Troy Avenue station
Troy Ave. | ||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | Fulton Street & Troy Avenue Weeksville, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′46″N 73°56′06″W / 40.679582°N 73.934947°W | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | BMT Fulton Street Line | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | c. 1920s | |||||||||||
| Closed | May 31, 1940 | |||||||||||
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The Troy 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.[1] It served trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. Sometime between 1912 and 1924, the nearby Albany–Sumner Avenues station was closed[2][3] due to the Dual Contracts addition of a third track between Nostrand Avenue and Hinsdale Street. Commuters from that station were redirected here. It was served by BMT 13 trains throughout its existence.
The next stop to the west of Reid Avenue was originally Sumner Avenue. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street subway but did not install a subway station at Troy Avenue. The nearest subway stations to replace the el station were Utica Avenue to the east and Kingston and Throop Avenues to the west.[4][5] The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013.
- ^ 1912 BRT Map
- ^ 1924 BMT map
- ^ "Two Subway Links Start Wednesday". The New York Times. April 6, 1936. p. 23. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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