Talk:Nostrand Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

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Did you know... that despite overcrowding at the Nostrand Avenue station in Brooklyn, two of its entrances remained closed for several decades?

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 20:26, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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"express station " what makes it "express"?
- On the New York City Subway, most lines have express trains that make fewer stops, and at express stations, like Nostrand Avenue, both express and local trains stop, as opposed to local stations, which are bypassed by express trains.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - The MTA classifies "express" stops as those served by all trains. There are theoretically stops served only by express trains, but in the NYC Subway, these run local along certain stretches. epicgenius (talk) 23:08, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks, both, but how does a reader like me know what it means from this article? The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 09:26, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      - @Epicgenius: I am not sure how we could clear this up within this article. Any thoughts?--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 13:38, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
        I added a note to the station layout. epicgenius (talk) 15:00, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
" the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced " put (MTA) there.
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Bedford-Stuyvesant" en-dash.
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Where is ZIP code referenced?
- Done epicgenius (talk) 23:08, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Link Queens.
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
" the Independent Subway System (IND)" you link and abbreviate this at least three times...
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"On January 12, 1943, business, church ..." lots of run-ons here, just split.
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Bedford-Stuyvesant" en-dash, not hyphen.
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Non-breaking spaces between numbers and a.m./p.m. etc.
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 13:37, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"among the 69 most" ref title is 79.
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
" full or part-time" full- or part-time.
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"New York City Transit released " you mean NYCTA?
- In 1994, it was renamed New York City Transit.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
" its "Review of the A and C Lines" report. " italics for work names.
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Street Level" Street level
Side platform is overlinked.
"to Exits/Entrances" why capitalised?
- Fixed all of these, epicgenius (talk) 23:08, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Butterscotch yellow with a medium Mustard brown " why the capitalisation?
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Queens is eventually linked I see.
- Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 22:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Exits table could use accessibility row/col scopes per MOS:ACCESS.
Is "Number of exits" useful if every single one is a "1"?
- Removed. epicgenius (talk) 23:08, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's it for a first run. On hold. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 21:17, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"one stair:" is this a USEng thing, does it really mean "stairway"? The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 09:30, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Done Changed to staircase to make it clearer.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 13:37, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tidy, all good so I'm promoting. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:02, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 12:53, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that two never-opened entrances at the Nostrand Avenue station were opened following a year-long campaign by the Bedford–Stuyvesant Neighborhood Council? Source: NY Daily News 1950
- ALT1:... that two entrances at the Nostrand Avenue station, closed for several decades due to crime concerns, are to be reopened as part of a $2 million project? Source: NY Post 2020
- ALT2:... that despite overcrowding at the Nostrand Avenue station, two entrances at the station remained closed for several decades? Source: NY Post

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Burbank Town Center

Improved to Good Article status by Kew Gardens 613 (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 01:45, 10 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

GA on April 6, plenty long (10,744 characters), neutral and well-cited throughout, with no close paraphrasing or copyvio concerns.

ALT0: 153 characters, cited in article and in referenced source.
ALT1: 152 characters, cited in article to several sources which each support the hook fact.
ALT2: 123 characters, cited in article and in referenced source.

I think I prefer ALT1 or ALT2 among these but they all work. QPQ done, no image submitted. Good to go! —Collin^{t c} 14:06, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New entrance opened

Don't have the full details yet and don't live near enough to there to go check it out anytime soon, but here's the Pix11 story on it: https://www.pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/officials-outline-transit-policing-as-new-subway-entrance-opens-in-brooklyn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seanr (talk • contribs) 13:29, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]