Sands Street was a station on the demolished

BMT Myrtle Avenue Line The Myrtle Avenue Line, also called the Myrtle Avenue Elevated, is a fully elevated line of the New York City Subway as part of the BMT division. The line is the last surviving remnant of one of the original Brooklyn elevated railroads. The rem ...

. It was a large complex with two levels. The lower level served trains going to Park Row in

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

via the

Brooklyn Bridge Elevated Line The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/ suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River ...

. It had four tracks and two

island platforms An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

, with the outer platform faces serving streetcars. The upper level had a terminal and a loop for terminating trains. The Sands Street Terminal had four tracks and three island platforms and a

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

located to the east. This was to the west of the loop tracks and platforms. The Sands Street Loop had platforms on High Street (one island and two

s with two tracks) and on Sands Street (also two tracks and one island and two side platforms).Downtown Brooklyn Elevated Lines (TheJoeKorNer)
/ref> The next stop to the south was: * Adams Street for trains that used the

, including the BMT West End Line until 1916, the

BMT Lexington Avenue Line The BMT Lexington Avenue Line (also called the Lexington Avenue elevated) was the first standard elevated railway in Brooklyn, New York, operated in its later days by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corpor ...

, until the close of the station, the

BMT Sea Beach Line The BMT Sea Beach Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, connecting the BMT Fourth Avenue Line at 59th Street via a four-track wide open cut to Coney Island in Brooklyn. It has at times hosted the fastest ...

's predecessor, until 1913, and the

BMT Fifth Avenue Line The Fifth Avenue Line, also called the Fifth Avenue Elevated or Fifth Avenue–Bay Ridge Line, was an elevated rail line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It ran above Hudson Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Fifth Avenue, 38th Street, and Thir ...

until its closure in 1940 and * Court Street for trains using the

BMT Fulton Street Line The Fulton Street Line, also called the Fulton Street Elevated or Kings County Line, was an elevated rail line mostly in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It ran above Fulton Street from Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn in Downtown Brooklyn east ...

, until 1940, including, until 1920,

BMT Brighton Line The BMT Brighton Line, also known as the Brighton Beach Line, is a rapid transit line in the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. Local service is provided at all times by the Q train, but is joined ...

trains. The next stop and terminal to the north was Park Row for trains serving Manhattan. Trains on the upper level loop terminated at Sands Street. It closed on March 5, 1944.

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Sands Street BMT Station (NYCSubway.org)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sands Street (Bmt Station) Defunct BMT Myrtle Avenue Line stations Defunct BMT Fulton Street Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888 Railway stations closed in 1944