Hinsdale Street (BMT Fulton Street Line)

 Hinsdale Street
 
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address Pitkin Avenue and Hinsdale Street
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Borough Brooklyn
Locale East New York
Coordinates 40°40′16″N 73°54′02″W / 40.671205°N 73.900496°W / 40.671205; -73.900496Coordinates: 40°40′16″N 73°54′02″W / 40.671205°N 73.900496°W / 40.671205; -73.900496
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Fulton Street Line
Services None (demolished)
Transit connections Bergen Street Line
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Other information
Closed April 26, 1956 (1956-04-26)
Station succession
Next west Atlantic Avenue
Next east Pennsylvania Avenue

Hinsdale Street was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line, located on Pitkin Avenue and Hinsdale Street in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It had 3 tracks and 2 side platforms.[1] It was built sometime between 1912 and 1924,[2][3] (possibly 1915), as a replacement for Eastern Parkway station one block to the west on Snediker Avenue,[4][5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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][8] The former trackways are still present.

References

  1. ↑ Frank Pfuhler photo collection; August 24, 1946 (NYC Subway.org)
  2. ↑ "1912 BRT Map" (PDF). NYCSubway.org.
  3. ↑ 1924 BMT Map (NYCSubway.org)
  4. ↑ "Will Be Opened Monday: The Kings County Elevated Road's Extension". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 12, 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Fulton Street El". stationreporter.net. stationreporter.net. Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "P.S. Board Includes Franklin Ave. Line in "L" Certificates". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 2, 1913. Retrieved 22 July 2015 – via Newspapers.com.


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