Broadway Ferry (BMT Jamaica Line)
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Broadway Ferry was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line
. It had 2 tracks and 1 island platform
. It closed due in part to the mainline BMT Jamaica Line
providing direct service to Manhattan
via the Williamsburg Bridge
after 1908. The next stop to the north was Driggs Avenue
.
BMT Jamaica Line
The Jamaica Line is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East New York, Brooklyn, and then east over Fulton Street and Jamaica Avenue to...
. It had 2 tracks and 1 island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
. It closed due in part to the mainline BMT Jamaica Line
BMT Jamaica Line
The Jamaica Line is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East New York, Brooklyn, and then east over Fulton Street and Jamaica Avenue to...
providing direct service to Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
via the Williamsburg Bridge
Williamsburg Bridge
The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan at Delancey Street with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn at Broadway near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway...
after 1908. The next stop to the north was Driggs Avenue
Driggs Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)
Driggs Avenue was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line. It had three tracks and two side platforms. It closed due in part to the mainline BMT Jamaica Line providing direct service to Manhattan via the Williamsburg Bridge after 1908. The next stop to the north was Marcy...
.