The Hinsdale Street station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City, at Pitkin Avenue and Hinsdale Street. It had 3 tracks and 2 side platforms.[4] It opened on November 17, 1918, as a replacement for Eastern Parkway station one block to the west on Snediker Avenue,[5][6] as part of the Dual Contracts, and had a connecting spur to the BMT Lexington Avenue Line via Manhattan Beach Crossing. It was served by BMT 13 trains until 1940, when they were replaced with BMT 12 trains. It also had a connection to the Bergen Street Line trolleys. It closed on April 26, 1956, along with the rest of the remaining segment of the Fulton Elevated Line west of Hudson Street.[7] The station was not replaced with an underground IND Fulton Street Line station, which runs north along Pennsylvania Avenue towards Broadway Junction; the nearest existing station is Sutter Avenue on the BMT Canarsie Line.[8]
Hinsdale Street | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Address | Pitkin Avenue and Hinsdale Street Brooklyn, NY 11207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | East New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°40′16″N 73°54′02″W / 40.671205°N 73.900496°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line | BMT Fulton Street Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | None (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transit | Bergen Street Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | November 17, 1918[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | April 26, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | out of 423[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Next west | Atlantic Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next east | Pennsylvania Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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West of the station, the line veered north onto Van Sinderen Avenue towards Atlantic Avenue, sharing the right-of-way with the Canarsie Line.[8][9] The former trackways are still present.
References
edit- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ Legislative Documents. J.B. Lyon Company. January 1, 1920.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ Frank Pfuhler photo collection; August 24, 1946 (NYC Subway.org)
- ^ "Will Be Opened Monday: The Kings County Elevated Road's Extension". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 12, 1889. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
- ^ "Fulton Street El". stationreporter.net. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
- ^ "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ "P.S. Board Includes Franklin Ave. Line in "L" Certificates". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 2, 1913. Retrieved July 22, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
edit- Frank Pfuhler photo collection; April 15, 1956 (NYC Subway.org)
- Hinsdale Street Elevated Station; BMT Fulton Street Elevated (NYCSubway.org)