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The Eastern Parkway 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 ...
in
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,
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. It had 2 tracks and 1
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and was served by trains of the
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 station was opened on November 18, 1889, one of three other stations along the line to open on that date. The next stop to the east was
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. The next stop to the west was Atlantic Avenue, which it was in close proximity to. It was even closer to the still existing Sutter Avenue station on the
BMT Canarsie Line The BMT Canarsie Line (sometimes referred to as the 14th Street–Eastern Line) is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway system, named after its terminus in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is served by the ...
. It closed on November 17, 1918, and was replaced by Hinsdale Street station.


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Defunct BMT Fulton Street Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1889 Railway stations closed in 1918 Former elevated and subway stations in Brooklyn {{Brooklyn-railstation-stub