The station opened around 1900 as a two - track surface station named South Midwood which was also historically known as Midwood .
South Midwood is a reference to its location at the southern end of the former Town of Flatbush .
The station opened around 1900 as a two - track surface station named South Midwood , a reference to its location at the southern end of the former Town of Flatbush , which was also historically known as Midwood .