Grand Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

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 Grand Avenue
 
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
AddressFulton Street and Grand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Clinton Hill
Coordinates 40°40′57″N73°58′45″W / 40.682382°N 73.979255°W / 40.682382; -73.979255
Division B (BMT) [1]
Line BMT Fulton Street Line
BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
ServicesNone
Transit Putnam Avenue Line
Structure Elevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedApril 24, 1888 (1888-04-24)
ClosedMay 31, 1940;84 years ago (1940-05-31)
Station succession
Next west Vanderbilt Avenue
Next east Franklin Avenue
Location
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Grand Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Station service legend
SymbolDescription
NYCS-SSI-alltimes.svg Stops in station at all times
NYCS-SSI-allexceptnights.svg Stops all times except late nights
NYCS-SSI-nightsonly.svg Stops late nights only
NYCS-SSI-nightsweekends.svg Stops late nights and weekends only
NYCS-SSI-weekdaysonly.svg Stops weekdays during the day
NYCS-SSI-weekendsonly.svg Stops weekends during the day
NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
NYCS-SSI-rushonly.svg Stops rush hours only
NYCS-SSI-rushpeak.svg Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
NYCS-SSI-closed.svg Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

The Grand Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It opened on April 24, 1888, and had two tracks and two offset side platforms. [2] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. The station was also the easternmost station to share the original Brighton Line trains before branching off to the south at the Franklin Avenue el station, the site of the present-day Franklin Avenue subway station. It also had connections to Putnam Avenue Line trolleys. The next stop to the east was Franklin Avenue. The next stop to the west was Vanderbilt Avenue. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built the Fulton Street subway, but provided no station as competition. [3] [4] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940. [5]

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013.
  3. "Two Subway Links Start Wednesday". The New York Times . April 6, 1936. p. 23. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  4. "New Subway Link Opened by Mayor; He Tells 15,000 in Brooklyn It Will Be Extended to Queens When Red Tape Is Cut". The New York Times. April 9, 1936. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  5. "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 via Newspapers.com.