Grand Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)

 Grand Avenue
 
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address Fulton Street and Grand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Clinton Hill
Coordinates 40°40′57″N 73°58′45″W / 40.682382°N 73.979255°W / 40.682382; -73.979255Coordinates: 40°40′57″N 73°58′45″W / 40.682382°N 73.979255°W / 40.682382; -73.979255
Division B (BMT)
Line BMT Fulton Street Line
BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
Services None
Transit connections Putnam Avenue Line
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened April 24, 1888 (1888-04-24)
Closed May 31, 1940 (1940-05-31)
Station succession
Next west Vanderbilt Avenue
Next east Franklin Avenue

Grand Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. It opened on April 24, 1888, and had two tracks and two offset side platforms.[1] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. The station was also the easternmost station to share the original Brighton Line trains before branching off to the south at the Franklin Avenue el station, the site of the present-day Franklin Avenue subway station. It also had connections to Putnam Avenue Line trolleys. The next stop to the east was Franklin Avenue. The next stop to the west was Vanderbilt Avenue. It closed on May 31, 1940.

References

  1. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08.


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