Troy Avenue station explained

Type:former
Troy Avenue
Line:BMT Fulton Street Line
Service Custom:None
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated
Address:Fulton Street & Troy Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Borough:Brooklyn
Locale:Weeksville, Bedford–Stuyvesant
Coordinates:40.6796°N -73.9349°W
Division:BMT
Next Topwest:Sumner Avenue (originally)
Tompkins Avenue (replacement)
Next East:Reid Avenue
Nolegend:yes

The Troy 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 sometime during the middle of 1888, and served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. Sometime between 1912 and 1924, the nearby Albany–Sumner Avenues station was closed[2] [3] due to the Dual Contracts addition of a third track between Nostrand Avenue and Hinsdale Street. Commuters from that station were redirected here. It was served by BMT 13 trains throughout its existence.

The next stop to the west was originally Sumner Avenue, and then replaced by Tompkins Avenue. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street subway but did not install a subway station at Troy Avenue. The nearest subway stations to replace the el station were Utica Avenue to the east and Kingston and Throop Avenues to the west.[4] [5] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.[6]

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. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/bmt_1912.jpg 1912 BRT Map
  3. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/bmt_1924.gif 1924 BMT map
  4. News: Two Subway Links Start Wednesday . . April 6, 1936 . 23 . October 7, 2011.
  5. 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.
  6. News: Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progreess at '88 opening. May 31, 1940. February 19, 2016. Newspapers.com. Brooklyn Daily Eagle.