Fulton Ferry (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Fulton Ferry
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
1904 image of the Fulton Ferry station with the ferry terminal and the Brooklyn Bridge off to the right.
Station statistics
Borough	Brooklyn
Services	BMT Fulton Street Line
Transit connections	Fulton Street Trolley Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 24, 1888; 129 years ago (1888-04-24)
Closed	June 1, 1940; 77 years ago (1940-06-01)
Station code
Station succession
Next north	(Terminus)
Next south	Sands Street (5th, Fulton, Lexington, Myrtle)

Fulton Ferry was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. As the name implies, it was built to serve the Fulton Ferry between the two ferry slips in Brooklyn and Manhattan. 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. 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. Despite the fact that the ferry ceased operation on January 19, 1924, partially due to the increased use of the Brooklyn Bridge, it closed on June 1, 1940. On June 1 all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership.