Sands Street station explained

Type:former
Sands Street
Service Custom:BMT Brighton Line (–1920)
BMT Culver Line
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
BMT Fulton Street Line
BMT Fifth Avenue Line
BMT Lexington Avenue Line
BMT West End Line (–1916)
Platforms:2 island platforms (upper level)
5 island platforms and 5 side platforms (lower level)
Tracks:12 (4 upper level, 8 lower level)
Address:Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard and Sands Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:Brooklyn Heights
Coordinates:40.6999°N -73.9883°W
Division:BMT
Structure:Elevated
Former:Brooklyn Bridge
Next North:Park Row (Brooklyn Bridge)
Next South:Adams Street (Myrtle, 5th, Lexington, Culver, West End)
Court Street (Fulton, Brighton)
Clark Street (Fulton, Brighton originally)

Sands Street was a station on the demolished BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. It was a large complex with two levels.

The lower level served trains going to Park Row in Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge Elevated Line. It had four tracks and two island platforms, with the outer platform faces serving streetcars.

The upper level had a terminal and a loop for terminating trains. The Sands Street Terminal had four tracks and three island platforms and a side platform located to the east. This was to the west of the loop tracks and platforms.

The Sands Street Loop had platforms on High Street (one island and two side platforms with two tracks) and on Sands Street (also two tracks and one island and two side platforms).[1]

The next stop to the south was:

The next stop and terminal to the north was Park Row for trains serving Manhattan. Trains on the upper level loop terminated at Sands Street.

It closed on March 5, 1944.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.thejoekorner.com/lines/dtbklyn.htm Downtown Brooklyn Elevated Lines (TheJoeKorNer)
  2. Book: Sparberg . Andrew . From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA . 2014 . Fordham University Press . 978-0823261925 . 4 January 2020.