The Malbone Street wreck, also known as the Brighton Beach Line accident, was a rapid transit railroad accident that occurred on November 1, 1918, on the New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. A speeding train derailed in the sharply curved tunnel beneath Willink Plaza, the intersection of Flatbush Avenue, Ocean Avenue, and Malbone Street. At least 93 people died, making it the second-deadliest train crash in American history, as well as the deadliest crash in the history of the New York City Subway.
Remains of the wreck
Wrecked car with wood splinters and glass shards
The train involved in the wreck sits in the 36th-38th Street Yard after salvage. Lead car 726 (in front) bore relatively light damage. Nearly demolished car 100 is behind it.
A train (left) leaving Prospect Park, and the non-revenue tracks (right) with the sharp curve incident to the wreck.
The BMT Franklin Avenue Line is a lower capacity rapid transit line of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York, running between Franklin Avenue and Prospect Park. Service is full-time, and provided by the Franklin Avenue Shuttle. The line serves the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, and allows for easy connections between the Fulton Street Line and the Brighton Line.
Northbound in open cut
Poster announcing the public hearing that was held in 1977 to discuss the planned closure of the Franklin Avenue Line and other service cuts.
Transfer passageway to the Franklin Avenue Line platform at Fulton Street/Franklin Avenue
Trackage looking south from Botanic Garden station
