Саттер Авеню – Ратланд Роуд станциясы

the station at Sutter Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue

New York City Subway station in Brooklyn

The Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Sutter Avenue, Rutland Road, and East 98th Street at the border of East Flatbush and Brownsville, Brooklyn. It is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. During rush hours, occasional 2, 4 and 5 trains also stop here.

The New Lots Line was built as a part of Contract 3 of the Dual Contracts between New York City and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, including this station. It was built as an elevated line because the ground in this area is right above the water table, and as a result the construction of a subway would have been prohibitively expensive. The first portion of the line between Utica Avenue and Junius Street, including this station, opened on November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route. The line was completed to New Lots Avenue on October 16, 1922, On October 31, 1924, through service to New Lots Avenue began. Funding for the platform extensions was included in the city's 1950 capital budget. From October 5, 2016, to June 19, 2017, this station and Junius Street were closed for renovations.

This elevated station has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track that was never added. The stops here at all times except late nights, when the takes over. During rush hours, limited , 4 and trains also stop here. The station is between Crown Heights–Utica Avenue to the north and Saratoga Avenue to the south. The middle third of both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies supported by green frames and support columns. The remaining two thirds have black, waist high steel fences with lampposts at regular intervals. The station signs are in the standard black name plates in white lettering. This is the northernmost station on the IRT New Lots Line. North of the station, the line curves west under Eastern Parkway and ramps down underground to become the IRT Eastern Parkway Line. The Manhattan bound track goes underneath the New Lots Avenue bound track on the south side of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line. A center track begins at a bumper block near the tunnel portal and merges with the two express tracks of the Eastern Parkway line south of Utica Avenue.