Eastern Parkway station

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 Eastern Parkway
 
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
AddressSnediker Avenue and Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Borough Brooklyn
Locale East New York
Coordinates 40°40′25″N73°54′11″W / 40.673480°N 73.902947°W / 40.673480; -73.902947
Division B (BMT) [1]
Line BMT Canarsie Line
BMT Fulton Street Line
ServicesNone
Structure Elevated
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedNovember 18, 1889;133 years ago (1889-11-18)
ClosedNovember 17, 1918;104 years ago (1918-11-17) [2]
Station succession
Next north Atlantic Avenue
Next south Pennsylvania Avenue (Fulton Street)
Sutter Avenue (Canarsie)
Location
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Eastern Parkway station

Station service legend
SymbolDescription
NYCS-SSI-alltimes.svg Stops in station at all times
NYCS-SSI-allexceptnights.svg Stops all times except late nights
NYCS-SSI-nightsonly.svg Stops late nights only
NYCS-SSI-nightsweekends.svg Stops late nights and weekends only
NYCS-SSI-weekdaysonly.svg Stops weekdays during the day
NYCS-SSI-weekendsonly.svg Stops weekends during the day
NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
NYCS-SSI-rushonly.svg Stops rush hours only
NYCS-SSI-rushpeak.svg Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
NYCS-SSI-closed.svg Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

The Eastern Parkway station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 1 island platform and was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. [3] The station was opened on November 18, 1889, one of three other stations along the line to open on that date. [4] The next stop to the east was Pennsylvania Avenue. The next stop to the west was Atlantic Avenue, which it was in close proximity to. [5] It was even closer to the still existing Sutter Avenue station on the BMT Canarsie Line. It closed on November 17, 1918, and was replaced by Hinsdale Street station.

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References

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