The Fulton Street station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line in

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. Served by trains of the BMT Culver Line and BMT Fifth Avenue Line, it had two tracks and one

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. The station was opened on July 27, 1889 at Hudson Avenue and Fulton Street, and was the northernmost Fifth Avenue Line station before the line merged with the

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.Fulton Street BMT Fifth Avenue Line (NYCSubway.org; George Conrad Collection)
/ref> It also had connections to the Fulton Street,

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, and Flatbush Avenue Line streetcars. The next stop to the north was Bridge–Jay Streets. The next stop to the south was

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, which still exists today as the Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center subway station complex. It closed on May 31, 1940.

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* BMT Fifth Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1889 Railway stations closed in 1940 Former elevated and subway stations in Brooklyn {{Brooklyn-railstation-stub