Driggs Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)

Driggs Avenue
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Driggs Avenue & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Williamsburg
Coordinates	40°42′35.65″N 73°57′44.18″W / 40.7099028°N 73.9622722°W / 40.7099028; -73.9622722Coordinates: 40°42′35.65″N 73°57′44.18″W / 40.7099028°N 73.9622722°W / 40.7099028; -73.9622722
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	None (demolished)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888 (1888-06-25)
Closed	July 3, 1916 (1916-07-03)
Station succession
Next north	Marcy Avenue
Next south	Broadway Ferry (demolished)

Driggs Avenue was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line. It had three tracks and two side platforms. It was opened on June 25, 1888, 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 Marcy Avenue. The next stop to the south was Broadway Ferry, which replaced Driggs Avenue as the terminus of the line on July 14, 1888. The station finally closed on July 3, 1916, but the segment of the line remained dormant throughout the 1920s and 1930s.^[2]

References

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

External links

Station Reporter—Broadway El

New York City Subway stations

Jamaica Line	Demolished stations Broadway Ferry Driggs Avenue [← to Essex Street, Nassau St. Line] Marcy Avenue Hewes Street Lorimer Street Flushing Avenue Park Avenue (demolished) Myrtle Avenue Kosciuszko Street Gates Avenue Halsey Street Chauncey Street Broadway Junction [~~to Atlantic Avenue, Canarsie Line →~~] Alabama Avenue Van Siclen Avenue Cleveland Street Norwood Avenue Crescent Street Cypress Hills 75th Street–Elderts Lane 85th Street–Forest Parkway Woodhaven Boulevard 104th Street 111th Street 121st Street [to Sutphin Boulevard, Archer Avenue Lines →] Demolished stations Metropolitan Avenue Queens Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard 160th Street 168th Street

See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

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