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Substation #401
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Main entrance
Location	3046 Fulton St. bet. Essex St. and Shepherd Ave., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°40′49″N 73°52′57.5″W / 40.68028°N 73.882639°W / 40.68028; -73.882639
Area	less than one acre
Built	1901
Architect	Murray, Thomas E.
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000680
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

Substation #401, also called the "Essex Sub-station" is a historic New York City Subway electrical substation.

This facility is located on the south side of Fulton Street, between Essex Street and Shepherd Avenue, in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of the borough of Brooklyn. It sits adjacent to the BMT Jamaica Line between the Cleveland Street and Norwood Avenue stations.

It was built in 1901 by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company for the Cypress Hills extension of the BMT Lexington Avenue Line, and is a Beaux Arts style structure. Through a series of acquisitions, it was passed over to the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation, then the New York City Board of Transportation, the New York City Transit Authority, and finally the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), where it remains to this day.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Media related to Substation 401 (Essex Sub-Station) at Wikimedia Commons

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. unknown. "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Substation #401". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved March 2, 2011. See also: "Accompanying nine photos".

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