Grand Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)
Grand Avenue | |
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Former New York City Subway rapid transit station | |
Station statistics | |
Address |
Fulton Street and Grand Avenue Brooklyn, NY |
Borough | Brooklyn |
Line |
BMT Fulton Street Line BMT Brighton Line (until 1920) |
Services | None |
Transit connections | Putnam Avenue Line |
Structure | Elevated |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 |
Other information | |
Opened | April 24, 1888 |
Closed | May 31, 1940 |
Station succession | |
Next north | Vanderbilt Avenue |
Next south | Franklin Avenue |
Grand Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. It opened on April 24, 1888 and had two tracks and two offset side platforms.[1] It opened on was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. The station was also the easternmost station to share the original Brighton Line trains before branching off to the south at the Franklin Avenue el station, the site of the present-day Franklin Avenue subway station. Additionally it also had connections to Putnam Avenue Line trolleys. The next stop to the east was Franklin Avenue. The next stop to the west was Vanderbilt Avenue. It closed on May 31, 1940.
References
- ↑ "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net.
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