Fulton Street station (BMT Fifth Avenue Line)
The Fulton Street station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line in Brooklyn, New York City. Served by trains of the BMT Culver Line and BMT Fifth Avenue Line, it had two tracks and one island platform. The station was opened on July 27, 1889, at Hudson Avenue and Fulton Street, and was the northernmost Fifth Avenue Line station before the line merged with the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line.[3] It also had connections to the Fulton Street, DeKalb Avenue, and Flatbush Avenue Line streetcars. The next stop to the north was Bridge–Jay Streets. The next stop to the south was Atlantic Avenue, which still exists today as the Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center subway station complex. It closed on May 31, 1940.
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Address | Hudson Avenue and Fulton Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Downtown Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°41′19.15″N 73°58′49.03″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | BMT Fifth Avenue Line BMT Culver Line BMT West End Line (−1916) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 27, 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | May 31, 1940[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Next north | Bridge–Jay Streets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next south | Atlantic Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- "Plans Pushed to Mark Fulton 'L's" Last Run". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 27, 1940. p. 12. Retrieved October 16, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com .
- Fulton Street BMT Fifth Avenue Line (NYCSubway.org; George Conrad Collection)
External links
- "Fifth Avenue El". Station Reporter. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
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