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{{Short description|Former New York City Subway service}}
[[File:R1 IND HH.gif|150px|right|thumb|The HH [[rollsigns]]]]
'''HH''' was the last of the letters assigned to original routes of the [[Independent Subway System]] of the [[New York City Subway]] in the 1930s.  It was designated as the dedicated service letter of the [[IND Fulton Street Line]] in [[Brooklyn]].

The letter was intended to be used for a service running local from [[Court Street (IND Fulton Street Line)|Court Street]], a stub-end station in [[Downtown Brooklyn]], to the future [[Euclid Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)|Euclid Avenue]] station near the border with [[Queens]]. Express service on the four-track line was to be provided by trains coming from [[Jay Street–MetroTech (New York City Subway)|Jay Street–Borough Hall]] and Manhattan.

== History ==
When service on the Fulton Street Line began on April 9, 1936, all trains serving it ran into Manhattan and the HH ran only as a two-stop shuttle to connect Court Street with [[Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (IND Fulton Street Line)|Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets]]. The HH ran on weekdays and Saturday from 7&nbsp;a.m. to 7&nbsp;p.m.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.erictb.info/linehistory.html|title=NYCT Line by Line History}}</ref> At that latter station, it stopped at the outermost tracks and platforms and connections to the Fulton Street and [[IND Crosstown Line|Crosstown]] trains were available.

Since the two stations the HH served were just three blocks apart in distance, it was discontinued on June 1, 1946, at 7&nbsp;p.m.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nytransitmuseum.catalogaccess.com/photos/114729|title=Sign for the Closing of the Court Street Station, 1946; IND Crosstown Line|last=Foley|first=A. J.|date=1946|website=nytransitmuseum.catalogaccess.com|access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref> Since then, the two outermost tracks at [[Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (IND Fulton Street Line)|Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets]] have not been used in revenue service.

The Court Street station is now the site of the [[New York Transit Museum]]. The tracks leading to the station from the [[IND Fulton Street Line]] are still operable and used to move trains to and from the exhibit.

==Route==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.erictb.info/linehistory.html Line By Line History]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/court.html Court St, and Hoyt-Schermerhorns Sts platforms]
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