Hoyt Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
Hoyt Street  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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Southbound platform | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
Hoyt Street & Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 | ||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | Downtown Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°41′26″N 73°59′06″W / 40.690531°N 73.985109°WCoordinates: 40°41′26″N 73°59′06″W / 40.690531°N 73.985109°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT Eastern Parkway Line | ||||||||
| Services |
2  (all times) 3  (all except late nights) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B25, B26, B38, B52 | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | May 1, 1908 | ||||||||
| Former/other names |
Hoyt Street – Fulton Mall Hoyt Street – Bridge Street | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
2,249,892[1]  3.1% | ||||||||
| Rank | 220 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Borough Hall: 2 3 | ||||||||
| Next south |
Nevins Street: 2 3 | ||||||||
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Hoyt Street is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway in Downtown Brooklyn, served by the 2 train at all times and 3 train at all times except late nights.
History
Originally built as Hoyt Street-Bridge Street, the station was one of three built on May 1, 1908 as part of an extension of the original IRT Subway beyond Borough Hall.[2] Service increased in 1919 after the Clark Street Tunnel connected the Brooklyn Branch of the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line into the station. On February 2, 1948, the platform extensions at this station opened, allowing 10-car express trains to board as opposed to only 5-car trains.[3] In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[4] The station was renovated around the 1980s.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
| P Platform Level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Wakefield – 241st Street (Borough Hall) ← toward Harlem – 148th Street (Borough Hall) | |
| Northbound express | ←   do not stop here | |
| Southbound express | → do not stop here → | |
| Southbound local | → toward Brooklyn College – Flatbush Avenue (Nevins Street) → → toward New Lots Avenue (Nevins Street) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
South of Borough Hall, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the Brooklyn Branch of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line join to form the four-track IRT Eastern Parkway Line.
Hoyt Street is the northernmost four-track station on this line. It is located under the intersection of Fulton Street, Hoyt Street, and Bridge Street. It has two side platforms serving only the local tracks. Trains from the Clark Street Tunnel run on the local tracks and those from the Joralemon Street Tunnel run on the express tracks. The original construction included only the Joralemon Street Tunnel with crossover switches north of Hoyt Street. These switches have been removed and new ones were installed between Nevins Street and Atlantic Avenue, so trains from the Joralemon Street Tunnel cannot stop at this station at all.
Southbound (east Brooklyn-bound) trains use track E1 while northbound (Manhattan-bound) trains use track E4. Southbound and northbound express trains use tracks E2 and E3, respectively. Track numbers and letters are used for chaining purposes and are rarely, if ever, used by passengers.
The station has been extensively renovated; old signs reading "Hoyt Street – Bridge Street" remain on the I-beams separating the local and express tracks. At the north end of the southbound platform is a closed crossunder that included an entrance to Macy's; the south end of the northbound platform includes a passageway that is used by police. One of the original ceramic cartouches from the station is now on display at the New York Transit Museum.
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ New York Times, Brooklyn Joyful Over New Subway, May 2, 1908, page 1
- ↑ Report for the three and one-half years ending June 30, 1949. New York City Board of Transportation. 1949.
- ↑ Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
Further reading
- Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hoyt Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line). |
- nycsubway.org – nycsubway.org Brooklyn IRT: Hoyt Street
- Station Reporter — 2 Train
- Station Reporter — 3 Train
- Brooklyn IRT Contract 2 map (includes current and former track configurations, and provisions for future connections)
- The Subway Nut — Hoyt Street – Fulton Mall Pictures
- Bridge Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Hoyt Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Duffield Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Elm Place entrance from Google Maps Street View