Nostrand Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line) explained

Type:former
Nostrand Avenue
Line:BMT Fulton Street Line
Service Custom:None
Connection:Nostrand Avenue, Lorimer Street,
Marcy Avenue, and Ocean Avenue Trolleys
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Address:Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:Bedford-Stuyvesant
Coordinates:40.6804°N -73.9495°W
Division:BMT
Structure:Elevated
Next Topwest:Franklin Avenue
Next East:Brooklyn Avenue

Nostrand Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. It was originally built on April 24, 1888, and had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.[1] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and served as the eastern terminus of the line for a month and a week. Nostrand Avenue station had connections to at least four streetcar lines; The Nostrand Avenue Trolley, the Lorimer Street Line, the Marcy Avenue Line, and the Ocean Avenue Line trolleys. Under the Dual Contracts, the station was the west end of a project to expand the line from two to three tacks. On April 9, 1936, the Independent Subway System built the Nostrand Avenue Subway Station along the IND Fulton Street Line.[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.