Chestnut Street station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

The Chestnut Street station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.^[3] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. The station was opened on July 16, 1894, and is one of three stations to extend the Fulton Street Line closer to Queens. The next stop to the east was Crescent Street. The next stop to the west was Montauk Avenue. On November 28, 1948, the Independent Subway System opened the underground Euclid Avenue Subway station two blocks east after years of war-time construction delays. This station rendered both Chestnut Street station and the nearby Crescent Street station obsolete, and it closed on April 26, 1956.^[4]

Chestnut Street
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	Pitkin Avenue & Chestnut Street Brooklyn, NY 11208
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East New York
Coordinates	40.675209°N 73.873432°W / 40.675209; -73.873432
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line
Services	None
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 16, 1894; 130 years ago (1894-07-16)
Closed	April 26, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-04-26)
Traffic
2023	[2]
Rank	out of 423[2]
Station succession
Next west	Montauk Avenue
Next east	Crescent Street
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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)

References

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. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08.
4. "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

External links

• Chestnut Street Elevated Station; BMT Fulton Street Line (NYCSubway.org)