"Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets station has always been a bit of a shapeshifter. To commuters, it's always been a Downtown Brooklyn workhorse. But to filmmakers, it's played everything from Union Square to a fantasy realm."
"First opened 90 years ago, in 1936, the station once served as a key transfer point between the IND Crosstown and Fulton Street lines. But after service changes in the 1940s, parts of the station were effectively mothballed."
"The result means decades of screen time across wildly different genres. There's gritty, pre-Giuliani New York in The Taking of Pelham 123, where the station doubles as a Manhattan tunnel during a hostage crisis."
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets station, a vital transit hub in Downtown Brooklyn, has also served as a versatile filming location for numerous movies. The Brooklyn Academy of Music is hosting a weeklong film series from April 9-16, titled 'Hoyt-Schermerhorn: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors,' to celebrate the station's 90th anniversary. The series features films shot at the station, highlighting its transformation into various fictional locations. The station's unused tracks and platforms have provided filmmakers with a unique setting for diverse genres over the decades.
Read at Time Out New York
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