Brooklyn–Tompkins Avenues station explained

Type:former
Brooklyn–Tompkins Avenues
Line:BMT Fulton Street Line
Connection:Tompkins Avenue Line
Service Custom:None
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Address:Fulton Street, Brooklyn and Tompkins Avenues, Brooklyn, NY 11213
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:Bedford-Stuyvesant
Coordinates:40.6801°N -73.9437°W
Division:BMT
Structure:Elevated
Next Topwest:Nostrand Avenue
Next East:Albany Avenue (originally)
Troy Avenue (replacement)

Brooklyn–Tompkins Avenues was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. It was originally opened on May 30, 1888, and had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.[1] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. Eastbound trains stopped at Brooklyn Avenue, while westbound trains stopped at Tompkins Avenue. The station had connections to the Tompkins Avenue Line streetcars. The next stop to the east was Albany Avenue, which was replaced by Troy Avenue at some point.[2] [3] The next stop to the west was Nostrand Avenue. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built an underground Fulton Street subway station at Kingston–Throop Avenues between here and the site of the former Albany–Sumner Avenues station.[4] [5] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fulton Street El . StationReporter.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130408045756/http://stationreporter.net/fultonel.htm . 2013-04-08 .
  2. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/bmt_1912.jpg 1912 BRT Map
  3. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/bmt_1924.gif 1924 BMT map
  4. News: Two Subway Links Start Wednesday . . April 6, 1936 . 23 . October 7, 2011.
  5. News: NEW SUBWAY LINK OPENED BY MAYOR; He Tells 15,000 in Brooklyn It Will Be Extended to Queens When Red Tape Is Cut.. April 9, 1936. The New York Times. 0362-4331. August 15, 2016.
  6. News: Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 Opening. May 31, 1940. February 19, 2016. Newspapers.com. Brooklyn Daily Eagle.