Fulton Ferry station

The Fulton Ferry station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. As the name implies, it was built to serve the Fulton Ferry between the two ferry slips in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Fulton Street Elevated was built by the Kings County Elevated Railway Company and this station started service on April 24, 1888.^[3][4][5] The station had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.^[6] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line.

Fulton Ferry
Former New York City Subway station
1904 image of the Fulton Ferry station with the ferry terminal and the Brooklyn Bridge off to the right.
Station statistics
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Fulton Ferry
Coordinates	40.703281°N 73.995085°W / 40.703281; -73.995085
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Services	BMT Fulton Street Line BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
Transit	Fulton Street Trolley Line Fulton Ferry
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 24, 1888; 136 years ago (1888-04-24)
Closed	June 1, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-06-01)
Traffic
2023	[2]
Rank	out of 423[2]
Station succession
Next north	(Terminus)
Next south	Court Street (Fulton, Brighton) Clark Street (Fulton, Brighton originally)
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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 during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and 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)

This station was served by steam locomotives between 1888 and 1899. In 1898, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) absorbed the Kings County Elevated Railway, and it took over the Fulton Street El, and it was electrified on July 3, 1899.^[7] It also had a connection to the Fulton Street trolley. Despite the fact that the ferry ceased operation on January 19, 1924, partially due to the increased use of the Brooklyn Bridge,^[8] it closed on June 1, 1940.^[4] On June 1 all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership.^[5]

References

1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
2. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. "General Jourdan Congratulated on an Anspicious Opening of His Line–Rapid Transit on Fulton Street at Last". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 24, 1888. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "www.nycsubway.org: The Fulton Street Elevated (Brooklyn)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
6. "Fulton Street Elevated Line". April 8, 2013. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
7. "THE FULTON EL (A TRAIN)". www.robertkopolovicz.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
8. Brian Cudahy, Over and Back, p229

External links

• BMT Fulton Ferry Station images (NYCSubway.org)