Hinsdale Street station explained

Type:former
Hinsdale Street
Line:BMT Fulton Street Line
Service Custom:None (demolished)
Connection:Bergen Street Line
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:3
Address:Pitkin Avenue and Hinsdale Street
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:East New York
Coordinates:40.6712°N -73.9005°W
Division:BMT
Structure:Elevated
Open Date:[1]
Next Topwest:Atlantic Avenue
Next East:Pennsylvania Avenue

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.[2] It opened on November 17, 1918, as a replacement for Eastern Parkway station one block to the west on Snediker Avenue,[3] [4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

West of the station, the line veered north onto Van Sinderen Avenue towards Atlantic Avenue, sharing the right-of-way with the Canarsie Line.[7] The former trackways are still present.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Legislative Documents. January 1, 1920. J.B. Lyon Company. en.
  2. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?130195 Frank Pfuhler photo collection; August 24, 1946 (NYC Subway.org)
  3. News: Will Be Opened Monday: The Kings County Elevated Road's Extension. July 22, 2015. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 12, 1889. 6.
  4. Web site: Fulton Street El. stationreporter.net. July 22, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20090826151506/http://stationreporter.net/fultonel.htm. August 26, 2009. dead.
  5. Web site: First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702. The New York Times. June 29, 2015. April 30, 1956.
  6. Web site: MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill. mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 19, 2015. 2015.
  7. Web site: P.S. Board Includes Franklin Ave. Line in "L" Certificates. Newspapers.com. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 22, 2015. January 2, 1913.