Sands Street (BMT station)

Updated on Jan 27, 2024

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Structure Elevated Borough Brooklyn		Opened 1 September 1888 Locale Brooklyn Heights

Address Brooklyn Bridge and Sands Street, Brooklyn, NY Services BMT Myrtle Avenue Line BMT Fulton Street Line BMT Fifth Avenue Line BMT Lexington Avenue Line Platforms 2 island platforms (upper level) 5 island platforms and 5 side platforms (lower level) Closed March 5, 1944; 72 years ago (March 5, 1944) Next north Park Row (Brooklyn Bridge) Fulton Ferry (Ferry) Tracks 12 (4 upper level, 8 lower level) Similar Park Row, Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island, Prospect Park Zoo

Sands Street was a station on the demolished BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. It was a large complex with two levels.

The lower level served trains going to Park Row in Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge Elevated Line. It had four tracks and two island platforms, with the outer platform faces serving streetcars.

The upper level had a terminal and a loop for terminating trains. The Sands Street Terminal had four tracks and three island platforms and a side platform located to the east. This was to the west of the loop tracks and platforms.

The Sands Street Loop had platforms on High Street (one island and two wall with two tracks) and on Sands Street (also two tracks and one island and two wall platforms).

The next stop to the south was:

Adams Street for trains that used the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, including the BMT West End Line until 1916, the BMT Lexington Avenue Line, until the close of the station, the BMT Sea Beach Line's predecessor, until 1913, and the BMT Fifth Avenue Line until its closure in 1940 and

Court Street for trains using the BMT Fulton Street Line, until 1940, including, until 1920, BMT Brighton Line trains.

The next stop and terminal to the north was:

Park Row for trains serving Manhattan;

while trains on the upper level loop terminated at Sands Street.

It closed on March 5, 1944.

References

Sands Street (BMT station) Wikipedia

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