Van Siclen Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Van Siclen Avenue
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Pitkin Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East New York
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line
Services	None
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	November 18, 1889
Closed	April 26, 1956
Station succession
Next north	Pennsylvania Avenue
Next south	Linwood Street

Van Siclen Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.^[1] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. The station was built on November 18, 1889, and was the eastern terminus of the line until it was expanded to Linwood Street in February 1892, and Montauk Avenue a month later. The next stop to the east was Linwood Street. The next stop to the west was Pennsylvania Avenue. On November 28, 1948, the Independent Subway System built the underground Van Siclen Avenue Subway station beneath the el station after years of war-time construction delays. This station rendered the Van Siclen el station obsolete, and it closed on April 26, 1956.^[2]

References

1. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net.
2. "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702". nytimes.com. The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

External links

• Van Siclen Avenue station; BMT Fulton Street Elevated (NYCSubway.org)