Suggestions to honor michael jackson at hoytschermerhorn station. On april 9, 1936, nine stations opened in brooklyn, including the hoytschermerhorn streets subway station. The entire station is open as a museum, so both mezzanine and platform levels are accessible. Check out this roundup of 7 of nycs abandoned subway stations and and more detailed history of the abandoned 18th. Rbw of the brooklyn bound r32 c train hoyt schermerhorn. The station has four island platforms and six tracks in total, with only the central four tracks and two island platforms are currently in use. The hoyt schermerhorn station has been used for several film movies and this include michael jackson bad, coming to america, the wiz, and more.
As well as currently servicing the a, c, and g lines, it was once home to a shuttle line. Rbw of the brooklyn bound r32 c train west 4th street to hoyt schermerhorn. Discover hoytschermerhorn subway station in brooklyn, new york. Omg, i found the michael jackson bad train station. In an effort to expose nycs abandoned subway stations and incomplete platforms and levels, were taking you inside the hoytschermerhorn stop in brooklyn. Hoyt schermerhorn streets shown as hoyt schermerhorn on official subway maps is an express station of the new york city subway, serving the ind crosstown line and the ind fulton street line. Each of the two abandoned platforms at the station is adjacent to one of the open platforms. A compromise for the michael jackson subway station the new. Most gratifying are the historical details worked into many of the essays, such as. The hoytschermerhorn station may be the connecting point between the g and ac lines, but back in 1987 the station also served as the set of. A couple weeks ago, a track worker was killed at the station. History of brooklyns hoytschermerhorn subway station. Hoytschermerhorn subway station brooklyn, new york atlas. Media in category hoytschermerhorn streets new york city subway the following 41 files are in this category, out of 41 total.
Not too far from the schermerhorn station there was a terrible train wreck about niety years ago. The accident was so horrific that the city actually renamed the street where it occurred. Hoytschermerhorn subway station brooklyn, new york. Downtown brooklyn straphanger trivia downtown brooklyn. The two extra platforms at hoytschermerhorn have been closed ever since. Hoytschermerhorn streets is a very unusual ind express station and across platform transfer point between fulton street line a,c trains and crosstown line g trains. The station was part of the ind line as a shuttle between court street and the stop at hoyt schermerhorn. The terminus at court street was repurposed into the excellent mta.
The hoyt schermerhorn subway station in downtown brooklyn is remarkable in that half of it is abandoned. Hoytschermerhorn subway station with images subway. What is the history of the naming of the hoytschermerhorn. The hoyt schermerhorn station has been used for several film mov. Located at the intersection of hoyt street and schermerhorn street in downtown brooklyn, it is served by the a and g trains at all times, and the c train at all times except late nights. Along with two platforms at the neighboring hoyt schermerhorn station, the onceabandoned tracks now host old system cars as part of the museums historic display of subway memorabilia. Michael jackson got bad and crocodile dundee walked on heads in this iconic brooklyn. Hoyt schermerhorn abandoned subway platform brooklyn nyc untapped.
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