Ditmas Avenue station

40°38′10.55″N 73°58′41.42″W

Ditmas Avenue  Template:NYCS Culver BMT local
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Borough	Brooklyn
Division
Line	IND Culver Line
Services	Template:NYCS Culver BMT local
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	July 16, 1919
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	848,061  10.4%
Rank	320 out of 423
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 during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and 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)

Ditmas Avenue is a station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Ditmas and McDonald Avenues, in the Kensington section of Brooklyn.

The station has three tracks and two side platforms, but the Coney Island bound platform used to be an island platform, and there was another track, used by the Culver Shuttle. The full time mezzanine is on the south side at Ditmas Avenue, while the north side near Cortelyou Road has a former booth and HEET access. There is an abandoned tower on the Manhattan-bound platform near the full time staircase.

Background

This station is the first station on the former BMT section of the line. Before a 1954 realignment, the line ran along 37–38th Streets, and to the BMT West End Line at the lower level of the Ninth Avenue, where it would continue along the current route to the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. The Board of Transportation (the precursor to New York City Transit Authority) decided to build connections from BMT to IND lines in the early 1950s. On October 30, 1954, through service was instituted between Church Avenue and Ditmas Avenue. After this opening, the Culver line was reduced to a single-track shuttle. Walking along sidewalk level, along the west side of McDonald Avenue, the remains of the fourth track are visible behind the station wall, and more remains show the two-track turnoff just before entering Ditmas Avenue. South of this station, the girders supporting the fourth track merged with the southbound local track. The Culver shuttle was abandoned in May 1975 due to decreasing ridership.

Bus connection

• B23 west to Borough Park; east to Flatbush Avenue via Cortelyou Road & 16 Avenue

External links

• nycsubway.org – BMT Culver Line: Ditmas Avenue
• Station Reporter — F Train