Pennsylvania Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Pennsylvania Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. 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
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	Pitkin Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11207
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	East New York
Coordinates	40.671904°N 73.895861°W / 40.671904; -73.895861
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line
Services	None
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	November 18, 1889 (1889-11-18)
Closed	April 26, 1956 (1956-04-26)
Station succession
Next west	Eastern Parkway (1889–1918) Hinsdale Street (1918–1956)
Next east	Van Siclen Avenue
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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 only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except 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)

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

1. "Fulton Street El". StationReporter.net. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013.
2. "1912 BRT Map" (PDF). NYCSubway.org.
3. 1924 BMT Map (NYCSubway.org)
4. Legislative Documents. J.B. Lyon Company. January 1, 1920.
5. "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.

External links

• Pennsylvania Avenue Elevated Station; BMT Fulton Street Elevated (NYCSubway.org)