Norwood Avenue (BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line)
 
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Norwood Avenue Station · Opened 6/12/1893Two tracks, one island platform. This station resembles
Cleveland St. but is slightly larger. The exit is at the north end,
and has platform level fare control with three turnstiles. The floor
is brick and the station house is metal. Fare control rails are of the
IRT type, slightly fancier than the railings typically found in IND
stations.
Departing Norwood Street, and just before arriving at the
next station (Crescent Street), remains of a former connection to the
LIRR can be seen at Chestnut Street. In the 1890s, the LIRR was
looking for access to Manhattan and the BRT was looking for access to
the Rockaways. The LIRR ran at grade on Atlantic Ave., one block south
of the Jamaica El along Fulton Street. The two companies cooperated on
a connection beginning in 1898, over which the LIRR ran service to
Broadway Ferry and BRT ran service to the Rockaways via Woodhaven
Junction. When the Williamsburg Bridge opened, the LIRR ran trains
first to Essex St. and later all the way to Chambers St. This was the
first direct access to the city for the LIRR. In 1917, a ruling
against the joint operation by the USRA (the predecessor of the FRA)
required the connection to be severed. Most of the junction's
structure remained until the 1940s when the Atlantic Division of the
LIRR was put underground and the connection structure was dismantled
for the war effort. A photo from street level of these remains is
below. For more information, see LIRRHistory.com.
Artwork: Culture Swirl, Margaret Lanzetta (2007)
(image 100084) (285k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/11/2009
Notes: Fare control on platform.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/11/2009
Notes: View from platform.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R160A-1 (Alstom, 2005-2008, 4 car sets) 8449
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 4/11/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R160A-1 (Alstom, 2005-2008, 4 car sets)
Photo by: Paul Pesante
Date: 9/7/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4778
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 1/3/2008
Notes: Norwood Ave. inbound.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4583
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 8/26/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4707
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 8/21/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4624
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 6/26/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4462
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 6/26/2007
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 5/4/2007
Notes: Station exterior.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Photo by: Frank LeViness
Date: 4/25/2005
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Photo by: Frank LeViness
Date: 4/25/2005
Notes: Looking toward fare control area.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Photo by: Frank LeViness
Date: 4/25/2005
Notes: Platform looking east.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R40M (St. Louis Car, 1969) 4531
Photo by: Oren H.
Date: 12/22/2003
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R40M (St. Louis Car, 1969) 4539
Photo by: Oren H.
Date: 12/22/2003
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4759
Photo by: Oren H.
Date: 12/22/2003
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970)
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 2/10/2003
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Route: J
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4884
Photo by: Doug Grotjahn
Collection of: Joe Testagrose
Date: 11/7/1976
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Photo by: Bob Andersen
Notes: View from the street of the remains of the connection between BRT and LIRR at Chestnut Street.
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line
Location: Norwood Avenue
Photo by: Ed Davis, Sr.
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