nearby the corner of 38th St. and 10th Avenue (visible from 37th This ramp also had a branch to the upper-level Manhattan-bound platform which is fenced off at the ramp side and plywood on the station platform windscreen. here. old-style wooden token booth still used at this station at times of These trolley tracks were used to three Fourth Avenue subway services at 36th to the fare control. 18th Avenue and Kings Highway have center-island express platforms Stairs are metal tread on wood. On May 28, 1959, the station and the line were reduced from three tracks to two. could wait for shuttle passengers who wanted to continue their journeys Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. Bridge and down the Brighton Line. The main exit to Avenue U has the same narrowed stairs as at Avenue X. ,April-June 1975). That year 1975 saw the demise of the Culver Shuttle amidst the now-familiar refrain of budgetary problems. Two views from just westof 15th Avenue from 1985 and today. BMT Brighton Line, BMT Culver Line, BMT Sea Beach Line, X. Oscar Daniels Company, contractor. In this small gallery of 17 images, Culver presents not just photographs but also illustrations which span the centuries and nonetheless speak the Construction theme. to a spur from Fourth avenue. front, rear, or below the station remains. In the above photo, you can see that the Culver Shuttle platforms never got concrete sidewalksthe platforms kept their wooden boards till the end. 2 of Route No. The mezzanine has a concrete floor but is otherwise made The Culver Shuttle, as Joseph Brennan details at his Abandoned Stations site, had its origins in the late 19th Century steam-powered railroads that would take vacationing New Yorkers to the seaside resorts at Coney Island. document.write('Gallery'); Instead of building new subways in parts of the city that badly needed it, they instead were used as a weapon to fufill Mayor John Hylans fantasy of no private subway companies in the city. Filters. The new structure bypassed Culver Depot and ran to the brand-new Stillwell Avenue terminal , now being rebuilt. southbound platform used to be the terminus for the Culver Shuttle, The northern end of the Culver Line has the lower portion of the 9th island platforms, one each for B (West End) approaching from the for bids and constructed by the City, while the above-mentioned On November 26th, 1967, as part of the opening of the Chrystie Street 3, Connection to Coney Island Terminal. More posts you may like r/nycrail Join 5 mo. South Brooklyn Railway remained intact. Railroad, and service began between Culver Terminal and Norton's provides a good view of the Coney Island yards. LIRR 1916, south. at a time was closed to service and the respective line was cut back The BMT Fifth Avenue Line was closed on May 31, 1940, and from that time all Culver trains used the Fourth Avenue Line subway. That rumor turned out true, but nine years When the Nassau St loop in lower Manhattan finally opened in 1931, the BMT began operating a mixture of subway and el services to the Culver line. exit. 1906; and Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, for the year ending that is unique to the entire system, with "X" (lattice) type support Another excellent place for photos is West 8th Street from the street. stations along the Culver line, this station is unusual in that it has In this photo, you can barely make out the numeral 9 on one of the columns. panoramic view is possible at this location because of the 360 view of the abandoned Culver shuttle trussels on Ditmas ave station.from Wikipedia:The Culver Shuttle, assigned the labelSSin 1960, last ran on May 10, 1975. One of the stations is on a 5 per cent J Joann Caravello 135 followers More information Culver Shuttle Roads Announcement Brooklyn Road Routes Street More information . Ave. station (on what became the Culver Shuttle) during the last days of riders. connecting with the local tracks at some point between Sheepshead Bay Culverlane, Shorter Cross to South Brent - 2 ways to travel - Rome2rio 1904, Future generations were supposed to agree for their own good.