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Hinsdale Street (BMT Fulton Street Line)
Hinsdale Street
was a station on the demolished
BMT Fulton Street Line
, located on Pitkin Avenue and Hinsdale Street in the
New York City
borough of
Brooklyn
. It had 3 tracks and 2
side platforms
. It was built sometime between 1912 and 1924, (possibly 1915), as a replacement for
Eastern Parkway
station one block to the west on Snediker Av, as part of the
Dual Contracts
, and had a connecting spur to the
BMT Lexington Avenue Line
via
Manhattan Beach Crossing
. It was served by
BMT 13
trains until 1940, when they were replaced with
BMT 12
trains. It also had a connection to the
Bergen Street Line
trolleys. It closed on April 26, 1956, along with the rest of the remaining segment of the Fulton Elevated Line west of
Hudson Street
. The station was not replaced with an underground
IND Fulton Street Line
station, which runs north along
Pennsylvania Avenue
towards
Broadway Junction
; the nearest existing station is
Sutter Avenue
on the
BMT Canarsie Line
.
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