DeKalb Avenue has six tracks, with island platforms between the first and second, and fifth and sixth tracks (the two center tracks have no platforms). To the north, the outside and center tracks head towards the View from the East River Cross section The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn. The bridge was opened on December 31, 1909 and was designed and built by Polish bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski with the deflection... Manhattan Bridge, with a flying junction to split the tracks between two on the south side (to the BMT Manhattan Bridge Line) and two on the north side (to the IND Chrystie Street Connection). In the middle of this flying junction is the abandoned Myrtle Avenue station. The second and fifth tracks from DeKalb Avenue head north along the BMT Fourth Avenue Line into the Montague Street Tunnel towards the BMT Broadway Line.

To the south, the two center tracks become the express tracks on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. The four outer tracks split at a flying junction with two becoming the BMT Brighton Line and two becoming the Fourth Avenue Line local tracks. South of this junction, crossover tracks connect the local tracks to the express tracks, allowing Fourth Avenue Line express trains to stop at DeKalb Avenue.

Since it opened, DeKalb Avenue has been a major transfer point between A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... BMT services, with the lines splitting north and south of the station. DeKalb Avenue is handicapped accessible for cross-platform transfers between trains going in the same direction. The fully accessible Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Avenue complex, just to the south, provides for the same transfers but requires passing through a corridor to transfer.

Until late April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. April begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Aries and ends in the sign of Taurus. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Pisces... April 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 - The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be... 1961, the station had only four tracks. This resulted in delays, as there are six tracks total on the lines coming into it on each end. At the same time, the junction towards the View from the East River Cross section The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn. The bridge was opened on December 31, 1909 and was designed and built by Polish bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski with the deflection... Manhattan Bridge was rebuilt, and the Myrtle Avenue station was closed. The The Chrystie Street Connection is a major connecting line of the New York City Subway System, and is one of the few connections between lines of the BMT and IND divisions. As a road, Chrystie Street extends northward to become Manhattans Second Avenue, and the Chrystie Street Connection is... Chrystie Street Connection project was also tied to this improvement, as it would handle more trains coming off the bridge.

An earlier plan called the Ashland Place Connection would have allowed trains on the elevated BMT Fulton Street Line trains to tun into the subway through DeKalb Avenue, making the bottleneck even worse. This was not built in part because the city was more interested in building its own system, the The Independent Subway System (IND, formerly ISS), and even earlier the Independent City-Owned Subway System (ICOS) or Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad was one of the three systems that is now part of the New York City Subway. For operational purposes, the IND is merged with the BMT... IND.[1] (http://www.nycsubway.org/ind/indhist.html) However, a whole new subway was also planned, splitting from this line and heading under the This entry is about the East River in New York City. For other uses, please see East River (disambiguation). The East River is a tidal strait in New York City connecting Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long... East River to the BMT Broadway Line at City Hall. This plan was considered in various forms between late 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. Impressionist Monet paints Water Lilies. January 8 - Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli January 17 - The Professional Golfers Association... 1916 and 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-April January 1 - Irelands first regular radio service, 2RN (later Radio Éireann), begins broadcasting. January 8 - Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz January 12 - Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll... 1926.

The DeKalb Avenue station was built with provisions for a possible track connection to Nevins Street on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line; see that page for details.

External links

• NYCsubway.org - DeKalb Avenue Station (http://nycsubway.org/bmt/manhbr/#dekalb)

References

• Better Fulton St. Transit, The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which also publishes other major newspapers like International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe, among... new York Times December 30, 1916 page 10 (the first mention of the Ashland Place Connection in the New York Times)
• Plans New Transit Tube to Brooklyn, The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which also publishes other major newspapers like International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe, among... New York Times December 7, 1919 page E1
• Wants Subway Pushed, The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which also publishes other major newspapers like International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe, among... New York Times December 20, 1926 page 16 (the last mention of the Ashland Place Connection in the New York Times)
• Construction of New IND Tunnel for 6th Ave. Line Begins Today, The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which also publishes other major newspapers like International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe, among... New York Times April 19, 1961 page 41