Service type Subway | Status Discontinued | |
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Locale New York City, United States First service 1924; 93 years ago (1924) Last service 29 April 1956; 60 years ago (1956-04-29) Successor IND Fulton Street Line
(only east of Hudson Street) | ||
13 was the BMT's designation for service on the BMT Fulton Street Line, not to be confused with today's IND Fulton Street Line, which uses a portion of the old BMT line at its east end.
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1924
When the BMT assigned numbers in 1924, 13 was assigned to trains between Park Row in Manhattan and Lefferts Avenue – 119th Street, via the Brooklyn Bridge and BMT Fulton Street Line. Service patterns were rather complicated, with the following services running:
Morning rush hours
Afternoon rush hours
1925
By 1925, local morning trains were added from Grant Avenue to Fulton Ferry or Park Row. Between 1925 and 1931, afternoon rush hour service was changed to the following:
1930s
Between 1931 and 1937, local morning trains were shifted from beginning at Atlantic and Grant Avenues to beginning at Grant and Lefferts Avenues. Afternoon service became the following:
Extra service during all rush hours and Saturday mornings ran only from Lefferts Avenue to Atlantic Avenue.
Also at this time, special 14th Street-Fulton Street rush hour and Saturday morning trains were added between Lefferts Avenue and Eighth Avenue on the BMT 14th Street-Canarsie Line, switching lines at Atlantic Avenue.
Between 1937 and 1939, local morning trains were truncated at Sands Street (with some still going to Fulton Ferry).
Discontinuation
The BMT Fulton Street Line was closed west of Rockaway Avenue on May 31, 1940, with free transfers to the IND Fulton Street Line. Service from then on was limited to trains running the remaining length, as well as 14th Street-Fulton Street trains and the new Fulton-Lexington Avenue service provided by 12 trains).
On April 26, 1956, the BMT Fulton Street Line was abandoned west of Hudson Street; the rest became part of the IND Fulton Street Line on April 29.