Driggs Avenue station explained

Type:former
Driggs Avenue
Address:Driggs Avenue & Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:Williamsburg
Coordinates:40.7099°N -73.9623°W
Division:BMT
Line:BMT Jamaica Line
Service Custom:None (demolished)
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated
Next North:Marcy Avenue
Next South:Broadway Ferry (demolished)

The Driggs Avenue station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line in Brooklyn, New York City.

This station was opened on June 25, 1888, as the terminal of the Broadway elevated. When the line was extended to Broadway Ferry on July 14, 1888, this ceased to be the terminal. Mainline BMT Jamaica Line service began providing direct service to Manhattan via the Williamsburg Bridge after 1908.[1] The station finally closed on July 3, 1916, but the segment of the line remained dormant throughout the 1920s and 1930s before being demolished.[2]

This elevated station had two tracks and two side platforms.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Cudahy, Brian J. . Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor . 1990 . Fordham University Press . New York . 0-8232-1245-9 . 175–179.
  2. BMT Lines: Brooklyn Manhattan Transit: A History as Seen Through the Company's Maps, Guides and other Documents: 1923-1939," by James Poulous