{"nrhp_refnum":"80002643","name":"Atlantic Avenue Control House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Flatbush and Atlantic Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.68455845300008,"lon":-73.97797807399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1908 subway control house on a triangular traffic island at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn, built as an entrance to the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) subway. It is one of four IRT control houses nominated together.","why_significant":"The control houses are described as the only remaining original entrances to New York's subway system, which is described as the first such system in the US. The Atlantic Avenue building has been altered, but reviewers judged the case for historical significance strong enough to outweigh the loss of integrity. Eligibility rests on its association with the history of transportation.","narrative":"Built in 1908 on a triangular traffic island where Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues meet in Brooklyn, this small building once served as an entrance to the IRT subway. It resembles the 72nd Street Control House in Manhattan but is distinguished by large, shaped gable ends with the words \"Atlantic Avenue\" executed in terra-cotta. Today it is no longer a station entrance. It operates as a concession stand and is enclosed by a modern steel structure, though the gables and overall outline remain clearly visible. No important interior features survive. It was listed as part of a group of four early twentieth-century control houses, which are described as the only remaining original entrances to New York's subway system, the first such system in the United States. Reviewers acknowledged the alterations to the Atlantic Avenue building but concluded that its role in the history of urban transportation still made it eligible.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"No longer used as a station entrance; presently used as a concession stand and surrounded by a modern steel structure. No important interior features remain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.353354-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002643.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002643/da3e19831a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002643/da3e19831a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlantic_Avenue_headhouse_dusk_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlantic_Avenue_headhouse_dusk_jeh.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313323","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121048480"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/atlantic-avenue-control-house-80002643/"}