On August 1, 1920, a tunnel under Flatbush Avenue opened, connecting the Brighton Line to the Broadway subway in Manhattan.

The station signs are in the standard black plates in white lettering and lamp posts are on all support columns of the windscreens in the non-canopied areas.

The 2011 artwork here is called Brooklyn Wildfires by Jason Middlebrook and Miotto Mosaic Art Studio.

It is installed on the walls of the Coney Island-bound platform's staircase and consists of ceramic tiling and glass mosaic depicting various species of wildflowers.

The Coney Island-bound platform also has a metal door leading to a closed staircase that goes down to the north side of Avenue U.