Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 38, 2019

Bergen Street is a station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Bergen Street and Smith Street on the border of Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill in Brooklyn. It is served by the F and G trains at all times. The Bergen Street station was constructed by the Independent Subway System (IND). It opened in March 20, 1933 as the original terminus of the Smith Street Line. The station opened in advance of the opening of the remainder of the line to allow for it to compete with existing streetcar lines belonging to the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT). Bergen Street was renovated in the 1990s. Bergen Street was constructed as a bi-level express station, though only the upper level is in use. In 2019, express service returned to the line, though express trains skipped the Bergen Street station due to the high cost of rebuilding its express platforms on the lower level.