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Ralph Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

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For the station at Ralph Avenue and Fulton Street, see Ralph Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line). New York City Subway station in Brooklyn, New York
 Ralph Avenue 
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
AddressFulton Street & Ralph Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11233
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleWeeksville, Bedford–Stuyvesant
Coordinates40°40′44″N 73°55′18″W / 40.678874°N 73.921665°W / 40.678874; -73.921665
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT Fulton Street Line
ServicesNone
TransitRalph Avenue Line
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedSeptember 20, 1888; 136 years ago (1888-09-20)
ClosedMay 31, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-05-31)
Traffic
2023
Rank out of 423
Station succession
Next westReid Avenue
Next eastSaratoga Avenue
Location
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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. 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.

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

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. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08.
  4. "Two Subway Links Start Wednesday". The New York Times. April 6, 1936. p. 23. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  5. "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.
  6. "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.


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