Station: 57th Street (Broadway Line)
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| BMT Broadway Line |
Overview
Opened: 6/19/1919
Express station with two island platforms and four tracks. This station is in fact the terminal station for many of the BMT services when both the Manhattan Bridge and tunnel connections to Brooklyn are open. To handle the dispatching duties, an active tower is at the south end of the southbound platform.
From here, the local tracks turn into to the 60th Street tunnel and the express continue to the 63rd Street tunnel to Queens. The intent of this station was to join the 60th Street line with a line continuing under Central Park. It would be a four-track line along Central Park West to some indefinite northern terminus. The tracks do curve to the west to begin the swing from 7th avenue to C.P.W. When the 63rd Street line was built, the express tracks had to make a reflex curve to now head east. Before the 63rd street line the express tracks continued as layup spurs north of the station. However they were only about 400 feet long. Because they are tied together by a double crossing north of the station, the clear length is only 330 feet or so, not long enough for a six-car train of BMT Standards (just over 400 feet). Hence in historical times they were practically useless for layups or anything else.
Artwork
Carnegie Hall Montage, Josh Scharf (1993)
Photo Gallery
 Image 1208 (65k, 640x480) Photo by: Peggy Darlington Location: 57th Street |
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 Image 39149 (185k, 1024x671) Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: 57th Street |
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 Image 97404 (154k, 1024x664) Collection of: John Barnes Location: 57th Street |
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