Vanderbilt Avenue 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 ...

. 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

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

. It was served by trains of the

, and until 1920, trains of the

BMT Brighton Line The BMT Brighton Line, also known as the Brighton Beach Line, is a rapid transit line in the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. Local service is provided at all times by the Q train, but is joined ...

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

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was a public transit holding company formed in 1896 to acquire and consolidate railway lines in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It was a prominent corporation and industry leader using ...

(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. In 1936, the

Independent Subway System The Independent Subway System (IND or ISS), formerly known as the Independent City-Owned Subway System (ICOSS) or the Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (ICORTR), was a rapid transit rail system in New York City that is now part of th ...

built the

Fulton Street subway The IND Fulton Street Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway, running from the Cranberry Street Tunnel under the East River through all of central Brooklyn to a terminus in Ozone Park, Queens. The IND Ro ...

and added a station one block to the southeast named Clinton–Washington Avenues. The el station became obsolete, and it closed on June 1, 1940, when all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership.

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Defunct BMT Fulton Street Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888 Railway stations closed in 1940 1888 establishments in New York (state) 1940 disestablishments in New York (state) {{Brooklyn-railstation-stub