Saratoga Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)
New York City Subway station in Brooklyn, New York / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the station at Saratoga Avenue and Livonia Avenue, see Saratoga Avenue (IRT New Lots Line).
The Saratoga Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.[3] It was built on December 3, 1888 and was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. Saratoga Avenue replaced Ralph Avenue as the penultimate station on the line until it was expanded to Atlantic Avenue on July 4th, 1889. The next stop to the east was Rockaway Avenue. The next stop to the west was Ralph Avenue.
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Saratoga Avenue | |||
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Former New York City Subway station | |||
Station statistics | |||
Address | Fulton Street & Saratoga Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11233 | ||
Borough | Brooklyn | ||
Locale | Bedford–Stuyvesant | ||
Coordinates | 40.678580°N 73.916322°W / 40.678580; -73.916322 | ||
Division | B (BMT)[1] | ||
Line | BMT Fulton Street Line | ||
Services | None | ||
Structure | Elevated | ||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||
Tracks | 2 | ||
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Opened | December 3, 1888; 135 years ago (1888-12-03) | ||
Closed | May 31, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-05-31) | ||
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2023 | [2] | ||
Rank | out of 423[2] | ||
Station succession | |||
Next west | Ralph Avenue | ||
Next east | Rockaway Avenue | ||
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In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street subway, but unlike the next stops to the west and east, it did not add a subway station to compete with Saratoga Avenue.[4][5] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.[6]