Court Street–Myrtle Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Court Street – Myrtle Avenue
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Fulton Street, Court Street and Myrtle Avenues, Brooklyn, NY
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn
Line BMT Fulton Street Line
BMT Brighton Line
Services None
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened April 24, 1888 (1888-04-24)
Closed June 1, 1940 (1940-06-01)
Station succession
Next north Fulton Ferry (Ferry)
Sands Street (Brooklyn Bridge)
Tillary Street (originally)
Next south Boerum Place

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.[1][2][3] The station had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] It also had a connection to the streetcar line of the same name. It closed on June 1, 1940,[2] when all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "General Jourdan Congratulated on an Anspicious Opening of His Line–Rapid Transit on Fulton Street at Last". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 24, 1888. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progreess at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "www.nycsubway.org: The Fulton Street Elevated (Brooklyn)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  4. ↑ "Fulton Street Elevated Line". 2013-04-08. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  5. ↑ 1912 BMT Route Map (NYCSubway.org)
  6. ↑ "THE FULTON EL (A TRAIN)". www.robertkopolovicz.com. Retrieved 2016-02-19.


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