FULTON STREET LINE (ELEVATED)

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The 'Fulton Street Line' or 'Kings County Line' was an elevated rail line mostly in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It ran above Fulton Street from Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn in Downtown Brooklyn east to East New York, and then south on Van Sinderen Avenue (southbound) and Snediker Avenue (northbound), east on Pitkin Avenue, north on Euclid Avenue, and east on Liberty Avenue to Ozone Park, Queens. The portion in Brooklyn has been torn down, but most of the line in Queens has been connected to the New York City Subway and is now part of the IND Fulton Street Line, an underground line that replaced the elevated line in Brooklyn. The structure was the main line of the Kings County Elevated Railway, first opened in 1888.

Contents

History

Service patterns

Station listing

References

History

The Kings County Elevated Railway opened the line, from dual western terminals at Fulton Ferry and Brooklyn Bridge (Sands Street) east to Nostrand Avenue, on April 24, 1888.^[1] It was extended east to Albany Avenue on May 30, 1888; Albany Avenue was an eastbound-only station, and the westbound station just beyond at Sumner Avenue had yet to be completed, so it temporarily served both directions. The line was further extended to Ralph Avenue on September 20, 1888 and completed to Rockaway Avenue at the west end of East New York in early November.
The 'Fulton Elevated Railroad' was incorporated on July 6, 1888 to build a disconnected line from Greenpoint south through Williamsburg to Kent and Myrtle Avenues, and to extend the Kings County Elevated east beyond Rockaway Avenue to the city line.^[1][1] The former was not built, but construction soon began on the latter. The first piece, over Fulton Street and Williams Place, opened on July 4, 1889, connecting with the Long Island Rail Road's Manhattan Crossing station at the new terminal at Atlantic Avenue. It was extended further, over Snediker Avenue and Pitkin Avenue, to Van Siclen Avenue on November 18, 1889; due to a shortage of wood for a storage yard, a temporary shuttle was operated between Pennsylvania Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue until mid-December.^[1][1][6][1] Construction above Pitkin Avenue progressed to Linwood Street on February 22, 1892 and Montauk Avenue on March 21, 1892. The line was completed to Grant Avenue at City Line on July 16, 1894, with the opening of a structure above Pitkin Avenue, Euclid Avenue, and Liberty Avenue.
The Kings County Elevated leased the Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad on February 5, 1896.^[1] A two-block elevated connection between Franklin Avenue station and the Brighton Beach Line's Bedford station, including a new station at Dean Street, opened on August 15, 1896, and the Kings County Elevated began operating trains between the Brooklyn Bridge (Sands Street) and Brighton Beach.^[1][1]
The final extension, from Grant Avenue east to Lefferts Avenue, was built under the Dual Contracts and opened on September 25, 1915.New York Times, New Elevated Line Opened for Queens, September 26, 1915, page 7 Trains last ran on the line west of Rockaway Avenue on May 31, 1940;New York Times, Last Train is Run on Fulton St. 'El', June 1, 1940 a free transfer was provided to the IND Fulton Street Line at Rockaway Avenue and a new "Fulton-Lexington Avenue" service via the Lexington Avenue Elevated west of East New York was introduced. The line west of Hudson Street was closed on April 26, 1956, and IND Fulton Street Line () trains began using the line east of Hudson Street on April 29.

Service patterns

Main articles: BMT 13

The primary service pattern was a simple one-end-to-the-other operation.

Station listing

Most Fulton Street trains left the line at Sands Street and ended at Park Row rather than Fulton Ferry.

Miles from Fulton Ferry	Name	Location	Opened	Closed	Notes
0.00	Fulton Ferry	Fulton Ferry	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940
N/A	Sands Street	Fulton Street and Sands Street	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940
0.52/0.68	Clark Street (eastbound) Tillary Street (westbound)	Fulton Street, Clark Street, and Tillary Street	April 24, 1888
0.74	Court Street (eastbound) Myrtle Avenue (westbound)	Fulton Street, Court Street, and Myrtle Avenue	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940
0.91	Boerum Place	Fulton Street and Boerum Place	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940
1.18	Elm Place and Duffield Street	Fulton Street, Elm Place, and Duffield Street	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940
1.37	Flatbush Avenue	Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940
1.63	Lafayette Avenue	Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940
1.88	Cumberland Street	Fulton Street and Cumberland Street	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940	connection to Greene and Gates Avenues Line streetcars
2.14	Vanderbilt Avenue	Fulton Street and Vanderbilt Avenue	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940	connection to Vanderbilt Avenue Line streetcars
2.48	Grand Avenue	Fulton Street and Grand Avenue	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940	connection to Putnam Avenue Line streetcars
2.81	Franklin Avenue	Fulton Street and Franklin Avenue	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940	connection to Brighton Beach Line trains and Franklin Avenue Line streetcars
3.15	Nostrand Avenue	Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue	April 24, 1888	May 31, 1940	connection to Nostrand Avenue Line, Lorimer Street Line, Marcy Avenue Line, and Ocean Avenue Line streetcars
3.44/3.47	Brooklyn Avenue (eastbound) Tompkins Avenue (westbound)	Fulton Street, Tompkins Avenue, and Brooklyn Avenue	May 30, 1888	May 31, 1940	connection to Tompkins Avenue Line streetcars
3.78	Albany Avenue (eastbound) Sumner Avenue (westbound)	Fulton Street, Albany Avenue, and Sumner Avenue	May 30, 1888		connection to Sumner Avenue Line streetcars
	Troy Avenue	Fulton Street and Troy Avenue	mid-1888	May 31, 1940
4.15	Reid Avenue	Fulton Street, Reid Avenue, and Utica Avenue	mid-1888	May 31, 1940	connection to Reid Avenue Line streetcars
4.60	Ralph Avenue	Fulton Street and Ralph Avenue	September 20, 1888	May 31, 1940	connection to Ralph Avenue Line streetcars
	Saratoga Avenue	Fulton Street and Saratoga Avenue	December 3, 1888[1]	May 31, 1940
5.18	Rockaway Avenue	Fulton Street and Rockaway Avenue	early November 1888	April 26, 1956	connection to Wilson Avenue Line streetcars
	Manhattan Junction	Fulton Street and Sackman Street	by 1892
	Atlantic Avenue	Williams Place, Snediker Avenue, and Atlantic Avenue	July 4, 1889	April 26, 1956	connection to Long Island Rail Road at East New York station
	Eastern Parkway	Snediker Avenue and Eastern Parkway (Pitkin Avenue)	November 18, 1889	between 1912 and 1924
	Hinsdale Street	Pitkin Avenue and Hinsdale Street	between 1912 and 1924	April 26, 1956	connection to Bergen Street Line streetcars
	Pennsylvania Avenue	Pitkin Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue	November 18, 1889	April 26, 1956
	Van Siclen Avenue	Pitkin Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue	November 18, 1889	April 26, 1956
	Linwood Street	Pitkin Avenue and Linwood Street	February 22, 1892	April 26, 1956
	Montauk Avenue	Pitkin Avenue and Montauk Avenue	March 21, 1892	April 26, 1956
	Chestnut Street	Pitkin Avenue and Chestnut Street	July 16, 1894	April 26, 1956
	Crescent Street	Liberty Avenue and Crescent Street	July 16, 1894	April 26, 1956
	Grant Avenue	Liberty Avenue and Grant Avenue	July 16, 1894	April 26, 1956
	Hudson Street-80th Street	Liberty Avenue and 80th Street	September 25, 1915	present
	Boyd Avenue-88th Street	Liberty Avenue and 88th Street	September 25, 1915	present
	Rockaway Boulevard	Liberty Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard	September 25, 1915	present
	Oxford Avenue-104th Street	Liberty Avenue and 104th Street	September 25, 1915	present
	Greenwood Avenue-111th Street	Liberty Avenue and 111th Street	September 25, 1915	present
	Lefferts Avenue-119th Street	Liberty Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard	September 25, 1915	present

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