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Ditmas Avenue Station · Opened 3/16/1919

This station currently, and as constructed, has three active tracks and two side platforms. The north exit to Cortelyou Road is a high exit with closed mezzanine of wood. A view through the windows shows a booth inside. The main exit at Ditmas Avenue is to the south and is also wood. The station has full windscreen. A tower is at the south end of the northbound platform.

North of the station, the concrete ramp into the IND Church Avenue tunnel was built along with that station (which opened in 1933). The scheme to connect the IND to the Culver line was hatched in the early days of the IND planning as a way to bring the IND to Coney Island. The steel structure to join the IND to the Culver line was started in about 1940 but interrupted by World War II. Work resumed in the early 1950s and completed in 1954.

After the IND connection was completed, the west (southbound) platform at Ditmas Avenue was converted to an island platform with a fourth trackway added on the outer side. Picture a track behind what was the outer wall of a classical BMT local elevated station. The wall was removed and the platform finished to allow the shuttle to serve riders here. The track ended with a small bumper within the station but the trackway ironwork continued south and merged into the downtown local track. There never was an attachment between the two tracks. Shuttle service was terminated in 1975 with the portion between here and 9th Avenue torn down shortly thereafter. Only the remnants of this additional fourth trackway at Ditmas Avenue remain.


(image 107342) (246k, 1044x706)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R160A/R160B
Photo by: Richard Chase
Date: 10/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 159 / 159


(image 86669) (188k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 5542
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 7/22/2009
Notes: Outbound
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 149


(image 86831) (190k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 5854
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 7/22/2009
Notes: Outbound
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 75


(image 90604) (221k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R160A (Option 1) (Alstom, 2008-2009, 5 car sets) 9477
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 7/22/2009
Notes: Outbound
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 301


(image 103053) (172k, 1044x701)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75)
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 7/22/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 191


(image 103054) (178k, 1044x703)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R160A (Option 1) (Alstom, 2008-2009, 5 car sets)
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 7/22/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 381


(image 86674) (176k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 5854
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 7/22/2009
Notes: Outbound
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 106


(image 90593) (210k, 930x601)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R160B (Option 1) (Kawasaki, 2008-2009) 9177
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 7/22/2009
Notes: Outbound
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 242


(image 86667) (245k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 5542
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 7/22/2009
Notes: Outbound
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 260


(image 102147) (196k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R160B (Option 1) (Kawasaki, 2008-2009) 91xx
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 512


(image 102137) (219k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4552
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 474


(image 102142) (271k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Notes: Original Culver line trackways.
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 705


(image 102143) (237k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 5628
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 327


(image 102145) (266k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 6xxx
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 283


(image 102146) (220k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4552
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 393


(image 102139) (259k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75)
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 399


(image 102144) (239k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4778
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 227


(image 102141) (297k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 5772
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 282


(image 102138) (269k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4552
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 381


(image 102140) (287k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Culver Line
Location: Ditmas Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 5842
Photo by: David-Paul Gerber
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 343


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