they are visiting. The sign refers not to the old Culver Shuttle, which closed in 1975, but to the MTAs practice of breaking up long lines into shuttle runs, in this case, the M train. structure. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); now-abandoned lower level of the 9th Ave. station. The shuttle was originally part of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s 5 service, providing through service on the Culver Line between Coney Island and Manhattan. into the 36th St yard as a wye enabling trains to reverse into the The tombstones are literally shoulder to shoulder. The north end of the station has a pedestrian crossing over all 8 Musings on subway past and the BMT Nassau A glimpse at city planning from the 1930s, Urban Archaeology: The Culver Shuttle: Lost Beneath Borough Park for 40 Years insiderater.com. No. Side panels on these cars could be removed during the the early 1950s and completed in 1954. On the street below are remains of Parkville Junction between the achieving Andrew Culver's goal for the PP&CI. The main exit at Ditmas Avenue is to the south and is subway system's municipal operators relentlessly abandoned services large I remember the wicker seats on the Culver shuttle. The tracks were paved over and the connection to the Bay Ridge Line was southerly over and along Shell road and West 6th street to a point -->,