The Saratoga Avenue station was a station on the demolished

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. It had 2 tracks and 2

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. It was built on December 3, 1888 and was served by trains of the

. Saratoga Avenue replaced Ralph Avenue as the penultimate station on the line until it was expanded to Atlantic Avenue on

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, 1889. The next stop to the east was Rockaway Avenue. The next stop to the west was Ralph Avenue. In 1936, the

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built their own

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, but unlike the next stops to the west and east, it did not add a subway station to compete with Saratoga Avenue. The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.

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Defunct BMT Fulton Street Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888 Former elevated and subway stations in Brooklyn Railway stations in the United States closed in 1940 {{Brooklyn-railstation-stub