13th Avenue station (BMT Culver Line)

13th Avenue
13th Avenue
	Former New York City Subway station
	View of the former station heading west from Ditmas Avenue[1]
Station statistics
Address	37th Street & 13th Avenue; Brooklyn, NY
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Kensington
Coordinates	40°38′28.5″N 73°59′4.08″W
Division	B (BMT)
Services	BMT Culver Line
Transit connections	Church Avenue Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	March 16, 1919[2]
Closed	May 11, 1975[3]
Station succession
Next north	Fort Hamilton Parkway
Next south	Ditmas Avenue
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops in station at all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops late nights and weekends only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
	Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Station is closed
	(Details about time periods)

13th Avenue was a New York City Subway station on the demolished section of the BMT Culver Line. This station was located at the intersection of 37th Street and 13th Avenue in Brooklyn.

History

Location of the former site as of 2019

This station opened on March 16, 1919, and had a connection to the B&QT Church Avenue Line streetcar. When the IND South Brooklyn Line was extended to Ditmas Avenue and converted most of the line to the Independent Subway System, the station's service was replaced by the Culver Shuttle.

On May 28, 1959, the station and the line were reduced from three tracks to two. By December 1960, the shuttle was reduced to a single track and platform due to the December 1960 nor'easter and low ridership. The station finally closed on May 11, 1975. The line was demolished in the 1980s.

Station layout

This elevated station originally had three tracks and two side platforms, although, near the end of its life, only used one track and one of the side platforms, due to the removal of the other two tracks.

References

"Culver Shuttle". Culver Shuttle Photos. Joseph D. Korman. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
Legislative Documents. J.B. Lyon Company. January 1, 1920.
Kelly, John (May 9, 1975). "End of Line for Culver Shuttle". New York Daily News. p. KL7. Retrieved October 16, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com .

nycsubway.org – BMT Culver Line: 13th Avenue
nycsubway.org – BMT Culver Line:
nycsubway.org – The New York City Transit Authority in the 1970s:

External links

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[1] "Culver Shuttle". Culver Shuttle Photos. Joseph D. Korman. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

[2] Legislative Documents. J.B. Lyon Company. January 1, 1920.

[3] Kelly, John (May 9, 1975). "End of Line for Culver Shuttle". New York Daily News. p. KL7. Retrieved October 16, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com .