Troy Avenue station
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Troy Avenue | ||
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Former New York City Subway station | ||
Station statistics | ||
Address | Fulton Street & Troy Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11213 | |
Borough | Brooklyn | |
Locale | Weeksville, Bedford–Stuyvesant | |
Coordinates | 40°40′46″N 73°56′06″W / 40.679582°N 73.934947°WCoordinates: 40°40′46″N 73°56′06″W / 40.679582°N 73.934947°W | |
Division | B (BMT)[1] | |
Line | BMT Fulton Street Line | |
Services | None | |
Structure | Elevated | |
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |
Tracks | 2 | |
Other information | ||
Opened | 1888 | |
Closed | May 31, 1940 | |
Station succession | ||
Next west | Sumner Avenue(originally) Tompkins Avenue(replacement) | |
Next east | Reid Avenue | |
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Troy Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.[2] It was opened sometime during the middle of 1888, and served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. Sometime between 1912 and 1924, the nearby Albany–Sumner Avenues station was closed[3][4] due to the Dual Contracts addition of a third track between Nostrand Avenue and Hinsdale Street. Commuters from that station were redirected here. It was served by BMT 13 trains throughout its existence.
The next stop to the west was originally Sumner Avenue, and then replaced by Tompkins Avenue. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street subway but did not install a subway station at Troy Avenue. The nearest subway stations to replace the el station were Utica Avenue to the east and Kingston and Throop Avenues to the west.[5][6] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08.
- ^ 1912 BRT Map
- ^ 1924 BMT map
- ^ "Two Subway Links Start Wednesday". The New York Times. April 6, 1936. p. 23. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ "NEW SUBWAY LINK OPENED BY MAYOR; He Tells 15,000 in Brooklyn It Will Be Extended to Queens When Red Tape Is Cut". The New York Times. April 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
- ^ "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progreess at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- Defunct BMT Fulton Street Line stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888
- Railway stations closed in 1940
- Former elevated and subway stations in Brooklyn
- Defunct New York City Subway stations located aboveground
- 1888 establishments in New York (state)
- 1940 disestablishments in New York (state)
- Brooklyn railway station stubs