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The Hoyt Street station is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway in Downtown Brooklyn.Located under the intersection of Fulton Street, Hoyt Street, and Bridge Street, the station is served by the 2 train at all times and the 3 train at all times except late nights.
Route 106 was established as a result of the 1962 Route Reclassification Act from previously unsigned state-maintained roads. Middlesex Road, Hoyt Street, Old Stamford Road, and Park Street in Darien and New Canaan was taken over by the state in 1962 as SR 749. The following year, SR 749 was redesignated as part of Route 106.
Traffic to the station began to decline after the Stamford Street Railroad was extended to Camp Avenue. [1] By the 1960s, all station structures were removed, and service took place at a small patch of ballast at the Camp Avenue grade crossing. [1] On August 20, 1969, two trains collided at the Hoyt Street crossing just north of the station.
On August 20, 1969 at about 8:20 p.m., a northbound commuter train with a 3-man crew and about 60 to 80 passengers hit an empty southbound train carrying only 5 employees, killing 4 and injuring 40 just north of the Hoyt Street crossing in Darien. The lead cars of each train were almost completely destroyed.
Hoyt Street may refer to the following stations of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn: Hoyt Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line), serving the 2 and 3 trains; Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (New York City Subway); a station complex consisting of: Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (IND Fulton Street Line), serving the A and C trains
Aside from Police Headquarters, located at 725 Bedford St., opened in 2019, in Downtown Stamford, SPD also operates substations in Stamford's West Side at Wilson St. and W. Main St., and at 1137 High Ridge Rd and Hope Street. The current Chief of Police is Tim Shaw since April 9, 2020, who was a police officer in Stamford before leaving to ...
In 2007, city officials were considering the idea of building a second train station in the area, possibly at the original mainline station site. [7] In December 2010, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell announced that the state Bonding Commission was expected to approve $950,000 in financing for a canopy.
A parking lot is located at the west side of the station off Hope Street. [8] Station parking is controlled by Stamford city government, which owns most of the parking lot. [7] The state owns a much smaller parking area at the south end of the station. [8] The parking lot has landscaping and a "period pedestal clock". [8]