Ralph Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

Ralph Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Ralph Avenue and Fulton Street, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train serves the station.

 Ralph Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform view
Station statistics
AddressRalph Avenue & Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11233
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBedford-Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill
Coordinates40.678815°N 73.92168°W / 40.678815; -73.92168
DivisionB (IND)
LineIND Fulton Street Line
Services      A  (late nights)
​      C  (all except late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B25, B47
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedApril 9, 1936 (April 9, 1936)[1]
Station code182[2]
Wireless service[3]
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)1,829,126[4]  1.1%
Rank253 out of 424[4]
Station succession
Next northUtica Avenue: A  ​C 
Next southRockaway Avenue: A  ​C 

History
Track layout
to Utica Av
to Rockaway Av

This underground station opened on April 9, 1936, and replaced the BMT Fulton Street El.[1] The Ralph Avenue El station, which was formerly above the current subway station, closed on May 31, 1940.[5]

Station layout
G Street level Exit/entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Westbound local ← toward 168th Street (Utica Avenue)
← toward 207th Street late nights (Utica Avenue)
Westbound express ← does not stop here
Eastbound express → does not stop here →
Eastbound local → toward Euclid Avenue (Rockaway Avenue) →
→ toward Far Rockaway late nights (Rockaway Avenue) →
Side platform
Westbound platform
Closed Entrance to Ralph Avenue station

The station has four tracks and two side platforms. The two express tracks are used by the A train during daytime hours.

Both platforms are column-less and have a maroon trim-line with a deep maroon border and name tablets reading "RALPH AVE." in white sans serif font on a deep maroon background and maroon border. Underneath the trim line are small directional and station signs reading "RALPH" in white lettering on a black background.

This station has a full length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks. Only the western entrance is open to the public, and there are four staircases to each platform. The mezzanine columns are painted maroon (used to be dark blue) except for those that have payphones on them, which are instead painted yellow.

Exits

The fare control area at the extreme west end has a bank of four turnstiles and one exit-only turnstile. There is a token booth and two street stairs, one to the southeast corner of Ralph Avenue and Fulton Street and the other to the northeast peninsula formed by Ralph Avenue, MacDougal Street, and Fulton Street.[6]

This station formerly had another entrance/exit to Howard Avenue and Fulton Street at the east (railroad south) end. The street stairs on the northwest side of the intersection, though closed, remain intact, but the street stairs on the southwest side of the intersection were sealed. Both platforms have one staircase to the closed-off portion of the mezzanine.[6]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  4. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. New York Times, Last Train is Run on Fulton St. 'El', June 1, 1940
  6. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
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