Ralph Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

For the station at Ralph Avenue and Fulton Street, see Ralph Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line).

Ralph Ave.
General information
Location	Fulton Street & Ralph Avenue Weeksville, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°40′44″N73°55′18″W / 40.678874°N 73.921665°W / 40.678874; -73.921665
Line(s)	BMT Fulton Street Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Ralph Avenue Line
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	September 20, 1888;136 years ago (1888-09-20)
Closed	May 31, 1940;85 years ago (1940-05-31)
Former services
Preceding station BMT Lines Following station Reid Avenue toward Park Row or Fulton Ferry 13: Fulton Street Local Saratoga Avenue toward Lefferts Avenue
Location

The Ralph Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City.

Structure

It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms. ^[1]

History

It was opened on September 20, 1888, and served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. It also had a connection to the trolley lines of the same name.

Ralph Avenue was the easternmost station on the line until it was expanded to Rockaway Avenue on November 16, 1888.

Less than a month later Saratoga Avenue would replace Ralph Avenue as the penultimate station on the line. The next stop to the east was Saratoga Avenue. The next stop to the west was Utica Avenue.

In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street subway and added an underground subway station with the same name. ^{[2] [3]}

The elevated station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940. ^[4]

References

1. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013.
2. "Two Subway Links Start Wednesday". The New York Times . April 6, 1936. p. 23. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
3. "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.
4. "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016– via Newspapers.com.