Saratoga Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

For the station at Saratoga Avenue and Livonia Avenue, see Saratoga Avenue (IRT New Lots Line).

Saratoga Ave.
General information
Location	Fulton Street & Saratoga Avenue Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°40′43″N73°54′59″W / 40.678580°N 73.916322°W / 40.678580; -73.916322
Line(s)	BMT Fulton Street Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	December 3, 1888;136 years ago (1888-12-03)
Closed	May 31, 1940;85 years ago (1940-05-31)
Services
Preceding station BMT Lines Following station Ralph Avenue toward Park Row or Fulton Ferry 13: Fulton Street Local Rockaway Avenue toward Lefferts Avenue

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. ^[1] 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. ^{[2] [3]} The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940. ^[4]

References

1. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014.
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.