The Cleveland Street station (formerly the Cleveland Avenue station) is a
skip-stop
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station
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
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on the
BMT Jamaica Line
The BMT Jamaica Line, formerly known as the Broadway (Brooklyn) Line, is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn and Queens. It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East ...
of the
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 Tr ...
in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...
. It is served by the
J train at all times. The
Z train skips this station when it operates.
History
This elevated station was originally built by the
Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
The Brooklyn Elevated Railroad was an elevated railroad company in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It operated from 1885 until 1899, when it was merged into the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company-controlled Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad.
...
as the first station to be built along the Cypress Hills extension of the
Lexington Avenue Elevated
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 Corporat ...
line, which was also shared by the Broadway Elevated east of
Gates Avenue. The station opened on May 30, 1893.
The station has been exclusively for the Jamaica Line since the closure of the Lexington Avenue Line on October 13, 1950.
The station was closed for renovations in the mid-2000s. As part of the station renovation project, the stairs were rehabilitated, the floors were renewed, major structural repairs were made, new canopies were installed, the area around the station booth was reconfigured, the platform edge strips were replaced, walls were replaced, and a high-quality public address system was installed. The renovation cost $8.41 million.
Station layout
The station has two tracks and one
island platform
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.
The canopy is located at the west end of the platform and is short and has arched supports.
Exit
The station's only entrance and exit is a
station house at the west end of the platform. It has a bank of two
turnstile
A turnstile (also called a gateline, baffle gate, automated gate, turn gate in some regions) is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. A turnstile can be configured to enforce One-way traffic#One-way traffic of people, one-way ...
s, token booth, and one staircase going down to an elevated passageway beneath the tracks. Outside of
fare control
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, there are two stairs, one to each western corner of Fulton and Cleveland Streets.
See also
*
Substation 401
References
External links
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* Station Reporter â€
J Train* The Subway Nut â€
Cleveland Street Pictures
* MTA's Arts For Transit â€
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.679556,-73.885524&spn=0,0.013314&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.679669,-73.885556&panoid=9do9XEHv0T3v0PQorT8T5g&cbp=12,236.06,,0,6.74 Cleveland Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
Platform from Google Maps Street View
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BMT Jamaica Line stations
1893 establishments in New York (state)
New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1893
Cypress Hills, Brooklyn