Atlantic Avenue Subway Station
historic place
The Atlantic Avenue Subway Station, a historic place in Brooklyn, Kings County, began operations with the Interborough Rapid Transit, or IRT, Eastern Parkway Line. This section opened on May 1, 1908. The station's original control house, designed by Heins & LaFarge, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The complex expanded with the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit, or BMT, Fourth Avenue Line platforms, which opened on June 22, 1915. The BMT Brighton Line platform followed on August 1, 1920. The entire Atlantic Avenue Subway Station complex received its National Register of Historic Places listing in 2004. This site reflects the historical development of Brooklyn's extensive subway system.