Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 05000680 Architectural style Beaux-Arts architecture | Built 1901 Opened 1901 Added to NRHP 6 July 2005 | |
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Location 3046 Fulton St. bet. Essex St. and Shepherd Ave., Brooklyn, New York Similar Substation 219, Dyckman‑Hillside Substation, Substation 7, IRT Powerhouse, Corbin Building | ||
Substation #401 is a historic New York City Subway substation.
This utility is located on the south side of Fulton Street, between Essex Street and Shepherd Avenue, in the East New York neighborhood of the borough of Brooklyn. It sits adjacent to the BMT Jamaica Line between the Cleveland Street and Norwood Avenue stations.
It was built in 1901 by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company for the Cypress Hills extension of the BMT Lexington Avenue Line, and is a Beaux Arts style structure. Through a series of acquisitions, it was passed over to the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation, then the New York City Board of Transportation, the New York City Transit Authority, and finally the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), where it remains to this day.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.