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40°38′10.55″N 73°58′41.42″W / 40.6362639°N 73.9781722°W / 40.6362639; -73.9781722

 Ditmas Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
BoroughBrooklyn
Division[1]
LineIND Culver Line
ServicesTemplate:NYCS Culver BMT local
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJuly 16, 1919
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2023848,061[2] Increase 10.4%
Rank320 out of 423[2]
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops in station at all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekends during the day Stops weekends during the day
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Station closed 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

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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