Driggs Avenue station
Driggs Avenue was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line.
Driggs Avenue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Former New York City Subway station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Address | Driggs Avenue & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Williamsburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°42′35.65″N 73°57′44.18″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line | BMT Jamaica Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | None (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | June 25, 1888 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | July 3, 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Next north | Marcy Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next south | Broadway Ferry (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
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]
Station layout
This elevated station had two tracks and two side platforms.[3]
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References
- Cudahy, Brian J. (1990). Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor. New York: Fordam University Press. pp. 175–179. ISBN 0-8232-1245-9.
- BMT Lines: Brooklyn Manhattan Transit: A History as Seen Through the Company's Maps, Guides and other Documents: 1923-1939," by James Poulous
- Paul Kahn, Alan; May, Jack (1975). The Tracks of New York Number 2 Brooklyn Elevated Railroads (PDF). Electric Railroaders' Association – via archive.org.
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