The Fulton Ferry station was a station on the demolished

BMT Fulton Street Line The Fulton Street Line, also called the Fulton Street Elevated or Kings County Line, was an elevated rail line mostly in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It ran above Fulton Street from Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn in Downtown Brooklyn east ...

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. As the name implies, it was built to serve the Fulton Ferry between the two ferry slips in

and

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. The Fulton Street Elevated was built by the

Kings County Elevated Railway Company The Kings County Elevated Railway Company (KCERy) was a builder and operator of elevated railway lines in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Kings County is now coextensive with the Borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn in New York City, bu ...

and this station started service on April 24, 1888. The station had 2 tracks and 2

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s. It was served by trains of the

, and until 1920, trains of the

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. This station was served by steam locomotives between 1888 and 1899. In 1898, the

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(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 Fulton Street trolley. Despite the fact that the ferry ceased operation on January 19, 1924, partially due to the increased use of the Brooklyn Bridge,Brian Cudahy, Over and Back, p229 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.

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BMT Fulton Ferry Station images (NYCSubway.org)
Defunct BMT Fulton Street Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888 Railway stations closed in 1940 Former elevated and subway stations in Brooklyn Defunct New York City Subway stations located aboveground {{Brooklyn-railstation-stub