Fort Hamilton Parkway station (BMT Culver Line)

Fort Hamilton Parkway
Fort Hamilton Parkway
	Former New York City Subway station
	The former site of the Fort Hamilton Parkway Culver Shuttle station
Station statistics
Address	37th Street & Fort Hamilton Parkway; Brooklyn, NY 11218
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Sunset Park
Coordinates	40°38′38.83″N 73°59′20.57″W
Division	B (BMT)
Services	BMT Culver Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	March 16, 1919[1]
Closed	May 11, 1975[2]
Station succession
Next north	Ninth Avenue
Next south	13th 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)

Fort Hamilton Parkway was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Culver Line. It was located at the intersection of 37th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn, New York City.

History

This station opened on March 16, 1919 as part of the BMT Culver Line. When the IND South Brooklyn Line was extended to Ditmas Avenue and converted most of the line to the Independent Subway System in 1954, 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 closed on May 11, 1975, and the structure was demolished in the 1980s. The freight line that ran beneath the station and currently leads to the 36th–38th Street Yard can still be found embedded in the pavement across Fort Hamilton Parkway.

Station layout

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

References

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: Fort Hamilton Parkway
nycsubway.org – BMT Culver Line:
nycsubway.org – The New York City Transit Authority in the 1970s:

External links

Culver Shuttle.com - Fort Hamilton Parkway station looking westbound and eastbound in 1976

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

[2] 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 .