{"nrhp_refnum":"04001024","name":"Beverley Road Subway Station (BRT pre-Dual System)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Beverley Rd. at Marlborough Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.64434965600003,"lon":-73.96439931799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Art","Engineering","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-track local subway station on the Brighton Line in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, located under Beverley Road just east of Marlborough Road. It was completed in 1907 as part of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit (BRT) pre-Dual Contract system.","why_significant":"The station is significant locally under Criterion A for transportation, community planning and development, and social history, and under Criterion C for engineering and architecture. It was part of an early rapid transit route that replaced seaside steam railroads and spurred residential growth in Brooklyn. It is also one of few stations with a stuccoed, decorated control house and glass-canopied stairways, and one of about four of the BRT's nineteen stations built in a cut.","narrative":"Beverley Road Station is a four-track local subway stop on Brooklyn's Brighton Line, set in an open cut beneath Beverley Road in the Flatbush neighborhood. Completed in 1907 for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, it has narrow platforms about 627 feet long, covered by concrete barrel vaults and bordered by retaining walls topped with wrought iron fencing. Above the tracks sits a Spanish Colonial style control house with a hipped clay tile roof, reached by glass-covered stairways with original wrought iron balustrades. The station was listed for its role in the rebuilding of the Brighton Line, which replaced seaside steam railroads and helped bring residents to growing parts of Brooklyn. It is also valued for its distinctive design: the stuccoed control house and glass-canopied stairs are unusual, and the scale suits the surrounding Prospect Park South neighborhood. The station retains a relatively high degree of integrity despite interior changes.","period_of_significance":"1907","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Spanish Colonial","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a rail transit station; the control house interior has been completely altered and some wall finishes and fixtures are modern.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.754285-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04001024.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001024/96c28aec14-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001024/96c28aec14-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beverley_BMT_sta_house_from_platform_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson at English Wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beverley_BMT_sta_house_from_platform_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313345","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Road_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2116957"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/beverley-road-subway-station-brt-pre-dual-system-04001024/"}