Broadway Ferry (BMT Jamaica Line)

Broadway Ferry
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Williamsburg
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Jamaica Line
Services None (demolished)
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened July 14, 1888 (1888-07-14)
Closed July 3, 1916 (1916-07-03)
Station succession
Next north Driggs Avenue (demolished)
Next south (Terminus)

Broadway Ferry was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line. It had 2 tracks and 1 island platform. It was opened on July 14, 1888, to serve the Broadway Ferry, and closed due in part to the mainline BMT Jamaica Line providing direct service to Manhattan via the Williamsburg Bridge after 1908.[1] The next stop to the north was Driggs Avenue. The station finally closed on July 3, 1916, but the segment of the line remained dormant throughout the 1920s and 1930s.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. BMT Lines: Brooklyn Manhattan Transit: A History as Seen Through the Company's Maps, Guides and other Documents: 1923-1939," by James Poulous

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Coordinates: 40°42′38.81″N 73°58′5.91″W / 40.7107806°N 73.9683083°W / 40.7107806; -73.9683083


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