Pennsylvania Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)
Pennsylvania Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 1 island platform, and was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line.[1] The station was opened on November 18, 1889, one of three other stations to do so. The next stop to the east was Van Siclen Avenue. The next stop to the west was Eastern Parkway, until 1918, when it was replaced by Hinsdale Street.[2][3][4]
Pennsylvania Avenue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Former New York City Subway station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Address | Pitkin Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | East New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.671904°N 73.895861°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line | BMT Fulton Street Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | November 18, 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | April 26, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station succession | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next west | Eastern Parkway (1889–1918) Hinsdale Street (1918–1956) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next east | Van Siclen Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On November 28, 1948, the Independent Subway System built the underground Liberty Avenue Subway station two blocks north after years of war-time construction delays. This station rendered the elevated station obsolete, and it closed on April 26, 1956.[5]
References
- "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013.
- "1912 BRT Map" (PDF). NYCSubway.org.
- 1924 BMT Map (NYCSubway.org)
- Legislative Documents. J.B. Lyon Company. January 1, 1920.
- "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
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