Winthrop Street is a stop on the two track IRT Nostrand Avenue Subway, the station has two side platforms, with no crossover, so no free change of direction transfer. Each of these still has its original 1920s Dual-Contracts era tiling with Winthrop St. name tablets on a blue background with a green and brown boarder. The station's trim line is similar: a lighter brown for the main solid sections with a boarder composed also of brown tiles. There is an intermediate line of green between these two boarders. At the ends of each platform, where they were extended, 1950s style tiles have been added that have Winthrop Street spelled in white on a blue background at regular intervals along these tiles. Both platforms, as well as the mezzanine area also have green I-beam columns along them.
The station's exits from each platform are somehow a block apart from each other. On the Manhattan-bound platform there is a bank of turnstiles directly along the platform, these lead to a small fare control area where the token booth and some MVMs are and a single street staircase out to the SE corner of Winthrop Street and Nostrand Avenue.
The exit from the Flatbush Avenue-bound platform is a block south of here. A single street stair at the SW corner of Parkside Avenue and Nostrand Avenue leads down to a small fully automated control area. There are two High Exit Turnstiles for passengers leaving the subway system and a single High Entrance/Exit Turnstile for passengers trying to get on Flatbush-bound trains. This small fare control area is about half a story above the Flatbush-bound platform. Two short flights of stairs lead up from the platform to it. There is some evidence in the form of exit mosaics saying To Winthrop St on the Flatbush-bound platform that at some point in time this direction had an exit to Winthrop Street in addition to Prospect Avenue, although the only evidence of this being built is a slighlty wider area of the platform under Winthrop Street that is fenced off.
Photos 1 & 2: December 21, 2003; 1-29: July 22, 2009;
A 6 car train of redbirds stop at Winthrop Street. They're making a photo stop on the 'Redbird Ramble' Fan Trip
Looking out the front window of the front car of the redbird train at Winthrop Street, there not usually so many people taking pictures of a subway train, particularly at this sleepy, underground central Brooklyn stop.
R142 #6935, the last car of a Manhattan-bound 5 train stops at Winthrop Street.
A close up of 1950s blocky Winthrop St text on the extreme southern end of the Manhattan-bound platform.
Looking down from the narrow extremely southern end of the Manhattan-bound platform and towards the rest of the station with its relatively wide platform at Winthrop Street.
The modern 1950s style tiling addition was put over a name tablet that now simply reads Winthrop, cutting off street.
Looking down the long Manhattan-bound platform at Winthrop Street, the platform's single exit is nowhere in site.
Looking across to the Brooklyn-bound platform at Winthrop Street and the pair of short staircases that lead down from that platforms only exit and fare control area, it is raised above that platform.
A close up of a Winthrop Street column sign.
Looking down the Manhattan-bound platform back towards its southern end with short narrow section with 1950s refrigerator block tiles.
A close up of a W in the trimline at Winthrop Street.
Another close up of a W in the trimline at Winthrop Street, the stations location just below the surface is clearly visible in this photo, by the light pouring in from sidewalk grate vent.
A Winthrop St name tablet.
Another view down the long Manhattan-bound platform at Winthrop St.
A To Winthrop St exit mosaic along the Manhattan-bound platform at Winthrop Street.
Approaching the single bank of turnstiles and exit to street from the Manhattan-bound platform at Winthrop St.
On the street at the corner of Winthrop Street & Nostrand Avenue, the single street stair for Manhattan-bound trains.
Another view of the single street stair for Manhattan-bound trains at Winthrop Street the sign still says 2 <5>.
A close up of the Winthrop St Station: To Manhattan & The Bronx only 2 <5> sign.
The street stair at the corner of Winthrop St & Prospect Av. It's the only entrance to Flatbush Avenue 2 <5> trains.
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