Ralph Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Ralph Avenue
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	Fulton Street & Ralph Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11233
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Weeksville, Bedford–Stuyvesant
Coordinates	40°40′44″N 73°55′18″W / 40.678874°N 73.921665°W / 40.678874; -73.921665Coordinates: 40°40′44″N 73°55′18″W / 40.678874°N 73.921665°W / 40.678874; -73.921665
Division	B (BMT)
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 west	Reid Avenue
Next east	Saratoga Avenue
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Street map

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.

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