Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station

The Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station (shown as "Hoyt-Schermerhorn" on official subway maps) 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 A and G trains at all times, as well as the C train except at night.

For the station actually at Hoyt Street and Fulton Street, see Hoyt Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line).

 Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets
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New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from Queens-bound platform, looking east
Station statistics
AddressHoyt Street & Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleDowntown Brooklyn
Coordinates40°41′20.48″N 73°59′10.11″W
DivisionB (IND)
Line   IND Crosstown Line
IND Fulton Street Line
Services   A  (all times)
​   C  (all except late nights)​
   G  (all times)
Transit
StructureUnderground
Platforms4 island platforms (2 in passenger service)
cross-platform interchange
Tracks6 (4 in passenger service)
Other information
OpenedApril 9, 1936 (1936-04-09)
Accessible ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; accessibility to platforms planned
AccessibilityCross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other namesHoyt–Schermerhorn
Traffic
20232,795,555  21.1%
Rank126 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
Jay Street–MetroTech
A  ​C 
via Canal Street
Express		 Nostrand Avenue
A 
toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue or Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard

Local		 Lafayette Avenue
A  ​C 
toward Euclid Avenue
Bergen Street
G 
toward Church Avenue
Fulton Street
G 
toward Court Square
Location
Track layout

to Court Street
from Jay Street–MetroTech
to Bergen Street
to Jay Street–MetroTech
to Fulton Street
to Nostrand Avenue
( late nights) to Lafayette Avenue
Tracks used by the
Tracks used by the
Non-revenue service
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times
Stops late nights only

Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets was developed as an interchange station between the Fulton Street and Crosstown lines of the Independent Subway System (IND). Construction began around 1929, and it was opened on April 9, 1936. Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets has six tracks and four island platforms, with two platforms and three tracks for each direction of service. The innermost tracks in each direction originally served Crosstown Line trains, while the center tracks were supposed to serve Fulton Street express trains and the outermost tracks were supposed to serve Fulton Street local trains to Court Street. However, Court Street was only served by a shuttle train from Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets, which stopped running in 1946.

Today, all Fulton Street Line trains use the center tracks in each direction, and all Crosstown Line trains use the innermost tracks, while the outermost tracks and platforms are not used for revenue service. Until 1981, the outer platforms were used by special trains to Aqueduct Racetrack, which stopped on the center tracks in each direction. Today, the abandoned tracks and platforms are only used on special occasions, such as for film shoots or moving trains to the New York Transit Museum at the former Court Street station. The mezzanine has also been used for film shoots, most famously for the video of Michael Jackson's single "Bad".

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