Rockaway Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)
The Rockaway Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City, served by the 13 train throughout its existence. It had two tracks and two side platforms, and a center island platform.[3] It also had a connection to the Wilson Avenue Line trolleys. Rockaway Avenue was the easternmost station on the line until it was expanded to Atlantic Avenue on July 4, 1889. The next stop to the west was Saratoga Avenue until May 30, 1940, after which all stations on the line west of Rockaway Avenue were closed and a free transfer became available to the IND Fulton Street Line at the 1936-built subway station of the same name.[4] The next stop to the east was Manhattan Junction. The station closed on April 26, 1956.[5]
Rockaway Avenue | |||
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| Former New York City Subway station | |||
| Station statistics | |||
| Address | Fulton Street & Rockaway Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11233 | ||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||
| Locale | Bedford–Stuyvesant | ||
| Coordinates | 40°40′42″N 73°54′39″W / 40.678262°N 73.910775°W | ||
| Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||
| Line | BMT Fulton Street Line | ||
| Services | None | ||
| Transit | Wilson Avenue Line | ||
| Structure | Elevated | ||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms, 1 island platform | ||
| Tracks | 2 | ||
| Other information | |||
| Opened | November 16, 1888 | ||
| Closed | April 26, 1956 | ||
| Traffic | |||
| 2023 | [2] | ||
| Rank | out of 423[2] | ||
| Station succession | |||
| Next west | Saratoga Avenue (1888–1940) (Terminus) (1940–1956) | ||
| Next east | Manhattan Junction | ||
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References
edit- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ Rockaway Avenue - BMT Fulton Line; David Pirman collection (NYCSubway.org)
- ^ "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
External links
edit- Station Reporter — Fulton Street El
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