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Ditmas Avenue

Boro	Brooklyn	Lines Served
Year Opened	1919	Lines Served
Street Location	McDonald Ave & Ditmas Ave	Transfers
Platform Layout	2 side platforms*	Right-of-Way	Elevated
# of Tracks	3 tracks*	Former Name(s)
Points of Interest	Ditmas Ave is the northern end of the remaining Culver elevated. In 1954 the IND had "re-captured" the culver by building a ramp up from Church Ave to Ditmas. At one time the culver El turned onto 39th to head towards the 5th Ave Brooklyn El. The section of El between Ditmas and 9th Ave was closed in 1974. Evidence of the old El is still there. The side track for the El shuttle is gone, but steel work remains. * There are 4 trackways, but track for old Culver shuttle is gone. The southbound side platform was originally an island platform

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City bound F-train descending the ramp from Ditmas Ave to Church Ave. (4/7/02)	Coney Island bound train leaving the subway for the elevated on McDonald Ave. (4/7/02)
Train curving from the 4-track subway to the 3-track elevated. Note the old steelwork to the right for the Culver Line to 9th Ave. (4/7/02)
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To: Coney Island	To: Jamaica-179th St
18th Ave	Church Ave

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