Navy Street station explained

Type:former
Navy Street
Service Custom:BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
BMT Lexington Avenue Line
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Address:Myrtle Avenue and Navy Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:Fort Greene
Coordinates:40.6935°N -73.9792°W
Division:BMT
Structure:Elevated
Close Date: (Lexington Avenue)
(Myrtle Avenue)
Next Topwest:Bridge–Jay Streets
Next East:Vanderbilt Avenue

The Navy Street station was a station on the demolished BMT Myrtle Avenue Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 1 island platform. The station was originally built on April 10, 1888, for the Myrtle Avenue Elevated trains, but also served Lexington Avenue Elevated trains by 1891. A segment of the Lexington Avenue Line once turned north from here onto Hudson Avenue and York Street on its way to the Fulton Ferry until 1904, when Lexington and Fifth Avenue trains were redirected along Myrtle Avenue west of this station.[1] It closed on October 4, 1969, after a fire on the elevated structure.[2] The next stop to the north was Vanderbilt Avenue. The next stop to the south was Bridge–Jay Streets.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.thejoekorner.com/lines/parkav.htm Park Ave El; 1885-1891 (The Joe KorNer)
  2. News: 1,200 on Last Trip On Myrtle Ave. El; Cars Are Stripped. October 4, 1969. The New York Times. 0362-4331. June 5, 2016.