Services None Structure Elevated Opened 24 April 1888 Next north Cumberland Avenue Tracks 2 | Transit connections Vanderbilt Avenue Line Platforms 2 side platforms Borough Brooklyn Next south Grand Avenue | |
Address Fulton Street and Vanderbilt Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238 Line BMT Fulton Street Line
BMT Brighton Line (until 1920) Similar Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York Aquarium, Brooklyn Bridge, Green‑Wood Cemetery | ||
Vanderbilt 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. It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. 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.