High Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°41′56″N 73°59′23″W / 40.69889°N 73.98972°W / 40.69889; -73.98972
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 High Street
 
NYCT Bus: B25
  • Ferry transport NYC Ferry: East River, South Brooklyn (at BBP Pier 1)
    • StructureUnderground
    Platforms1 island platform
    Tracks2
    Other information
    OpenedJune 24, 1933; 90 years ago (1933-06-24)[2]
    Opposite-
    direction
    transfer    		Yes
    Former/other namesHigh Street–Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, Cranberry Street
    Traffic
    20232,247,144[3] Increase 3.7%
    Rank153 out of 423[3]
    Services
    Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
    Fulton Street
    A all times ​C all except late nights
    via Canal Street
    		 Jay Street–MetroTech
    A all times ​C all except late nights
    via Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets
    Location
    High Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
    High Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
    High Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City
    High Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
    High Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York
    High Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
    Track layout

    Legend
    to
    Fulton Street
    to
    Jay Street–MetroTech
    Street map

    Map

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

    The High Street station, also signed as High Street–Brooklyn Bridge, and also referred to as Brooklyn Bridge Plaza and Cranberry Street,

    Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Its name comes from older street names; its original location was at the intersection of High Street and Washington Street. It is served by the A train at all times and the C
    train at all times except late nights.

    History

    Station entrance, with a sign that gives the station name as "High Street–Brooklyn Bridge"

    The High Street station was part of a three-stop extension of the IND Eighth Avenue Line from

    Cranberry Street Tunnel under the East River, instead of typical cut-and-cover (or open-cut) construction methods, the station site was constructed 70 feet (21 m) below the street (the tunnel is 90 feet (27 m) below the surface at its lowest point) using mining techniques. The station was built between the eastern ends of the cast-iron river tubes reinforced with cement, leading to its tubular design.[7] The depth of the station meant that few buildings in the area would be disturbed or demolished, except for two structures along Cranberry Street between Henry Street and Old Fulton Street.[8]

    The extension opened to Jay Street on February 1, 1933, but the High Street station remained closed for an additional five months. The trains ran through the station without stopping, because the

    Otis Elevator Company.[10] The station opened on June 24, 1933.[2]

    The station was located below the sites of the

    Sands Street terminal for BMT elevated trains, some of which traveled over the Brooklyn Bridge.[11] The BMT station closed in 1944 and was replaced by Cadman Plaza.[12] Old Fulton Street (now Cadman Plaza West) and Cranberry Street was also the site of the printing shop where Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was first published in 1855.[13] The area is now the site of the Whitman Close Apartments.[14]

    The High Street station was the site of an attempted robbery of subway revenue on June 18, 1954, in which the unarmed perpetrator was fatally shot by one of the two armed transit employees collecting fares and already-used transfer slips from token booths.[15]

    In the 1970s, the escalators at the eastern end of the station to Adams Street were replaced.[16] New York City councilmember Lincoln Restler founded a volunteer group, the Friends of MTA Station Group, in early 2023 to advocate for improvements to the High Street station and four other subway stations in Brooklyn.[17][18]


    Station layout

    Ground Street level Exit/entrance
    Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, escalators
    Platform level Northbound ← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Fulton Street)
    ← "C" train toward 168th Street (Fulton Street)
    Island platform
    Southbound → "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue, Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard, or
    Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Jay Street–MetroTech) →
    → "C" train toward Euclid Avenue (Jay Street–MetroTech) →
    Tile caption below trim line
    One of the sets of escalators to the station's platforms

    This underground station has two tracks and one

    fare control level and the lower mezzanine level to easier traverse the 70 foot (21 m) drop below street level.[6][7][2][23]

    East (railroad south) of the station, the line curves south onto Jay Street

    track switches with the IND Sixth Avenue Line.[19] A power station for the line is located on the west side of Jay Street just north of Concord Street.[24] A second substation is located at Red Cross Place and Cadman Plaza East.[24]

    Both trackside walls have a dark lavender trim line with an eggplant border, below which are small tile captions reading "HIGH" in white lettering on a black background. Thick I-beam columns painted dark indigo run along the platform at regular intervals, alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.[25]

    Exits

    There are exits at both ends to the full length

    mezzanine[14] along with evidence of removed center exits; since this station was built, the area now known as Cadman Plaza was completely rebuilt. Cadman Plaza East, the short one-block street outside the Red Cross Place exit, was previously called Washington Street;[24] the Washington Street moniker still applies to the road north of Prospect Street.[26] High Street is not directly accessible from the station, as the short one-block street is interrupted by a parking lot.[14] However, Red Cross Place, which was once a part of High Street,[24] is directly accessible.[14]

    The geographic western exit leads to

    Eastern District of New York. These exits were opened following an additional delay to complete the escalators.[2][14] Adams Street was widened from 100 feet (30 m) to 160 feet (49 m) in the 1950s to accommodate new ramps to the Brooklyn Bridge,[24] and now carries the secondary name "Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard". The current exit staircases lead to ether side of Adams Street, acting as a pedestrian underpass.[14] There are painted-over mosaics pointing to former exits at Washington Street (now Cadman Plaza East).[28]

    Ridership

    In 2017, the station had 2,983,672 boardings, making it the 171st most used station in the 425-station system. This amounted to an average of 9,215 passengers per weekday.[4] In 2014, the station had an average of 8,870 daily weekday boardings, up from 5,410 daily boardings in 2005; this represented a 64 percent ridership increase over nine years.[29] The station is the 26th busiest of all stations served by the A and C trains.[29]

    References

    1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
    2. ^ a b c d e f "Jobs Are All Filled on Subway Links – Board Reports Thousands Already Listed – High St. Station, Brooklyn, Opened" (PDF). The New York Times. June 25, 1933. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
    3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
    4. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
    5. ^ a b c "City Opens Subway to Brooklyn Today: Regular Express Service on the Extension of Independent Line Starts at 6:05 A.M." (PDF). The New York Times. February 1, 1933. p. 19. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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    8. Brooklyn Standard Union. November 10, 1927. p. 2. Retrieved June 30, 2016 – via Fultonhistory.com
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    9. ^ "New Subway Link Opens Wednesday: Independent Line Will Offer Express Service to Borough Hall in Brooklyn" (PDF). The New York Times. January 29, 1933. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
    10. The Herald Statesman. Fultonhistory.com
      . February 20, 1933. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
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    12. ^ "Last Train Is Run on Fulton St. 'El' – Mayor, Cashmore, Officials and Civic Leaders Make Trip to Brooklyn Terminus – Razing to Start Soon – 'Funeral' Services for Line, Built in 1888, Are Held in Kings During Afternoon". The New York Times. June 1, 1940. p. 17. Archived from the original on April 30, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
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    14. ^ a b c d e f g h "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Downtown Brooklyn & Borough Hall" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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    16. ^ "Escalators Being Replaced on New York Subways" (PDF). The New York Times. November 25, 1977. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
    17. ^ Brendlen, Kirstyn (February 24, 2023). "Restler launches new 'Friends of MTA Station' initiative to care for 5 local subway stops". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
    18. ^ Nessen, Stephen (March 5, 2023). "Want to be 'friends' with a subway station? A Brooklyn councilmember seeks volunteers". Gothamist. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
    19. ^ a b "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
    20. ^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
    21. ^ "C Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
    22. ^ a b "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
    23. ^ "Taxpayer's Suit on Subway Heard – Decision Reserved on Motion to Block Interest Payment on 8th Av. Line's Bonds – Road's Status is Argued – Plaintiff Contends It Is 'Separate Railroad' — City Holds It One Unit in System". The New York Times. June 17, 1933. p. 15. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
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    25. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (May 16, 2008). "Looking at the purple trimline with a black boarder and black High text beneath it along the platform walls at High St". subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
    26. ^ Google (July 10, 2016). "Cadman Plaza E" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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    28. ^ Photo of painted-over mosaic sign to Washington Street Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, subwaynut.com. The Subway Nut. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
    29. ^ a b Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.

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