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Ditmas Avenue Station
The Ditmas Avenue station is a local station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Ditmas and McDonald Avenues in Kensington, Brooklyn, it is served by the F train at all times and the <F> train during rush hours in the peak direction. History This station opened at 3:00 a.m. on March 16, 1919, as part of the opening of the first section of the BMT Culver Line. The initial section began at the Ninth Avenue station and ended at the Kings Highway station. The line was operated as a branch of the Fifth Avenue Elevated line, with a free transfer at Ninth Avenue to the West End Line into the Fourth Avenue Subway. The opening of the line resulted in reduced travel times between Manhattan and Kings Highway. Construction on the line began in 1915, and cost a total of $3.3 million. Trains from this station began using the Fourth Avenue Subway to the Nassau Street Loop in Lower Manhattan when that line opened on May 30, 1931. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McDonald Avenue
McDonald Avenue is a north-south street in Brooklyn, New York City. The avenue runs about between the intersection of 86th Street and Shell Road in Gravesend, Brooklyn, Gravesend, north to 20th Street and 10th Avenue in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, Windsor Terrace. It runs underneath the New York City Subway's IND Culver Line () for most of its length. The B67 (New York City bus), B67 and B69 (New York City bus), B69 bus routes run on McDonald Avenue north of Cortelyou Road. It passes near densely populated areas, cemeteries, and funeral homes, as well as a commercial corridor. In particular, the intersection with Bay Parkway (Brooklyn), Bay Parkway is surrounded by cemeteries on three corners, including Washington Cemetery (Brooklyn), Washington Cemetery. On March 14, 1933, the Board of Aldermen (today's City Council) passed a resolution changing the name of Gravesend Avenue to McDonald Avenue. This resolution received some opposition, as the Gravesend Chamber of Commerce believed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMT Culver Line Stations
BMT or bmt may refer to: Transportation * Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, one of the three original New York City Subway systems * IATA code and FAA location identifier for Beaumont Municipal Airport, Beaumont, Texas * Station code for Beaumont (Amtrak station), Beaumont, Texas * Station code for Bedminster railway station, Bristol, England Science or technology * Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation * "best medical therapy", in medicine a term used to point to the best drug treatment according to the current standards * 5-hydroxyfuranocoumarin 5-O-methyltransferase, an enzyme * Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the national meteorological organization of Bangladesh * Barcelona Moon Team, a Spanish Google Lunar X-Prize competitor Other * Basic Military Training in some military forces * BMT Limited, a British consulting company * Benton MacKaye Trail, a footpath in the Appalachian Mountains * Biel Mean Time, a decimal time syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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