Lafayette Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

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 Lafayette Avenue
 
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
AddressFulton Street and Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Fort Greene
Division B (BMT) [1]
Line BMT Fulton Street Line
BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
ServicesNone
Structure Elevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedApril 24, 1888;136 years ago (1888-04-24)
ClosedJune 1, 1940;84 years ago (1940-06-01)
Traffic
2023 [2]
Rank out of 423 [2]
Station succession
Next west Flatbush Avenue
Next east Cumberland Street
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)

Lafayette Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. 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 1 island platform. [6] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. The station was located east of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line, but had no connection to that elevated line. It was also located north of the Flatbush Avenue station of the Long Island Rail Road, now known as the Atlantic Terminal, and had no connections there either. [7]

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. [8] It closed on June 1, 1940, [4] when all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership. [5] Though the Fulton Street subway became the replacement for the Fulton Street Elevated, the closest station to the site of Lafayette Avenue station is actually Fulton Street station on the IND Crosstown Line.

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