Sands Street station
Sands Street was a station on the demolished BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. It was a large complex with two levels.
Sands Street
Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard and Sands Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
2 island platforms (upper level)
5 island platforms and 5 side platforms (lower level)
12 (4 upper level, 8 lower level)
September 1, 1888
March 5, 1944
Brooklyn Bridge
out of 423[2]
Park Row (Brooklyn Bridge)
Adams Street (Myrtle, 5th, Lexington, Culver, West End)
Court Street (Fulton, Brighton)
Clark Street (Fulton, Brighton originally)
The lower level served trains going to Park Row in Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge Elevated Line. It had four tracks and two island platforms, 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 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 side platforms with two tracks) and on Sands Street (also two tracks and one island and two side platforms).[3]
The next stop to the south was:
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.[4]