Grand Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line) explained

Type:former
Grand Avenue
Line:BMT Fulton Street Line
BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
Service Custom:None
Connection:Putnam Avenue Line
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Address:Fulton Street and Grand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:Clinton Hill
Coordinates:40.6824°N -73.9793°W
Division:BMT
Structure:Elevated
Next Topwest:Vanderbilt Avenue
Next East:Franklin Avenue

The Grand Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It opened on April 24, 1888, and had two tracks and two offset side platforms.[1] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. The station was also the easternmost station to share the original Brighton Line trains before branching off to the south at the Franklin Avenue el station, the site of the present-day Franklin Avenue subway station. It also had connections to Putnam Avenue Line trolleys. The next stop to the east was Franklin Avenue. The next stop to the west was Vanderbilt Avenue. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built the Fulton Street subway, but provided no station as competition.[2] [3] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.[4]

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. News: Two Subway Links Start Wednesday . . April 6, 1936 . 23 . October 7, 2011.
  3. 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.
  4. News: Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progreess at '88 opening. May 31, 1940. February 19, 2016. Newspapers.com. Brooklyn Daily Eagle.