Saratoga Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

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 Saratoga Avenue
 
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
AddressFulton Street & Saratoga Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Bedford–Stuyvesant
Coordinates 40°40′43″N73°54′59″W / 40.678580°N 73.916322°W / 40.678580; -73.916322
Division B (BMT) [1]
Line BMT Fulton Street Line
ServicesNone
Structure Elevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedDecember 3, 1888;135 years ago (1888-12-03)
ClosedMay 31, 1940;83 years ago (1940-05-31)
Traffic
2023 [2]
Rank out of 423 [2]
Station succession
Next west Ralph Avenue
Next east Rockaway Avenue
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Saratoga Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

The Saratoga 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. [3] It was built on December 3, 1888 and was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. Saratoga Avenue replaced Ralph Avenue as the penultimate station on the line until it was expanded to Atlantic Avenue on July 4th, 1889. The next stop to the east was Rockaway Avenue. The next stop to the west was Ralph Avenue.

In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street subway, but unlike the next stops to the west and east, it did not add a subway station to compete with Saratoga Avenue. [4] [5] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940. [6]

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