IND Fulton Street Line
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The IND Fulton Street Line is a rapid transit
line of the IND
Division of the New York City Subway
, extending from the Cranberry Street Tunnel
under the East River
through all of central Brooklyn to a terminus in Ozone Park, Queens. The IND Rockaway Line
branches from it. It forms part of the A train
, which runs express daytime and local late nights. The C train
also runs local on the line at all times except late nights.
subway was the Independent System's main line from downtown Brooklyn to southern Queens. Construction was delayed by funding problems in the early 1930's, solved by federal Works Progress Administration funding starting in 1936. That lasted only a few years, as work on the last portions in Brooklyn was then stopped in 1942 shortly after the nation entered World War II. The portion continuing from east of Rockaway Avenue station to Crystal St, not far west of the future Euclid Ave station, was let in 1938, and the next portion in 1940.
After the war ended, workers and materials became available for civilian use again. The badly needed short run to a better terminal at East New York (now named Broadway Junction station) was finished in about a year, opening in December 1946. The last portion opened on 28 November 1948, running along Pennsylvania Ave and Pitkin Ave to the Euclid Avenue
station just prior to the Queens border. It included access to a new train yard with access from Euclid Ave station.
While much of the line is four tracks, its only service into Manhattan is via the two-track Cranberry Street Tunnel
. Manhattan-bound trains merge into the express tracks at the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station.
Under Fulton Street, the line is mainly single level. The Nostrand Avenue
station is the exception with the express tracks on the upper level and local tracks on the lower level. This is partly because it was built while the old, now-demolished elevated line on the surface
had to be supported.
The stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from 80th Street – Hudson Street
through Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard, as well as the current 3-track elevated structure, were built for the BMT Fulton Street Line in 1915 as part of the BMT
's portion of the Dual Contracts
.
The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, and the IND was extended east (track direction south) from Euclid Avenue
via a connecting tunnel and new intermediate station at Grant Avenue
. The new service began on April 29, 1956.
as a two-track line, the Eighth Avenue Line travels east on Cranberry Street, then south on Jay Street. It becomes the Fulton Street line at an interlocking north of Jay Street – MetroTech while briefly running parallel with the IND Culver Line
. It turns away from the Culver Line onto Schermerhorn Street to the six-track Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station, which it shares with the Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Line
. The local tracks are unused at Hoyt-Schermerhorn, but are connected to the abandoned Court Street station (it is presently the site of the New York City Transit Museum). At this point it becomes a four-track system until Euclid Avenue.
The line continues east under Schermerhorn Street to the intersection of Schermerhorn, Third Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, and thence across it, onto Lafayette Avenue and then finally onto Fulton Street.
It leaves Fulton Street via Truxton Street, crosses Broadway, curves through a corner of the BMT East New York Yard, and crosses Jamaica Avenue onto Granville Payne Avenue. It turns east onto Pitkin Avenue to Euclid Avenue, where it interchanges with the Pitkin Avenue Yards.
A two-track ramp leads from the Euclid Ave station to the Grant Ave station. Past Grant Ave, the line becomes elevated, swinging somewhat north until it is over Liberty Avenue. Here it becomes a three-track line, with the center track coming from Pitkin Yard. Just past the Rockaway Boulevard Station, the Rockaway Line
branches southward. The Fulton Street Line continues over Liberty Avenue to its terminus at Lefferts Boulevard.
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
line of the IND
Independent Subway System
The Independent Subway System , formerly known as the Independent City-Owned Subway System or the Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad, was a rapid transit rail system in New York City that is now part of the New York City Subway...
Division of the New York City Subway
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...
, extending from the Cranberry Street Tunnel
Cranberry Street Tunnel
The Cranberry Street Tunnel carries the trains of the New York City Subway under the East River between the Fulton Street Station in Manhattan and the High Street – Brooklyn Bridge Station in Brooklyn. Its Brooklyn ventilation shaft is visible from Furman Street...
under the East River
East River
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx on the North American mainland...
through all of central Brooklyn to a terminus in Ozone Park, Queens. The IND Rockaway Line
IND Rockaway Line
The IND Rockaway Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway. It branches from the IND Fulton Street Line at Rockaway Boulevard, extending over the Jamaica Bay, into the Rockaways.-History:...
branches from it. It forms part of the A train
A (New York City Subway service)
The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. Its route bullet is colored blue on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map since it runs on the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan....
, which runs express daytime and local late nights. The C train
C (New York City Subway service)
The C Eighth Avenue Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored blue on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map, since it runs on the IND Eighth Avenue Line through Manhattan....
also runs local on the line at all times except late nights.
General characteristics
The Fulton StreetFulton Street (Brooklyn)
Fulton Street, named after engineer Robert Fulton, exists mainly in two parts in what are today two boroughs of New York City which Fulton linked by his steam ferries, and each segment has its own distinct identity. This entry deals with Fulton Street in Brooklyn, which now begins at the...
subway was the Independent System's main line from downtown Brooklyn to southern Queens. Construction was delayed by funding problems in the early 1930's, solved by federal Works Progress Administration funding starting in 1936. That lasted only a few years, as work on the last portions in Brooklyn was then stopped in 1942 shortly after the nation entered World War II. The portion continuing from east of Rockaway Avenue station to Crystal St, not far west of the future Euclid Ave station, was let in 1938, and the next portion in 1940.
After the war ended, workers and materials became available for civilian use again. The badly needed short run to a better terminal at East New York (now named Broadway Junction station) was finished in about a year, opening in December 1946. The last portion opened on 28 November 1948, running along Pennsylvania Ave and Pitkin Ave to the Euclid Avenue
Euclid Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
Euclid Avenue is an express station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn, it is served by the A train at all times, and the southern terminal for the C train, at all times except late nights...
station just prior to the Queens border. It included access to a new train yard with access from Euclid Ave station.
While much of the line is four tracks, its only service into Manhattan is via the two-track Cranberry Street Tunnel
Cranberry Street Tunnel
The Cranberry Street Tunnel carries the trains of the New York City Subway under the East River between the Fulton Street Station in Manhattan and the High Street – Brooklyn Bridge Station in Brooklyn. Its Brooklyn ventilation shaft is visible from Furman Street...
. Manhattan-bound trains merge into the express tracks at the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station.
Under Fulton Street, the line is mainly single level. The Nostrand Avenue
Nostrand Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
Nostrand Avenue is a two-level express station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn...
station is the exception with the express tracks on the upper level and local tracks on the lower level. This is partly because it was built while the old, now-demolished elevated line on the surface
Fulton Street Line (elevated)
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...
had to be supported.
The stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from 80th Street – Hudson Street
80th Street (IND Fulton Street Line)
80th Street is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Liberty Avenue at 80th Street in Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times....
through Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard, as well as the current 3-track elevated structure, were built for the BMT Fulton Street Line in 1915 as part of the BMT
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation
The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation was an urban transit holding company, based in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, and incorporated in 1923. The system was sold to the city in 1940 and today, together with the IND subway system, form the B Division of the New York City Subway...
's portion of the Dual Contracts
Dual Contracts (New York City Subway)
The Dual Contracts of 1913, also known as the Dual Subway System, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The majority of the lines of the present-day New York Subway were built or reconstructed under these contracts...
.
The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, and the IND was extended east (track direction south) from Euclid Avenue
Euclid Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
Euclid Avenue is an express station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn, it is served by the A train at all times, and the southern terminal for the C train, at all times except late nights...
via a connecting tunnel and new intermediate station at Grant Avenue
Grant Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
Grant Avenue is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Grant and Pitkin Avenues in City Line, Brooklyn, it is served by the A train at all times....
. The new service began on April 29, 1956.
Route
Entering Brooklyn via the Cranberry Street TunnelCranberry Street Tunnel
The Cranberry Street Tunnel carries the trains of the New York City Subway under the East River between the Fulton Street Station in Manhattan and the High Street – Brooklyn Bridge Station in Brooklyn. Its Brooklyn ventilation shaft is visible from Furman Street...
as a two-track line, the Eighth Avenue Line travels east on Cranberry Street, then south on Jay Street. It becomes the Fulton Street line at an interlocking north of Jay Street – MetroTech while briefly running parallel with the IND Culver Line
IND Culver Line
The IND Culver Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, extending from Downtown Brooklyn south to Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, United States...
. It turns away from the Culver Line onto Schermerhorn Street to the six-track Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station, which it shares with the Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Line
IND Crosstown Line
-External links:*...
. The local tracks are unused at Hoyt-Schermerhorn, but are connected to the abandoned Court Street station (it is presently the site of the New York City Transit Museum). At this point it becomes a four-track system until Euclid Avenue.
The line continues east under Schermerhorn Street to the intersection of Schermerhorn, Third Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, and thence across it, onto Lafayette Avenue and then finally onto Fulton Street.
It leaves Fulton Street via Truxton Street, crosses Broadway, curves through a corner of the BMT East New York Yard, and crosses Jamaica Avenue onto Granville Payne Avenue. It turns east onto Pitkin Avenue to Euclid Avenue, where it interchanges with the Pitkin Avenue Yards.
A two-track ramp leads from the Euclid Ave station to the Grant Ave station. Past Grant Ave, the line becomes elevated, swinging somewhat north until it is over Liberty Avenue. Here it becomes a three-track line, with the center track coming from Pitkin Yard. Just past the Rockaway Boulevard Station, the Rockaway Line
IND Rockaway Line
The IND Rockaway Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway. It branches from the IND Fulton Street Line at Rockaway Boulevard, extending over the Jamaica Bay, into the Rockaways.-History:...
branches southward. The Fulton Street Line continues over Liberty Avenue to its terminus at Lefferts Boulevard.
Station listing
| Station | Tracks | Services | Opened | Transfers and notes | |
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| Begins as continuation of IND Eighth Avenue Line IND Eighth Avenue Line The Eighth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line in New York City, United States, and is part of the B Division of the New York City Subway... express tracks ; with connecting tracks to IND Sixth Avenue Line IND Sixth Avenue Line The Sixth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in the United States. It runs mainly under Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, and continues south through the Rutgers Street Tunnel to Brooklyn... local tracks (No Regular Service) |
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| Jay Street – MetroTech | express | February 1, 1933 | IND Culver Line IND Culver Line The IND Culver Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, extending from Downtown Brooklyn south to Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, United States... BMT Fourth Avenue Line BMT Fourth Avenue Line The Fourth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, mainly running under Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. Fourth Avenue never had a streetcar line or elevated railway due to the provisions of the assessment charged to neighboring property owners when the street... |
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| Local tracks begin | |||||
| Court Street | local | April 9, 1936 | Closed 1946, reopened 1976 as the New York Transit Museum New York Transit Museum The New York Transit Museum is a museum which displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge and tunnel systems; it is located in a decommissioned Court Street subway station in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of New York City... |
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| Local tracks continue east from Court Street; Express tracks continue south then east from Jay Street – MetroTech | |||||
| Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets | all | April 9, 1936 | IND Crosstown Line IND Crosstown Line -External links:*... Local tracks & platforms between local and express tracks unused |
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| Lafayette Avenue Lafayette Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Lafayette Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn. It is served by the C train at all times except late nights, and the A train during late nights.... |
local | April 9, 1936 | |||
| Clinton–Washington Avenues | local | April 9, 1936 | |||
| Franklin Avenue | local | April 9, 1936 | Franklin Avenue Shuttle | ||
| Nostrand Avenue Nostrand Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Nostrand Avenue is a two-level express station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn... |
all | April 9, 1936 | local – lower level express – upper level |
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| Kingston–Throop Avenues | local | April 9, 1936 | |||
| Utica Avenue Utica Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Utica Avenue is an express station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. The tile color is maroon with a tuscan red border. The station has been renovated with new old-fashioned light fixtures with modern sodium-vapor lamps in them. They are suspended on long rods from the... |
all | April 9, 1936 | |||
| Ralph Avenue Ralph Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Ralph Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Ralph Avenue and Fulton Street, it is served by the C train at all times except late nights, when it is replaced by the A train.This underground station, opened on... |
local | April 9, 1936 | |||
| Rockaway Avenue Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Rockaway Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Rockaway Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn. It is served by the C train all times except late nights when the A train takes over service.-Description:This is a four-track... |
local | April 9, 1936 | |||
| Broadway Junction | all | December 30, 1946 | BMT Canarsie Line BMT Canarsie Line The Canarsie Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York City Subway system, named after its terminus in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn... BMT Jamaica Line BMT Jamaica Line The Jamaica Line is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East New York, Brooklyn, and then east over Fulton Street and Jamaica Avenue to... |
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| Liberty Avenue Liberty Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Liberty Avenue, is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the C train at all times except late nights when it is replaced by the A train. The exit is in the center with two stairways to a crossover to Liberty and Pennsylvania Avenues... |
local | November 28, 1948 | |||
| Van Siclen Avenue Van Siclen Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Van Siclen Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Van Siclen and Pitkin Avenues in Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except late nights, when the A train provides service.There is a crossover and a single... |
local | November 28, 1948 | |||
| Shepherd Avenue Shepherd Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Shepherd Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Shepherd and Pitkin Avenues in Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except late nights, when the A train provides service.It resembles Van Siclen Avenue, having... |
local | November 28, 1948 | |||
| Euclid Avenue Euclid Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Euclid Avenue is an express station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn, it is served by the A train at all times, and the southern terminal for the C train, at all times except late nights... |
all | November 28, 1948 | |||
| Express tracks end | |||||
| Grant Avenue Grant Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line) Grant Avenue is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Grant and Pitkin Avenues in City Line, Brooklyn, it is served by the A train at all times.... |
April 29, 1956 | ||||
| Single Express track begins (No Regular Revenue Service) | |||||
| 80th Street 80th Street (IND Fulton Street Line) 80th Street is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Liberty Avenue at 80th Street in Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times.... |
local | September 25, 1915 | |||
| 88th Street 88th Street (IND Fulton Street Line) 88th Street is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Liberty Avenue at 88th Street in Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times.... |
local | September 25, 1915 | |||
| Rockaway Boulevard Rockaway Boulevard (IND Fulton Street Line) Rockaway Boulevard is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard, Woodhaven Boulevard/Cross Bay Boulevard, and Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times.This station has two side... |
local | September 25, 1915 | |||
| IND Rockaway Line IND Rockaway Line The IND Rockaway Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway. It branches from the IND Fulton Street Line at Rockaway Boulevard, extending over the Jamaica Bay, into the Rockaways.-History:... splits |
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| 104th Street 104th Street (IND Fulton Street Line) 104th Street is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located on Liberty Avenue at 104th Street in Ozone Park, Queens. The station is served by the A train at all times.... |
local | September 25, 1915 | |||
| 111th Street 111th Street (IND Fulton Street Line) 111th Street is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located on Liberty Avenue at 111th Street in Queens. The station is served by the A train at all times.... |
local | September 25, 1915 | |||
| Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard | September 25, 1915 | ||||