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It would actually make it a 3 (or 4 train back then). The 2 (and the 5) split off and terminate at Flatbush Avenue.
On the contrary, I’m pretty sure the 2 train ran to New Lots and the 3 to Flatbush in those days. While it’s hard to tell by looking at maps from the 1950’s (they don’t label route numbers), the maps from the 1960’s and 70’s depict this pattern of service. As far as I know, the switch didn’t occur until some time between 1978 and 1987.
Say, Scout, as a Columbia alumnus and a comic fan, you might enjoy this:
http://library.columbia.edu/locations/rbml/exhibitions/current.html
There’s a great parody of a Vault of Horror cover, done by Bhob Stewart: “The Vault of William M Gaines.”