Cumberland Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Cumberland Avenue
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	Fulton Street and Cumberland Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Fort Greene
Coordinates	40°41′08″N 73°58′20″W / 40.685456°N 73.972282°W / 40.685456; -73.972282Coordinates: 40°41′08″N 73°58′20″W / 40.685456°N 73.972282°W / 40.685456; -73.972282
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
Services	None
Transit connections	Greene and Gates Avenues Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 24, 1888 (1888-04-24)
Closed	June 1, 1940 (1940-06-01)
Station succession
Next west	Lafayette Avenue
Next east	Vanderbilt Avenue
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Cumberland Avenue (also known as Cumberland Street) was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. The Fulton Street Elevated was built by the Kings County Elevated Railway Company and this station started service on April 24, 1888.^[1][2][3] The station had 2 tracks and 2 offset side platforms.^[4] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. This station was served by steam locomotives between 1888 and 1899. In 1898, Brooklyn Rapid Transit (BRT) absorbed the Kings County Elevated Railway, and it took over the Fulton Street El, and it was electrified on July 3, 1899.^[5] It also had a connection to the Greene and Gates Avenues Line trolleys. It closed on June 1, 1940,^[2] when all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership.^[3]

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