
A late nightsC all except late nights

Local
Euclid Avenue
A late nightsC all except late nights
Terminus
Location
Shepherd Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Shepherd Avenue station
Shepherd Avenue station is located in New York City
Shepherd Avenue station
Shepherd Avenue station is located in New York
Shepherd Avenue station
Track layout

Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only 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.

  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. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.