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Court Street–Myrtle Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)

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Services
  
None

Platforms
  
2 side platform

Borough
  
Brooklyn

Structure
  
Elevated

Opened
  
24 April 1888

Tracks
  
2

Address
  
Fulton Street, Court Street and Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Line
  
BMT Fulton Street Line BMT Brighton Line

Closed
  
June 1, 1940; 76 years ago (1940-06-01)

Locale
  
Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn

Similar
  
Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York Aquarium, Brooklyn Bridge, Green‑Wood Cemetery

Court Street – Myrtle Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. The Fulton Street Elevated was built by the Kings County Elevated Railway Company and this station started service on April 24, 1888. The station had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms. Eastbound train woul stop at Court Street, while westbound trains would stop at Myrtle Avenue. It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. The station was located east of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line, but had no connection to that elevated line. It was also located north of the Flatbush Avenue (LIRR station), now known as the Atlantic Terminal, and had no connections there either. This station was served by steam locomotives between 1888 and 1899. In 1898, Brooklyn Rapid Transit (BRT) absorbed the Kings County Elevated Railway, and it took over the Fulton Street El, and it was electrified on July 3, 1899. It also had a connection to the streetcar line of the same name. It closed on June 1, 1940, when all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership.

Map of Court St, Hamilton, Bermuda

References

Court Street–Myrtle Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line) Wikipedia