DeKalb Ave (BMT Fourth Ave & BMT Brighton Lines)
Lines:
BMT Fourth Ave Line
BMT Brighton Line
List of closed areas:
DeKalb Ave was built as a transfer station between trains traveling to Lower Manhattan through the Montague Street Tunnels, trains traveling to Chinatown through the Manhattan Bridge, the Brighton Line, and the Brooklyn Fourth Avenue Line.
Once containing three exit points, the station has seen multiple areas in it closed off due to high crime rates. One set of exits was completely shuttered; the exit was located in a northern portion of the southern mezzanine; it was converted to the tower controlling all train movement north of the DeKalb Ave station. However, the exit itself still remains for employee access. The northern mezzanine has seen a narrow passage leading one block up from Fleet Street to the southeastern corner of Willoughby Street and Flatbush Avenue Extension closed in 1992 because of security concerns. The passage is now a HVAC room.
Pictures of the closed exits can be viewed in the galleries below:
BMT Fourth Ave Line
BMT Brighton Line
List of closed areas:
- Closed exit from southern mezzanine to west side of Flatbush Avenue Extension between DeKalb Avenue & Fleet Street
- Closed exit from northern mezzanine to Willoughby Street & Flatbush Avenue Extension (SE)
DeKalb Ave was built as a transfer station between trains traveling to Lower Manhattan through the Montague Street Tunnels, trains traveling to Chinatown through the Manhattan Bridge, the Brighton Line, and the Brooklyn Fourth Avenue Line.
Once containing three exit points, the station has seen multiple areas in it closed off due to high crime rates. One set of exits was completely shuttered; the exit was located in a northern portion of the southern mezzanine; it was converted to the tower controlling all train movement north of the DeKalb Ave station. However, the exit itself still remains for employee access. The northern mezzanine has seen a narrow passage leading one block up from Fleet Street to the southeastern corner of Willoughby Street and Flatbush Avenue Extension closed in 1992 because of security concerns. The passage is now a HVAC room.
Pictures of the closed exits can be viewed in the galleries below: