Franklin Avenue · Dean Street · Park Place · Botanic Garden · Prospect Park

Overview

Opened: 6/19/1899 Closed: 9/10/1995

This station was closed in 1996 partly because of its decrepit condition (although it seemed that the concrete portion of the platforms were in better shape than the plywood platform at Park Place) and partly because of its low fare collection (many riders simply jumped the turnstiles). After the station closed, the stairs to the street were removed along with the fluorescent lights from the platforms. The rest of the structure was removed during the 1998-1999 renovation of the Franklin line. Not much trace remains today.

The New York Times wrote upon the closing of Dean Street: "By the Transit Authority's count, Dean Street was, by a wide margin, the least-used of the city's more than 400 stations, with an average of just 82 tokens a day collected last year..... The station holds other distinctions as well. It is one of the city's most decrepit -- with gaping holes in its weather canopies and rust flaking from its supports -- on an elevated line whose physical condition has been an embarrassment to generations of transit officials." - New York Times, "A Subway Station Is Shuttered, the First in 33 Years"</a>, September 11, 1995.

Photo Gallery

Image 2631 (271k, 1024x669) Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Dean Street	Image 4511 (216k, 1024x664) Photo by: Steve Zabel Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Dean Street	Image 4569 (227k, 1024x673) Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Dean Street	Image 5448 (218k, 1024x663) Photo by: Joe Testagrose Location: Dean Street	Image 6443 (235k, 1024x670) Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Dean Street
Image 8213 (260k, 1024x666) Photo by: Steve Zabel Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Dean Street	Image 26101 (310k, 1044x706) Collection of: David Pirmann Location: Dean Street	Image 28544 (204k, 1024x662) Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Dean Street	Image 40468 (258k, 1024x697) Photo by: Doug Grotjahn Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Dean Street	Image 45681 (415k, 710x1044) Collection of: David Pirmann Location: Dean Street
Image 46923 (159k, 1024x653) Photo by: Ed Watson/Arthur Lonto Collection Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Dean Street	Image 65837 (224k, 1044x788) Photo by: Lorraine Maruska Location: Bergen Street Bridge	Image 100814 (285k, 1044x788) Photo by: Lorraine Maruska Location: St. Mark's Ave. Bridge	Image 113306 (118k, 1024x756) Collection of: George Conrad Collection Location: Dean Street	Image 121394 (213k, 1024x697) Photo by: Steve Zabel Collection of: Joe Testagrose Location: Dean Street

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