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Hoyt Street (other)
Hoyt Street may refer to the following stations of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn: *Hoyt Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) The Hoyt Street station (signed as Hoyt Street–Bridge Street and Hoyt Street–Fulton Mall) is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway in Downtown Brooklyn. Located under the intersection of Fulton Street ..., serving the trains * Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (New York City Subway); a station complex consisting of: ** Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (IND Fulton Street Line), serving the trains ** Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (IND Crosstown Line), serving the train {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the New York City boroughs, boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the Government of New York (state), state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the second-most stations after the Beijing Subway, with New York City Subway stations, 472 stations in operation (423, if stations connected by transfers are counted as single stations). The system has operated 24/7 service every day of the year throughout most of its history, barring emergencies and disasters. By annual ridership, the New York City Subway is the busiest rapid transit system in both the Western Hemisphere and the Western world, as well as the List of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoyt Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
The Hoyt Street station (signed as Hoyt Street–Bridge Street and Hoyt Street–Fulton Mall) is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway in Downtown Brooklyn. Located under the intersection of Fulton Street, Hoyt Street, and Bridge Street, the station is served by the 2 train at all times and the 3 train at all times except late nights. History Construction Planning for a subway line in New York City dates to 1864. However, development of what would become the city's first subway line did not start until 1894, when the New York State Legislature passed the Rapid Transit Act. The subway plans were drawn up by a team of engineers led by William Barclay Parsons, the Rapid Transit Commission's chief engineer. The Rapid Transit Construction Company, organized by John B. McDonald and funded by August Belmont Jr., signed the initial Contract 1 with the Rapid Transit Commission in February 1900, in which it would construct the subway and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
