Sands Street was a station on the demolished BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. It was a large complex with 2 levels.
The upper level served trains going to Park Row. It had 4 tracks and 2 island platforms with the outside of the platforms serving streetcars.
The lower level had a terminal and a loop for trains not serving Manhattan. The Sands Street Terminal had 4 tracks and 3 island platforms and a side platform on the East. This was to the West of the Loop tracks and platforms.
The Sands Street Loop had platforms on High Street (one island and two wall with two tracks) and on Sands Street (also two tracks and one island and two wall platforms).
The next stop to the south was:
- Adams Street for trains that used the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, including the BMT West End Line until 1916, the BMT Lexington Avenue Line, until the close of the station, the BMT Sea Beach Line's predecessor, until 1913, and the BMT Fifth Avenue Line until its closure in 1940 and
- Court Street for trains using the BMT Fulton Street Line, until 1940, including, until 1920, BMT Brighton Line trains.
The next stop to the north was:
- Park Row for trains serving Manhattan, and
- Fulton Ferry for trains serving Fulton Ferry.
It closed in 1944.
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