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began using the station during off-peak hours, while the cable-hauled shuttle continued to run at rush hours. Traffic at the station peaked in 1907, during what was known as the "Brooklyn Bridge crush", and additional stairways from the street to the terminal station were built. On January 27, 1908,
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system, the Fifth Avenue and Bay Ridge lines and services were abandoned, which also ended remaining Culver elevated service via those lines. The main line of the Fulton Street line was abandoned at the same time and, on June 1, a new service, Fulton–Lex, was introduced, bringing trains from the
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At its height, Park Row Terminal had four platforms on four tracks in the main part of the terminal, and another three platforms on two tracks beyond (west of) the main train shed. This resulted in very complex scheduling and track shifting, so that most trains discharged their passengers at
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For the first fifteen years of its existence, it was used exclusively by trains of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway, a cable-hauled line that spanned the length of the bridge between Park Row and another terminal at the Brooklyn end of the bridge.
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were shifted to the elevated tracks and used them until 1950, when all public transit was removed from the bridge. The streetcars did not use the Park Row terminal, but continued to use the trolley loops beneath the train shed, which was torn down.
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on June 22, 1915. On June 23, 1916, West End trains began using the Fourth Avenue subway exclusively. This was followed by the withdrawal of Brighton Beach service on August 1, 1920, when Brighton Beach trains began using a new connection to the
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to elevated train traffic in 1913, it was the only Manhattan station available for elevated trains from Brooklyn and the only elevated station in Manhattan to be owned by a company other than the
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On March 5, 1944, all remaining elevated lines stopped using Park Row, and the Myrtle Avenue, Lexington Avenue, and Fulton–Lex services were cut back to the Bridge Street station in
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In 1936, Park Row was reconfigured to two tracks total (the two southern main shed tracks) due to declining use and to simplify operations. On May 31, 1940, in preparation for the
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As new bridges and new subways took the pressure off the Brooklyn Bridge services, ridership at Park Row gradually declined. In 1913, BMT built the nearby
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via Myrtle Avenue Line and Fifth Avenue Line from 36th Street and 5th Avenue, Brooklyn (cars often attached to end of Culver trains during non-rush hours)
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subway, severing its connection with the Fulton Street Line. On May 30, 1931, some Culver trains were rerouted to the Fourth Avenue subway and the
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October 27, 1913, was the last day of Sea Beach elevated service, in preparation for the new grade-separated line that began to use the
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surviving outer portion of the Fulton Street Line to Park Row over the Broadway, Lexington and Myrtle Avenue Lines.
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dedicated exit platforms and then were transferred to tracks on other platforms for loading of outgoing passengers.
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via Myrtle Avenue Line and Fifth Avenue Line from 36th Street and 5th Avenue, Brooklyn via 9th Avenue upper level.
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via Myrtle Avenue Line and Fifth Avenue Line from 36th Street and 5th Avenue, Brooklyn via 9th Avenue lower level.
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How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County
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the shuttle was eliminated and elevated trains began running to Park Row at all times.
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From 1898 until 1913, the following lines were hosted at least part-time at Park Row:
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Brooklyn Bridge & Centre St & Brooklyn Bridge Promenade New York, NY 10013
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Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS)
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Small, Charles S. (1957). "The Railway of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge".
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via Myrtle Avenue Line, Fifth Avenue Line, and West End Line from
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On June 18, 1898, elevated trains of predecessor companies of the
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Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
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From Myrtle Avenue Line (Brooklyn Union Elevated Railway)
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Defunct Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation stations
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The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin
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Railway stations in the United States closed in 1950
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New York City Subway station in Manhattan, New York
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Park Row station
New York City Subway

Manhattan
Park Row
40°42′44″N 74°0′16″W / 40.71222°N 74.00444°W / 40.71222; -74.00444
B
BMT
BMT Brighton Line
BMT Culver Line
BMT Fulton Street Line
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
BMT Lexington Avenue Line
Fifth Avenue Line (Brooklyn elevated)
BMT West End Line
Elevated
island platforms
side platforms
Spanish solution
Sands Street
Park Row Terminal is located in New York City Subway
Park Row Terminal is located in New York City
Park Row Terminal is located in New York
Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends
Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekends during the day
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction

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