Ralph Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line) explained

Type:former
Ralph Avenue
Line:BMT Fulton Street Line
Service Custom:None
Connection:Ralph Avenue Line
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated
Address:Fulton Street & Ralph Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:Weeksville, Bedford–Stuyvesant
Coordinates:40.6789°N -73.9217°W
Division:BMT
Next Topwest:Reid Avenue
Next East:Saratoga Avenue
Nolegend:yes

The Ralph Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.[1] It was opened on September 20, 1888, and served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. It also had a connection to the trolley lines of the same name. Ralph Avenue was the easternmost station on the line until it was expanded to Rockaway Avenue on November 16, 1888. Less than a month later Saratoga Avenue would replace Ralph Avenue as the penultimate station on the line. The next stop to the east was Saratoga Avenue. The next stop to the west was Utica Avenue.

In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street subway and added an underground subway station with the same name.[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.