Rockaway Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Coordinates: 40°40′42″N 73°54′39″W / 40.678262°N 73.910775°W

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Rockaway Avenue

Former New York City Subway station

Station statistics

Address

Fulton Street & Rockaway Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11233

Borough

Brooklyn

Locale

Bedford–Stuyvesant

Coordinates

40°40′42″N 73°54′39″W / 40.678262°N 73.910775°W

Division

B (BMT)^[1]

Line

BMT Fulton Street Line

Services

None

Transit

Wilson Avenue Line

Structure

Elevated

Platforms

2 side platforms, 1 island platform

Tracks

Other information

Opened

November 16, 1888; 136 years ago

Closed

April 26, 1956; 68 years ago

Traffic

2023

^[2]

Rank

out of 423^[2]

Station succession

Next west

Saratoga Avenue (1888–1940)
(Terminus) (1940–1956)

Next east

Manhattan Junction

Location
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The Rockaway Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City, served by the 13 train throughout its existence. It had two tracks and two side platforms, and a center island platform.^[3] It also had a connection to the Wilson Avenue Line trolleys. Rockaway Avenue was the easternmost station on the line until it was expanded to Atlantic Avenue on July 4, 1889. The next stop to the west was Saratoga Avenue until May 30, 1940, after which all stations on the line west of Rockaway Avenue were closed and a free transfer became available to the IND Fulton Street Line at the 1936-built subway station of the same name.^[4] The next stop to the east was Manhattan Junction. The station closed on April 26, 1956.^[5]

References

^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ Rockaway Avenue - BMT Fulton Line; David Pirman collection (NYCSubway.org)
^ "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved June 29, 2015.

External links

Station Reporter — Fulton Street El

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