Chestnut Street station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Chestnut Street was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.[1] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. The station was opened on July 16, 1894, and is one of three stations to extend the Fulton Street Line closer to Queens. The next stop to the east was Crescent Street. The next stop to the west was Montauk Avenue. On November 28, 1948, the Independent Subway System built the underground Euclid Avenue Subway station two blocks south then two more blocks east after years of war-time construction delays. This station rendered both Chestnut Street station and the nearby Crescent Street station obsolete, and it closed on April 26, 1956.[2]

 Chestnut Street
 
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
AddressPitkin Avenue & Chestnut Street
Brooklyn, NY 11208
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleEast New York
Coordinates40.675209°N 73.873432°W / 40.675209; -73.873432
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT Fulton Street Line
ServicesNone
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJuly 16, 1894 (1894-07-16)
ClosedApril 26, 1956 (1956-04-26)
Station succession
Next westMontauk Avenue
Next eastCrescent Street

References

  1. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08.
  2. "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.


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