Driggs Avenue station

Driggs Avenue
Driggs Avenue
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	Driggs Avenue & Broadway; Brooklyn, NY 11211
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°42′35.65″N 73°57′44.18″W / 40.7099028°N 73.9622722°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	None (demolished)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888; 136 years ago
Closed	July 3, 1916; 108 years ago
Traffic
2023
Rank	out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Marcy Avenue
Next south	Broadway Ferry (demolished)
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 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)

Driggs Avenue was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line.

History

This station was opened on June 25, 1888 as the terminal of the Broadway elevated. When the line was extended to Broadway Ferry on July 14, 1888, this ceased to be the terminal. Mainline BMT Jamaica Line service began providing direct service to Manhattan via the Williamsburg Bridge after 1908.^[3] The station finally closed on July 3, 1916, but the segment of the line remained dormant throughout the 1920s and 1930s before being demolished.^[4]

Station layout

This elevated station had two tracks and two side platforms.^[5]

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ Cudahy, Brian J. (1990). Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor. New York: Fordam University Press. pp. 175–179. ISBN 0-8232-1245-9.
^ BMT Lines: Brooklyn Manhattan Transit: A History as Seen Through the Company's Maps, Guides and other Documents: 1923-1939," by James Poulous
^ Paul Kahn, Alan; May, Jack (1975). The Tracks of New York Number 2 Brooklyn Elevated Railroads (PDF). Electric Railroaders' Association – via archive.org.

External links

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[SASDEIS-DIVISION-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.

[riderref-2] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[3] Cudahy, Brian J. (1990). Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor. New York: Fordam University Press. pp. 175–179. ISBN 0-8232-1245-9.

[4] BMT Lines: Brooklyn Manhattan Transit: A History as Seen Through the Company's Maps, Guides and other Documents: 1923-1939," by James Poulous

[tracks-5] Paul Kahn, Alan; May, Jack (1975). The Tracks of New York Number 2 Brooklyn Elevated Railroads (PDF). Electric Railroaders' Association – via archive.org.

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