 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "13" BMT rapid transit service – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(October 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Subway |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Locale | New York City,United States |
| First service | 1924; 101 years ago (1924) |
| Last service | 29 April 1956; 69 years ago (1956-04-29) |
| Successor | IND Fulton Street Line (only east ofHudson Street) |
| Former operator | BMT |
| Route | |
| Termini | Park Row Lefferts Avenue – 119th Street |
13 was theBMT's designation for service on theBMT Fulton Street Line, not to be confused with today'sIND Fulton Street Line, which uses a portion of the old BMT line at its east end.
When the BMT assigned numbers in 1924,13 was assigned to trains betweenPark Row in Manhattan andLefferts Avenue–119th Street, via theBrooklyn Bridge andBMT Fulton Street Line. Service patterns were rather complicated, with the following services running:
By 1925, local morning trains were added from Grant Avenue to Fulton Ferry or Park Row. Between 1925 and 1931, afternoon rush hour service was changed to the following:
Between 1931 and 1937, local morning trains were shifted from beginning at Atlantic and Grant Avenues to beginning at Grant and Lefferts Avenues. Afternoon service became the following:
Extra service during all rush hours and Saturday mornings ran only from Lefferts Avenue to Atlantic Avenue.
Special14th Street–Fulton Street Express service began on September 23, 1936, running over theBMT 14th Street-Canarsie Line fromEighth Avenue to Atlantic Avenue and over the Fulton Street Line between Hinsdale Street and Lefferts Avenue in Queens on weekdays and Saturdays during rush hours. These trips eliminated the need for riders to transfer at Atlantic Avenue. Ridership counts at the time found that during rush hours, 5,000 passengers transferred between Fulton Street and 14th Street–Canarsie trains. Four trips ran in each direction, running non-stop on the 14th Street Line between Lorimer Street and Myrtle Avenue. Initially, these trains bypassed all stops between Hinsdale Avenue and Hudson Street. Once the platform extensions at stations in between were completed on October 4, 1937, these trains began making these bypassed stops. This service could be run because of the introduction of lightweightMulti-section cars, which were light enough to run on the original elevated structure between Hudson Street and Hinsdale Avenue while being constructed of metal to run in the subway. These trains were carried signs reading "16–8th Ave." toward Manhattan and signs reading "13–Lefferts Ave." toward Queens.[1]
Between 1937 and 1939, local morning trains were truncated at Sands Street (with some still going to Fulton Ferry).
TheBMT Fulton Street Line was closed west ofRockaway Avenue on May 31, 1940, with free transfers to theIND Fulton Street Line. Service from then on was limited to trains running the remaining length, as well as 14th Street–Fulton Street trains and the new Fulton–Lexington Avenue service provided by12 trains.
On June 26, 1952, Rockaway Avenue was closed overnight, and on weekends. During these hours, 13 trains terminated at Eastern Parkway.[2]
On April 26, 1956, the BMT Fulton Street Line was abandoned west ofHudson Street, and the rest became part of theIND Fulton Street Line on April 29.[3]
| Current services |
| ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defunct services |
| ||||||||||||
| Stations (List) |
| ||||||||||||
| Divisions | |||||||||||||
| Other lists | |||||||||||||
| History |
| ||||||||||||
| Infrastructure | |||||||||||||
| Arts and culture | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||
| Other rapid transit in NYC |
| ||||||||||||
