Ralph Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Ralph Avenue
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Fulton Street & Ralph Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Weeksville, Bedford–Stuyvesant
Line BMT Fulton Street Line
Services None
Transit connections Ralph Avenue Line
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened September 20, 1888 (1888-09-20)
Closed May 31, 1940 (1940-05-31)
Station succession
Next north Reid Avenue
Next south Saratoga Avenue

Ralph Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.[1] It was opened on September 20, 1888, and served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. It also had a connection to the trolley lines of the same name. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street Subway and added an underground subway station with the same name. The next stop to the east was Saratoga Avenue. The next stop to the west was Utica Avenue. It closed on May 31, 1940, and was replaced by the aforementioned subway station.

References

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


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