Ditmas Avenue station

Ditmas Avenue
Ditmas Avenue
	New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Looking south from Manhattan bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Ditmas Avenue & McDonald Avenue; Brooklyn, NY 11218
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Kensington
Coordinates	40°38′10.55″N 73°58′41.42″W
Division	B (IND, formerly BMT)
Line	IND Culver Line; BMT Culver Line (formerly)
Services	F (all times) <F> (two rush hour trains, peak direction)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	March 16, 1919[1]
Station code	244[2]
Opposite-direction transfer available	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	1,177,275[3] 2.4%
Rank	335 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next north	Church Avenue: F <F> ; 13th Avenue (BMT Culver Line; demolished)
Next south	18th Avenue: F <F>
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service)
	Stops weekdays and weekday late nights

Ditmas Avenue is a local station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Ditmas and McDonald Avenues in Kensington, Brooklyn, it is served by the F train at all times and the <F> train during rush hours in the peak direction.

History

Track layout

to Church Av

Trackway of former

Culver Shuttle spur

to 18 Av

North of Ditmas Avenue, the Culver Line expands into four tracks, two local, and two express tracks and enters the tunnel into Church Avenue, allowing access to IND lines in the other boroughs. Before this connection opened on October 30, 1954, this station was the first on the former BMT section of the line and the Coney Island-bound platform was formerly an island platform with an extra track.

The line ran between 37th and 38th Streets, making stops at 13th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway before entering the lower level of the Ninth Avenue station, where it would continue along the current route to the BMT Fourth Avenue Line (or Fifth Avenue elevated before it ceased operation in 1940).

After the connection to Church Avenue and the IND opened, the Culver Line north of Ditmas Avenue was reduced to a single-track shuttle. The shuttle ceased operation on May 11, 1975 due to decreasing ridership and most of the structure above 37th-38th Streets were demolished.[4] The fourth track at Ditmas Avenue was removed and the Coney Island-bound platform was converted to a side platform.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward 179th Street (Church Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island (18th Avenue) →
	Side platform
	Trackbed	Former Culver Shuttle
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrance/exit

Remains of the Culver Shuttle track and the Culver Ramp connecting the station to the original underground IND Culver Line

This elevated station, opened on March 16, 1919,[1] has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is not used in revenue service. Both platforms have beige windscreens along their entire lengths except for a small section at the north end. Brown canopies with green frames and support columns run along the center of the platforms. The station signs are in the standard black plates in white lettering. There is an abandoned tower on the extreme south end of the Manhattan-bound platform.

Along the west side of McDonald Avenue, the remains of the Culver Shuttle's fourth track are visible behind the windscreens of the Coney Island-bound platform and more remains show the two-track turnoff just before entering Ditmas Avenue.

Exits

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks. The full-time one is at the south end. Two staircases from each platform outside the canopies go down to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank of three provides entrance/exit from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to either southern corners of McDonald Avenue and Ditmas Avenue.[5]

The other station house at the north end also has one staircase from each platform, a waiting area/crossover, and two staircases going down to either side of McDonald Avenue between Cortelyou Road and Ditmas Avenue. However, the station house is unstaffed, containing two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles. Both station house balconies have a high turnstile to allow passengers to enter or exit the station without having to go through the station house. The one on the Manhattan-bound staircase is entry and exit while the one on the Coney Island-bound staircase is exit-only.[5]

Track layout

South of the station there is a double crossover between the southbound local track and the center express track. Also south of this station, there is a switch from the center express track to the northbound local track.[6][7] There was formerly a switch to the south of the station, from the shuttle track to the southbound local track.[8]

North of the station, the three tracks expand into four tracks. The express tracks split in two, and simultaneously with this split, there is a switch from the northbound local track to the northbound express track, as well as a switch where the southbound express and local tracks merge. The extra track is the southbound local track from Church Avenue, which merges with the southbound express track just north of this station.[7]

References

Legislative Documents. J.B. Lyon Company. January 1, 1920.
"Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
"Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
Kelly, John (May 9, 1975). "End of Line for Culver Shuttle". New York Daily News. p. KL7. Retrieved October 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
"MTA Neighborhood Maps: Borough Park" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
"Feasibility and Analysis of F Express Service in Brooklyn" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
Marrero, Robert (January 1, 2017). "472 Stations, 850 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
"F Train". February 4, 2012. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

External links

nycsubway.org – BMT Culver Line: Ditmas Avenue
Station Reporter — F Train
The Subway Nut — Ditmas Avenue Pictures
Ditmas Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Cortelyou Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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

[stationinformation-2] "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[riderref-3] "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[4] Kelly, John (May 9, 1975). "End of Line for Culver Shuttle". New York Daily News. p. KL7. Retrieved October 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[MTA-BoroughPk-Kensington-2015-5] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Borough Park" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.

[MTA-FExpStudy-May2016-6] "Feasibility and Analysis of F Express Service in Brooklyn" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.

[tracks2-7] Marrero, Robert (January 1, 2017). "472 Stations, 850 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

[8] "F Train". February 4, 2012. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

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