Pennsylvania Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line) explained

Type:former
Pennsylvania Avenue
Line:BMT Fulton Street Line
Service Custom:None
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Address:Pitkin Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:East New York
Coordinates:40.6719°N -73.8959°W
Division:BMT
Structure:Elevated
Next Topwest:Eastern Parkway (1889–1918)
Hinsdale Street (1918–1956)
Next East:Van Siclen Avenue

The Pennsylvania Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 1 island platform, and was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line.[1] The station was opened on November 18, 1889, one of three other stations to do so. The next stop to the east was Van Siclen Avenue. The next stop to the west was Eastern Parkway, until 1918, when it was replaced by Hinsdale Street.[2] [3] [4]

On November 28, 1948, the Independent Subway System built the underground Liberty Avenue Subway station two blocks north after years of war-time construction delays. This station rendered the elevated station obsolete, and it closed on April 26, 1956.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fulton Street El . StationReporter.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130408045756/http://stationreporter.net/fultonel.htm . April 8, 2013 .
  2. Web site: 1912 BRT Map . NYCSubway.org.
  3. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/bmt_1924.gif 1924 BMT Map (NYCSubway.org)
  4. Book: Legislative Documents. January 1, 1920. J.B. Lyon Company. en.
  5. Web site: First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702. The New York Times. June 29, 2015. April 30, 1956.