Sumner Avenue station

The Sumner Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Lexington Avenue Line in , . It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms. It was opened on May 13, 1885, and was located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Sumner Avenue.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: station on the demolished BMT Lexington Avenue Line
  • Also known as: “Sumner Avenue” and “Sumner Avenue Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Tompkins Avenue station and Herbert Von King Park.

Historic site
The was a station on the demolished BMT Lexington Avenue Line in , . It had two tracks and two side platforms. is situated 1,600 feet west of Sumner Avenue station.

Park
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of in . It was one of the first parks established in Brooklyn, from land originally acquired in 1857.

Public aquarium
The was a makeshift goldfish pond located on a sidewalk in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, neighborhood of . The pond, originally formed by a puddle from a leaky fire hydrant, garnered attention from locals and the press at the time of its creation in August 2024. is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Sumner Avenue station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush and Bushwick.

Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
are in . In addition to the two aforementioned neighborhoods, this travel guide covers Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Midwood.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of . It is bound by the neighborhood of , to the northeast; to the northwest; the cemeteries of Highland Park to the southeast; and to the south and southwest.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in the north-central portion of the borough of . It is bordered by the and Flushing Avenue to the north, to the northeast, Classon Avenue and to the east, Atlantic Avenue and to the south and southwest and Vanderbilt Avenue and to the west.

Sumner Avenue station

Latitude
40.68904° or 40° 41′ 21″ north
Longitude
-73.93923° or 73° 56′ 21″ west
Operator
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Open location code
87G8M3Q6+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5977004663
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7637957
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In Other Languages

From French to Urdu—“Sumner Avenue station” goes by many names.
  • French: “avenue Sumner”
  • French: “Avenue Sumner”
  • Urdu: “سمنر ایونیو اسٹیشن (بی ایم ٹی لیکسنگٹن ایونیو لائن)”
  • Urdu: “سمنر ایونیو اسٹیشن”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Brooklyn Supported Agriculture and Upper Room Baptist Church.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Marcus Garvey Boulevard & Lexington Avenue and Ortiz Deli Grocery.

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