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Church Avenue
Church Avenue station may refer to: *Church Avenue station (BMT Brighton Line), a subway station near East 18th Street in Brooklyn *Church Avenue station (IND Culver Line) The Church Avenue station is an express station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Church and McDonald Avenues in Kensington, Brooklyn, it is served by the F and G trains at all times (the latter of which termin ..., a subway station at McDonald Avenue in Brooklyn * Church Avenue station (IRT Nostrand Avenue Line), a subway station at Nostrand Avenues in Brooklyn {{station disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Avenue Station (BMT Brighton Line)
The Church Avenue station is an express station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway, located at Church Avenue near East 18th Street in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times and by the B train on weekdays only. History Early history The original station at this location was a two-track side platform station that ran south from Church Avenue, whereas the current station runs to the north. At a point about south of Church Avenue, a clear difference in the form of the concrete retaining wall is visible on both sides of the right-of-way. This marks the point where the original Brighton Beach Line transitioned from an open-cut line depressed below ground level to a surface railroad for the remainder of the run to Coney Island. The line south of this point was converted from a two-track surface line to a four-track grade-separated line in 1907, and the portion north of this point was rebuilt from a two-track o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Avenue Station (IND Culver Line)
The Church Avenue station is an express station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Church and McDonald Avenues in Kensington, Brooklyn, it is served by the F and G trains at all times (the latter of which terminates here), and by the <F> train during rush hours in the peak direction. The Church Avenue station was constructed by the Independent Subway System (IND). It opened on October 7, 1933, as the new terminal of the Culver Line, which was known as the Smith Street Line or the South Brooklyn Line at the time. In 1954, this station ceased to be the line's terminal with the completion of the Culver Ramp, which connected the South Brooklyn Line and the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s Culver Line and allowing service to run to Coney Island. Though the Church Avenue station contains four tracks and two island platforms, as with many express stations in the New York City Subway, the inner tracks see limited use, being used on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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