Smith-Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line)
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| New York City Subway station Smith–Ninth Streets |
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| Line | IND Culver Line |
| Services | F G |
| Platforms | 2 side platformss |
| Tracks | 4 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Opened | July 1, 1933 |
| Next North | Carroll Street F G |
| Next South | Fourth Avenue F |
Smith–Ninth Streets is a station on the New York City Subway's IND Culver Line. It is located over the Gowanus Canal between Ninth and Tenth Streets in Gowanus, Brooklyn. It is served by the F train and is the southern terminal of the G, except during occasional service disruptions.
With an elevation of about 90 feet, this station is the highest in the system; this elevation was required by now-defunct navigation regulations for tall-mast shipping on the Gowanus Canal. The bridge rises straight up on 4 towers by cables, but is only occasionly raised. This station and the next station south, Fourth Avenue, were the only original elevated stations built by the Independent Subway System (IND); all other IND stations were built underground or taken over from original owners.
This station is a local station, with two side platforms and four tracks. Only the local tracks are in use; the express tracks are only used during service changes. South of the station, the express tracks are used to turn G trains.
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[edit] External links
- nycsubway.org — IND Crosstown: Smith/9th Street
- Station Reporter — F Train
- Station Reporter — G Train
- Forgotten NY — Crazy Train: NYC's Weirdest Subway Stations
