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High Street and Cadman Plaza, undated (after 1935). This photo by Federal Art Project photographer David Robbins was taken from underneath the platform of the Sands Street BMT station. Sands Street was a two-level station with multiple platforms handling train traffic to and from Park Row, via the Brooklyn Bridge and the BMT Fulton Street, Myrtle Avenue, Fifth Avenue, and Lexington Avenue lines (and other discontinued lines sharing the same elevated tracks). The station was closed in March, 1944 and demolished shortly thereafter as part of the city’s redevelopment of Cadman Plaza. Widespread subway service in Brooklyn had made continued elevated train service superfluous, while the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway required the constriction of exit ramps for connecting Brooklyn Bridge traffic.
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Sands Street BMT Station
\[Bridge Plaza at High Street: IND Fulton Line] Survey negative documents the street conditions on High Street as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Fulton Line. View from underneath the elevated railroad and showing the the storefronts and bridge plaza of the station along High Street, stationed at 1+67.
Sands Street BMT Station
\[Sidewalk along High Street: IND Fulton Line] Survey negative documents the street conditions on High Street as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Fulton Line. Showing the stairs leading to the elevated trains and the storefronts along the sidewalk of 18 High Street, stationed at 2+00.
Sands Street BMT Station
\[Streets along High Street: IND Fulton Line] Survey negative documents the street conditions on High Street as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Fulton Line. View from underneath the elevated railroad and showing the the storefronts and apartments along the intersection of Merrick Road and Jamacia Avenue, stationed at 0+25.
Sands Street BMT Station
New York Rapid Transit, Sands Street Station, Brooklyn, April 19, 1937.
Sands Street BMT Station
Sands Street station, Brooklyn, December 15, 1941. General view showing the completion of demolition.
Sands Street BMT Station
Waterfront. \[Underneath the elevated subway.]; Waterfront
Sands Street BMT Station
Waterfront. \[Under elevated railway tracks.]; Waterfront
Sands Street BMT Station
Waterfront. \[Under the El.]; Waterfront
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