Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (New York City Subway)

Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Queens-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Hoyt Street & Schermerhorn Street Brooklyn, NY 11201
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Downtown Brooklyn
Coordinates	40°41′20.48″N 73°59′10.11″W / 40.6890222°N 73.9861417°W / 40.6890222; -73.9861417Coordinates: 40°41′20.48″N 73°59′10.11″W / 40.6890222°N 73.9861417°W / 40.6890222; -73.9861417
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Crosstown Line IND Fulton Street Line
Services	A  (all times)       C  (all except late nights)       G  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B41, B45, B67 MTA Bus: B103
Structure	Underground
Platforms	4 island platforms (2 in passenger service) cross-platform interchange
Tracks	6 (4 in passenger service)
Other information
Opened	April 9, 1936; 80 years ago (1936-04-09)
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,038,302  2.6%
Rank	171 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Jay Street–MetroTech (Fulton express): A  C  Court Street (Fulton local): no regular service Fulton Street (Crosstown): G
Next south	Lafayette Avenue (Fulton local): A  C  Nostrand Avenue (Fulton express): A  Bergen Street (Culver): G
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only
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Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets is an express station of the New York City Subway, serving the IND Crosstown Line and the IND Fulton Street Line. Located at the intersection of Hoyt Street and Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn, it is served by the:

Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets was constructed as a junction between the Fulton Street and Crosstown lines of the Independent Subway System (IND), and part of the section of the Fulton Street subway under Schermerhorn Street between Court Street and Bond Street. Surveying by the New York City Board of Transportation along Schermerhorn Street began in 1928, and construction began around 1929. Property on the south side of Schermerhorn Street between Bond and Nevins Streets was condemned to facilitate the project. Like other stations along the lines, it was constructed via shallow cut-and-cover methods, with the street covered by wooden planks. In September 1929, a portion of the "plank road" above the station site collapsed.

The station was ceremonially opened by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia on April 9, 1936, with the station serving both Fulton Street Line local and express trains. The station cost approximately $3 million to construct, with the tilework costing $131,000. This station began serving Crosstown Line trains on July 1, 1937, when the Crosstown Line was extended from Nassau Avenue. From this station, northbound Fulton local trains were planned to continue to Court Street and terminate there. Express trains would turn north under Jay Street and continue to Manhattan via the Cranberry Street Tunnel. However, initial Fulton Street service ran entirely local at the time, as the line only ran to Rockaway Avenue. Without express service, local trains provided service to Manhattan via the express tracks at this station while the HH shuttle was instituted to serve Court Street and the local tracks/platforms.