Ralph Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

The Ralph Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.[2] It was opened on September 20, 1888, and served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. It also had a connection to the trolley lines of the same name. Ralph Avenue was the easternmost station on the line until it was expanded to Rockaway Avenue on November 16, 1888. Less than a month later Saratoga Avenue would replace Ralph Avenue as the penultimate station on the line. The next stop to the east was Saratoga Avenue. The next stop to the west was Utica Avenue.

 Ralph Avenue
 
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
AddressFulton Street & Ralph Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11233
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleWeeksville, Bedford–Stuyvesant
Coordinates40.678874°N 73.921665°W / 40.678874; -73.921665
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Fulton Street Line
ServicesNone
TransitRalph Avenue Line
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedSeptember 20, 1888 (1888-09-20)
ClosedMay 31, 1940 (1940-05-31)
Station succession
Next westReid Avenue
Next eastSaratoga Avenue
Location
Ralph Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line) is located in New York City Subway
Ralph Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)
Ralph Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line) is located in New York City
Ralph Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)
Ralph Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line) is located in New York
Ralph Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)
Street map

In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street subway and added an underground subway station with the same name.[3][4] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.[5]

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08.
  3. "Two Subway Links Start Wednesday". The New York Times. April 6, 1936. p. 23. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  4. "NEW SUBWAY LINK OPENED BY MAYOR; He Tells 15,000 in Brooklyn It Will Be Extended to Queens When Red Tape Is Cut". The New York Times. April 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  5. "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progreess at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 via Newspapers.com.


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