[4] It was built as an elevated line because the ground in this area is right above the water table, and as a result the construction of a subway would have been prohibitively expensive.

[5] The first portion of the line between Utica Avenue and Junius Street opened on November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route.

[12] The platforms are longer than a standard IRT train of 514 feet (157 m) and have beige windscreen and brown canopies with green support columns along their entire length except at their extreme ends.

The station's only mezzanine is an elevated headhouse below the platforms and tracks at the extreme east (railroad south) end.

[13] Media related to Van Siclen Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) at Wikimedia Commons