lead to a mezzanine area and long passageways to the platforms. Stairways at the northeast and southeast corners of Bedford Ave. Ad panels on the lower level have been tiled over with the same walnut brown highlights (presumably because the ad panels were constantly being defaced).Īn exit at the west end of this station at Bedford Ave. Tile band is of butterscotch yellow with a walnut brown border, a very warm and eye-pleasing combination of colors. There is, however, a sealed-offĬrossover here that was closed citing safety concerns. Because of this obliteration of the mezzanine, thereĪre separate fare controls at the east (Rockaway-bound) end of the Platforms are wider than the local platforms to allow for the lower Walls on the lower level conceal the original trackways. Level of the "mezzanine" and adding side platforms. Ramping up the express trackways east and west of the station to the At some point during the construction it was decided toĪdd express platforms here, so the way this was accommodated was by Local side platforms on the lower level typical IND mezzanine on the The original design of the station was as follows: Four tracks and two Upper level and local service on the lower level. Station is an unusual two-level station with express service on the Two levels, two tracks and two side platforms on each level. The transfer was good for twenty minutes only andĬould only be used to enter the shuttle station. Transfer was issued from a machine that resembles a bus farebox near After the introduction of the Metrocard, a paper Metrocard Metrocard, a paper bus-style transfer was handed out at the tokenīooth (the only place in the subway where this was still beingĭone). Prior to the free in-system transfer, and prior to the ![]() Renovated in conjunction with the BMT Franklin Shuttle rebuild, withįull elevator access to the platforms and in-system transfer to the The only evidence of thisĮxit are some blacked out "to Classon Avenue" tiles where the paint isįading allowing the underlying text to show through. North exit to Classon Avenue is long closed. This station has fare control at the south end, at platform level. The photos of the station on this page were taken on fan trips, etc. Public until 1976 at which time the New York Transit Exhibit opened as Passengers only from 1936 to 1946, and it remained closed to the Even these wereĭiscontinued after a short time because Court St. ![]() Street local trains, but these were quickly replaced by "HH" shuttle The local trains terminate in Manhattan and the express trainsĬontinue to Brooklyn (the IRT East Side, West Side, and IND 8th Avenue Line was built in a similar manner to the Manhattan subway lines where The Court Street station is best known now as the site, since 1976, of the including Court Street opened on April 9, 1936.) ![]() Those stations were builtĪs part of the tunnel crossing which opened in 1933 the Fulton Streetįour-track trunk line between Hoyt/Schermerhorn and RockawayĪve. Manhattan via High Street and Jay Street stations. Street subway line connects with the IND 8th Avenue Line coming from is described on the BMT Culver Line page.īroadway-East New York (Broadway Junction)īetween Court Street and Hoyt/Schermerhorn, the Fulton The 1950s connection of the BMT Culver elevated stations to the IND South Brooklyn Line between Church Ave. ![]() The 1950s addition of the Rockaway branch to the Fulton Street line is described on the IND Rockaway Line page.The 1936 York Street (F) station is described as part of the IND 6th Avenue Line.The 1936 IND Fulton Street Line from Court Street station, through Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street, to Broadway Junction, Euclid Avenue, and Lefferts Boulevard is described on the IND Fulton Street Line page.The IND South Brooklyn Line (opened in March 1933 today's F & G trains along Smith Street and to Park Slope and Church Avenue) which join at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets with the two portions of the IND Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Line (opened in two stages in 1933, 1937) to Court Square, Queens, are described on the IND Crosstown Line page, keeping the complete "G" train route on a single page.These stations opened first, in February, 1933, along with the original 8th Avenue line to Brooklyn. The 1933 High Street (A,C) and Jay Street (A,C later F) stations are described as part of the IND 8th Avenue Line.The descriptions of the Brooklyn IND lines on this site may seem split up in somewhat arbitrary fashion, so here's a brief explanation of what's where, and why: 5 Station by Station (Fulton Street Elevated Stations).4 Station by Station (Fulton Street Subway-El Connector).3.11 Broadway-East New York (Broadway Junction).
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