Rockaway Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line) explained

Type:former
Rockaway Avenue
Line:BMT Fulton Street Line
Service Custom:None
Connection:Wilson Avenue Line
Platforms:2 side platforms, 1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated
Address:Fulton Street & Rockaway Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:Bedford–Stuyvesant
Coordinates:40.6783°N -73.9108°W
Division:BMT
Next Topwest:Saratoga Avenue (1888 - 1940)
(Terminus) (1940 - 1956)
Next East:Manhattan Junction
Nolegend:yes

The Rockaway Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City, served by the 13 train throughout its existence. It had two tracks and two side platforms, and a center island platform.[1] It also had a connection to the Wilson Avenue Line trolleys. Rockaway Avenue was the easternmost station on the line until it was expanded to Atlantic Avenue on July 4, 1889. The next stop to the west was Saratoga Avenue until May 30, 1940, after which all stations on the line west of Rockaway Avenue were closed and a free transfer became available to the IND Fulton Street Line at the 1936-built subway station of the same name.[2] The next stop to the east was Manhattan Junction. The station closed on April 26, 1956.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?6592 Rockaway Avenue - BMT Fulton Line; David Pirman collection (NYCSubway.org)
  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: First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702. The New York Times. June 29, 2015. April 30, 1956.