Sands Street station

Sands Street was a station on the demolished BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. It was a large complex with two levels.

Sands St.
Aerial view of Sands Street station in 1936
General information
Location	Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard and Sands Street Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40.699943°N 73.988345°W / 40.699943; -73.988345
Line(s)	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Platforms	2 island platforms (upper level) 5 island platforms and 5 side platforms (lower level)
Tracks	12 (4 upper level, 8 lower level)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	September 1, 1888; 136 years ago (September 1, 1888)
Closed	March 5, 1944; 81 years ago (March 5, 1944)
Previous names	Brooklyn Bridge
Former services in 1939
Preceding station BMT Lines Following station Terminus 5: Culver "L" service Adams Street toward Stillwell Avenue 6: Fifth Avenue–Bay Ridge Adams Street toward 65th Street 11: Myrtle Avenue Adams Street toward Metropolitan Avenue Park Row Terminus 12: Lexington Avenue Adams Street toward Eastern Parkway 13: Fulton Street Express Franklin Avenue toward Lefferts Avenue 13: Fulton Street Local Court Street toward Lefferts Avenue
Location

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).^[1]

The next stop to the south was:

• Adams Street for trains that used the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, including the BMT West End Line until 1916, the BMT Lexington Avenue Line, until the close of the station, the BMT Sea Beach Line's predecessor, until 1913, and the BMT Fifth Avenue Line until its closure in 1940 and
• Court Street for trains using the BMT Fulton Street Line, until 1940, including, until 1920, BMT Brighton Line 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.^[2]