Saratoga Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Saratoga Avenue
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Fulton Street & Saratoga Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford–Stuyvesant
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line
Services	None
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 3, 1888
Closed	May 31, 1940
Station succession
Next north	Ralph Avenue
Next south	Rockaway Avenue

Saratoga Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. 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. 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. It closed on May 31, 1940.

References

1. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net.