Elm Place–Duffield Street station explained

Type:former
Elm Place – Duffield Street
Line:BMT Fulton Street Line
BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
Service Custom:None
Platforms:2 side platform
Tracks:2
Address:Fulton Street between
Duffield Street & Elm Place
Brooklyn, NY
Borough:Brooklyn
Coordinates:40.6902°N -73.9843°W
Division:BMT
Structure:Elevated
Next Topwest:Boerum Place
Next East:Flatbush Avenue

The Elm Place–Duffield Street station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. 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 2 offset side platforms.[4] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line.

History

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. Current rapid transit service at these intersections consists of entrances to the Hoyt Street subway station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line built in 1908.

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.