Editing Park Row Terminal (section)

==Early history==
{{stack|float=right|[[File:New York from tower of Brooklyn Bridge LCCN2004673010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Park Row seen from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge]]}}
For the first fifteen years of its existence, it was used exclusively by trains of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway, a cable-hauled line that spanned the length of the bridge between Park Row and another terminal at the Brooklyn end of the bridge.<ref name="Small 1957" />

On June 18, 1898, elevated trains of predecessor companies of the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation|BMT]] began using the station during off-peak hours, while the cable-hauled shuttle continued to run at rush hours.<ref name="Small 1957" />{{Rp|15}} Traffic at the station peaked in 1907, during what was known as the "Brooklyn Bridge crush", and additional stairways from the street to the terminal station were built.<ref name=nyt-1935-03-04>{{Cite news|date=1935-03-04|title=Bridge Terminal to Be Razed Soon; Extension of Brooklyn Span Station at Park Row to Be Closed March 31|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/03/04/archives/bridge-terminal-to-be-razed-soon-extension-of-brooklyn-span-station.html|access-date=2023-05-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On January 27, 1908, the shuttle was eliminated and elevated trains began running to Park Row at all times.<ref>Cudahy, Brian (2002). [https://research.library.fordham.edu/nysh/2/ How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County]. Fordham University Press. p. 168.</ref>

At its height, Park Row Terminal had four platforms on four tracks in the main part of the terminal, and another three platforms on two tracks beyond (west of) the main train shed. This resulted in very complex scheduling and track shifting, so that most trains discharged their passengers at dedicated exit platforms and then were transferred to tracks on other platforms for loading of outgoing passengers.<ref name="Small 1957" />

===Services===
From 1898 until 1913, the following lines were hosted at least part-time at Park Row:

*From Fulton Street Line ([[Kings County Elevated Railway]])
**[[Fulton Street Line (elevated)|Fulton Street Line]]
**[[BMT Brighton Line|Brighton Beach Line]] via Fulton Street Line from [[Franklin Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)|Franklin Avenue]].
*From Myrtle Avenue Line (Brooklyn Union Elevated Railway)
**[[BMT Myrtle Avenue Line|Myrtle Avenue Line]]
**[[BMT Lexington Avenue Line|Lexington Avenue Line (Brooklyn)]] via Myrtle Avenue Line from [[Grand Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Grand Avenue]]
**[[Fifth Avenue Line (Brooklyn elevated)|Fifth Avenue Line]] via Myrtle Avenue Line from [[Navy Street (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Navy Street]]
**[[BMT Culver Line|Culver Line]] via Myrtle Avenue Line and Fifth Avenue Line from 36th Street and 5th Avenue, Brooklyn via 9th Avenue lower level.
**[[BMT West End Line|West End Line]] via Myrtle Avenue Line and Fifth Avenue Line from 36th Street and 5th Avenue, Brooklyn via 9th Avenue upper level.
**[[BMT Third Avenue Line|Third Avenue–Bay Ridge Line]] via Myrtle Avenue Line and Fifth Avenue Line from 36th Street and 5th Avenue, Brooklyn (cars often attached to end of Culver trains during non-rush hours)
**[[BMT Sea Beach Line|Sea Beach Line]] via Myrtle Avenue Line, Fifth Avenue Line, and West End Line from [[Bath Junction]] (cars often attached to end of West End trains during slack times){{Clear}}