Rehabilitation of Church Avenue Station House

The deterioration of station houses is a problem affecting the NYC subway system; since their construction in the early 1900s, many are over 100 years old. Seven station houses along the Q train line were rehabilitated as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Brighton Line Rehabilitation Plan.  

For example, the Avenue H station house boasts "finished wood...around the ceiling...with steel beams hooked horizontally to the walls." A new deck/subway roof slab was constructed at the Newkirk Plaza station house. Rehabilitation work was also performed at the Ave J, Sheepshead Bay, Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach stations. 

It is surprising then that the rehabilitation of the Church Avenue station house was not a part of the MTA's Brighton Line Rehabilitation Plan; after all, it is along the Brighton Line and boasts a 2011 subway ridership of 4,665,059 (95th rank citywide). The station house is also an invaluable part of Flatbush's ecological activity- it is located near two major business districts (Church Avenue and Flatbush Avenue) as well as Erasmus Hall High School and Prospect Park and connects riders to the B35, B41, and B16 buses.

The renovation of the Church Avenue streetscape, enhancement to the Church Avenue business environment, and renovation of other Brighton Line stations has made rehabilitation of the Church Avenue station house an imperative and the next step in the revitalization of the Flatbush built environment.