Fulton Street (BMT Fifth Avenue Line)

Fulton Street
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Hudson Avenue and Fulton Street Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Coordinates	40°41′19.15″N 73°58′49.03″W / 40.6886528°N 73.9802861°WCoordinates: 40°41′19.15″N 73°58′49.03″W / 40.6886528°N 73.9802861°W
Services	BMT Fifth Avenue Line BMT Culver Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 27, 1889
Closed	May 31, 1940
Station succession
Next north	Bridge–Jay Streets
Next south	Atlantic Avenue

Fulton Street was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line. Served by trains of the BMT Culver Line and BMT Fifth Avenue Line, it had two tracks and one island platform. The station was opened on July 27, 1889 at Hudson Avenue and Fulton Street, and was the northernmost Fifth Avenue Line station before the line merged with the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line.^[1] It also had connections to the Fulton Street, DeKalb Avenue, and Flatbush Avenue Line streetcars. The next stop to the north was Bridge–Jay Streets. The next stop to the south was Atlantic Avenue, which still exists today as the Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center subway station complex. It closed on May 31, 1940.

References

1. Fulton Street BMT Fifth Avenue Line (NYCSubway.org; George Conrad Collection)

External links

• "Fifth Avenue El". Station Reporter. Retrieved 2009-01-26.