Newkirk Plaza — Local services in New York

Newkirk Plaza was technically my home station, with Avenue H being a close second. Keep in mind that I have a long and wide perspective with this subway station (let's say from the mid 80's-2004). Back in the 80's Newkirk Plaza (like many other subway stations at that time) was graffiti-ridden and more than a little scary. The 1970's had NOT been good times for the MTA. I started being allowed to ride the subway by myself about 1987, which was my freshman year of high school (I attended Edward R. Murrow High School), which is off the Avenue M stop of the same train line. Back when I lived in Brooklyn, it was the D,Q that ran on the Brighton Line.

Newkirk Plaza itself started to improve drastically around the late 80's-early 90's, and I left Brooklyn around 1993 to attend college up in New England, and would periodically be back in the neighborhood throughout the early-late 90's, but it would be about six years (until 1999), which was when I moved back to Brooklyn year-round so I could go to grad school in Manhattan. Coffee Mob opened around late 2003/early 2004, and that was when I noticed that the gentrification shift was REALLY happening in the neighborhood, although, I saw improvements at Newkirk Plaza pretty steadily from 1999-2004 (I left Brooklyn permanently for Northern California during the Winter of 2004).

The more decorative wrought-iron fencing replaced the ugly chain-link surrounding the open-cut areas of the station abutting the plaza, and the antique clock by the Station House was restored also. Like adjoining Beverley, Cortelyou and Avenue H stations, the station house at Newkirk is supposed to retain some of the "Victorian Brooklyn" charm that Flatbush/Ditmas Park has in the homes of the surrounding area, although the interior of the Newkirk Plaza station house unfortunately was completely modernized around 1990-91 (when I was in high school). However, the Beverley, Cortelyou and Avenue H station houses give you an idea of what Newkirk's station once looked like as they were more faithfully preserved as examples of Victorian architecture. The last time I saw Newkirk Plaza was on a visit back to Brooklyn in 2014, and it looked the same as it did when I left in 2004. The neighborhood has changed immensely and has become more upscale, with people priced-out from Manhattan, Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope buying up the fantastic Victorian homes...

It's Improving but I think it'll be much better if the public inducted for it to be an McDonald's,& other fast food Restaurants on premises here cause I live 3-5 blocks from here👌🏿👌🏿✔✔,cause the City wants it to be called Newkirk Plaza but I think that it needs some Improvement,if the City wants to call this landmark place of business to be called such an Name\Newkirk Plaza I mean in the past they shot Movie's,& Music Videos In this part of Brooklyn aka Ditmas Park + do you guys and gals know of the Celebrities that comes from this Borough. 1.Chris Rock 2.Rosie Perez 3.Christoper Wallace A.K.A Biggie Smalls,The...

A WORK-A-DAY MTA subway, the station was built more than a century ago when the area was considered the country and developers were using English themes and pretensions to sell houses. Some decorative details from that time survive. Much of the Q line here has the air of English rail lines., including this one. Both the Q and B trains to Manhattan and Brooklyn’s beaches stop here. Also a shopping area of eateries, banks and other shops is weathered but...