Boerum Place station explained

Type:former
Boerum Place
Line:BMT Fulton Street Line
BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
Service Custom:None
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Address:Fulton Street and Boerum Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:Downtown Brooklyn
Coordinates:40.6921°N -73.989°W
Division:BMT
Structure:Elevated
Next North:Myrtle Avenue
Next South:Elm Place

Boerum Place was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. The Fulton Street Elevated was built by the Kings County Elevated Railway Company and this station started service on April 24, 1888.[1] [2] [3] The station had 2 tracks and 1 island platform.[4] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. This station was served by steam locomotives between 1888 and 1899. In 1898, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) absorbed the Kings County Elevated Railway, and it took over the Fulton Street El, and it was electrified on July 3, 1899.[5] It closed on June 1, 1940, when all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership.

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Notes and References

  1. News: General Jourdan Congratulated on an Anspicious Opening of His Line–Rapid Transit on Fulton Street at Last. April 24, 1888. February 19, 2016. Newspapers.com. Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
  2. News: Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progreess at '88 opening. May 31, 1940. February 19, 2016. Newspapers.com. Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
  3. Web site: www.nycsubway.org: The Fulton Street Elevated (Brooklyn). www.nycsubway.org. 2016-02-19.
  4. Web site: Fulton Street Elevated Line . 2013-04-08 . 2016-02-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130408045756/http://stationreporter.net/fultonel.htm . April 8, 2013 .
  5. Web site: THE FULTON EL (A TRAIN). www.robertkopolovicz.com. 2016-02-19.