The Fulton Ferry station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. As the name implies, it was built to serve the Fulton Ferry between the two ferry slips in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Fulton Street Elevated was built by the Kings County Elevated Railway Company and this station started service on April 24, 1888.[3][4][5] The station had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.[6] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line.
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 1904 image of the Fulton Ferry station with the ferry terminal and the Brooklyn Bridge off to the right. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Fulton Ferry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′12″N 73°59′42″W / 40.703281°N 73.995085°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | BMT Fulton Street Line BMT Brighton Line (until 1920) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transit | Fulton Street Trolley Line Fulton Ferry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 24, 1888 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | June 1, 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | out of 423[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | (Terminus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | Court Street (Fulton, Brighton) Clark Street (Fulton, Brighton originally) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This station was served by steam locomotives between 1888 and 1899. In 1898, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) absorbed the Kings County Elevated Railway, and it took over the Fulton Street El, and it was electrified on July 3, 1899.[7] It also had a connection to the Fulton Street trolley. Despite the fact that the ferry ceased operation on January 19, 1924, partially due to the increased use of the Brooklyn Bridge,[8] it closed on June 1, 1940.[4] On June 1 all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "General Jourdan Congratulated on an Anspicious Opening of His Line–Rapid Transit on Fulton Street at Last". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 24, 1888. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "www.nycsubway.org: The Fulton Street Elevated (Brooklyn)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ "Fulton Street Elevated Line". April 8, 2013. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ "THE FULTON EL (A TRAIN)". www.robertkopolovicz.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ Brian Cudahy, Over and Back, p229
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