IND Fulton Street Line

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IND Fulton Street Line
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Stations22
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemNew York City Subway
Operator(s)New York City Transit Authority
Daily ridership102,615[1]
History
Opened1915–1956
Technical
Number of tracks2-4
CharacterUnderground (Brooklyn)
Elevated (Queens)
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
ElectrificationDirect Current traction
Route map

Legend
Sixth Avenue Line
Eighth Avenue Line
Jay Street–MetroTech
Fourth Avenue Line
Court Street
Crosstown Line
 Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets
Culver Line
 Lafayette Avenue
(Fulton Street)
 Clinton–Washington Avenues
Franklin Avenue
(Franklin Avenue Line)
 Nostrand Avenue
Kingston–Throop Avenues
Utica Avenue
Ralph Avenue
Rockaway Avenue
Broadway Junction
(Canarsie Line)
Bay Ridge Branch
Jamaica Line
 Liberty Avenue
Van Siclen Avenue
Shepherd Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Pitkin Yard
provision for extension
 Grant Avenue
former
Fulton Street elevated
80th Street
88th Street
Rockaway Boulevard
Rockaway Line
 104th Street
111th Street
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Legend
 Express station
Local station
Closed station
This diagram:

The IND Fulton Street Line is a

Rockaway Boulevard. The A train runs express during daytime hours and local at night on the underground portion of the line; it runs local on the elevated portion of the line at all times. The C
train runs local on the underground portion of the line at all times except late nights.

The line runs primarily along Fulton Street, Pitkin Avenue, and Liberty Avenue. The underground portion, which constitutes the majority of the line, was built for the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND), opening between 1936 and 1956. The elevated portion in Queens was originally part of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s Fulton Street elevated line; the Elevated in Brooklyn was closed and demolished in stages with the opening of the subway line.

Description and service

The following services use part or all of the IND Fulton Street Line:[2]

Service Between
  Time period
Euclid Ave
 Euclid Ave
Rockaway Boulevard
 Rockaway Boulevard
Ozone Park–Lefferts Blvd
"A" train All except nights express local
Late nights local shuttle
"C" train All except nights local no service
Late nights no service

Under

Nostrand Avenue, where the express tracks are on the upper level and the local tracks are on the lower level.[3] During the subway line's construction in the late 1930s and early 1940s, the old, now-demolished BMT Fulton Street Elevated
(which the IND line replaced) had to be supported.

The stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from

Dual Contracts. This was the only section of the Fulton El that was built specifically to handle steel subway cars, as opposed to lighter wooden elevated cars.[4]

The current service pattern along the line is one of the newest in the New York City Subway system. Prior to December 1988, express service was only provided during rush hours, and before 1999, all trains ran local on weekends and weekday evenings after 9:00 pm. Since May 2, 1999, A trains run express along the line and C trains run local except during late nights, when A trains make all stops.

Route

Entering

Euclid Avenue.[3]

The line continues east under Schermerhorn Street to the intersections of Third Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, across them onto Lafayette Avenue and then finally onto Fulton Street until

Broadway Junction.[3]

After Broadway Junction, the line leaves Fulton Street via Truxton Street, crosses Broadway, curves through a corner of the

Grant Avenue station. The four mainline trackways continue east on Pitkin Avenue, disused, and end at approximately Elderts Lane.[3][5]

Past Grant Avenue, the line joins the former Fulton Street elevated via a ramp as it enters

Lefferts Boulevard.[3][6][8]

History

The

Rockaway Avenue on April 9, 1936, including the stub terminal at Court Street.[12][13]

To allow the subway line to be built, the following streets were widened from 60 to 80 feet (18 to 24 m): Jay Street between Nassau Street to Fulton Street, Smith Street between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue, and Schermerhorn Street between Smith Street and Nevins Street. The land acquired to widen the streets was valued at $1.75 million.[14]

Further construction was delayed by funding problems due to the

Broadway−East New York complete but not in operation due to lack of signal equipment, and the remaining stations to Euclid Avenue as unfinished shells.[5][10][15][17][18]

The Court Street station was closed on June 1, 1946, due to low ridership and because of its close proximity to the

Broadway Junction station) opened on December 30, 1946.[5][20]

The extension of the Fulton Street Line, the completion of which had been delayed due to war priorities, was finished by funds obtained by Mayor

fluorescent lighting.[5][10][22]

The Fulton Street express tracks were not used in regular service until October 24, 1949. A trains began running express during rush hours to

Broadway–East New York, with E trains extended to provide local service.[23] The express reduced travel time by five minutes.[24]

In 1953, the platforms were lengthened at

Broadway–East New York to 660 feet (200 m) to allow E trains to run eleven car trains. The E began running eleven car trains during rush hours on September 8, 1953. The extra train car increased the total carrying capacity by 4,000 passengers. The lengthening project cost $400,000.[25][26][27]

In late 1952, the

Rockaway Boulevard was opened.[4][8][34][35][36][37]

The 2015–2019

Enhanced Station Initiative. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories and maps, improved signage, and improved station lighting.[38][39] However, in April 2018, it was announced that cost overruns had forced the MTA to reduce the number of subway stations included in the program from 33 stations to 20. The stations to be renovated along the IND Fulton Street Line were among the 13 stations without funding, which will be pushed back to the 2020–2024 Capital Plan.[40]

Second System planned route

Early in the planning of the subway, the city considered recapturing parts of the BMT Jamaica Line,[41] which had been built under the Dual Contracts. This would have created two branches of the Fulton Street Subway east of Broadway Junction. Bellmouths were built into the outer walls of the subway tunnel just east of the Broadway Junction station for a future connection.[3]

Cross Bay Boulevard in Ozone Park
.

The IND Fulton Street Line was supposed to be extended farther east into Queens as part of the

IND Second System, via an extension of the Fulton Elevated or a new subway. The line would have gone as far as Springfield Boulevard in Queens Village or 229th Street in Cambria Heights, both near the Nassau County border. The line would have also had a spur to the Rockaways.[5][9][42][43][44]

The 1929 Second System plan suggested recapturing and extending the Fulton elevated along Liberty, Brinkerhoff and Hollis Avenues to Springfield Boulevard, near

Cross Bay Boulevard in South Ozone Park, then along Linden Boulevard to Cambria Heights near the Cross Island Parkway. A spur would have branched off east of Cross Bay Boulevard, turning south to join with the former Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (now the IND Rockaway Line).[5][42][44] This extended Fulton Street Line would have also facilitated service from the planned Second Avenue Subway via a river tunnel from Lower Manhattan to the then-terminal station at Court Street.[42][44][45]

In a 1940 plan, which was revised in 1945, the IND Fulton Street Line would connect to the IND Rockaway Line in a similar manner to the 1939 plan, via an extension of the subway under Pitkin Avenue. The line, east of Euclid Avenue, would be 4 tracks, with local stations at

scissors crossover would be present just west of the station. Crossovers would also be located between the local and express pair of tracks east of 76th Street, and between the two express tracks east of Cross Bay Boulevard.[46]

Currently the line ends at Lefferts Boulevard in

Euclid Avenue station were to be part of a 4-track line to Cambria Heights.[5]

Station listing

Station service legend
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details
Disabled access Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
Disabled access ↑ Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
in the indicated direction only
Disabled access ↓
Elevator access to mezzanine only
Neighborhood
(approximate) 		Disabled access Station Tracks Services Opened Transfers and notes
Brooklyn
Begins as a continuation of the IND Eighth Avenue Line express tracks (A all times ​C all except late nights);
with connecting tracks to the IND Sixth Avenue Line local tracks (no regular service)
Downtown Brooklyn Disabled access Jay Street–MetroTech express A all times ​C all except late nights February 1, 1933
<F> two rush hour trains, peak direction​)
BMT Fourth Avenue Line (N late nights R all times ​W limited rush hour service only
)
Local tracks begin
Disabled access
Court Street
 local April 9, 1936 Closed 1946, reopened 1976 as the New York Transit Museum
Local tracks continue east from
Court Street; Express tracks continue south then east from Jay Street–MetroTech
Elevator access to mezzanine only Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets all A all times ​C all except late nights April 9, 1936 IND Crosstown Line (G all times)
Local tracks, and platforms between local and express tracks, unused
Fort Greene Lafayette Avenue local A late nights ​C all except late nights April 9, 1936
Clinton Hill Clinton–Washington Avenues local A late nights ​C all except late nights April 9, 1936
Bedford–Stuyvesant Disabled access Franklin Avenue local A late nights ​C all except late nights April 9, 1936 BMT Franklin Avenue Line (S all times)
Nostrand Avenue all A all times ​C all except late nights April 9, 1936 local tracks on lower level, express tracks on upper level
B44 Select Bus Service
Kingston–Throop Avenues local A late nights ​C all except late nights April 9, 1936
Disabled access Utica Avenue all A all times ​C all except late nights April 9, 1936
B46 Select Bus Service
Ralph Avenue local A late nights ​C all except late nights April 9, 1936
Rockaway Avenue local A late nights ​C all except late nights April 9, 1936
East New York Broadway Junction all A all times ​C all except late nights December 30, 1946
Z rush hours, peak direction
)
originally Broadway-East New York
Liberty Avenue local A late nights ​C all except late nights November 28, 1948
Van Siclen Avenue local A late nights ​C all except late nights November 28, 1948
Shepherd Avenue local A late nights ​C all except late nights November 28, 1948
Disabled access Euclid Avenue all A all times ​C all except late nights November 28, 1948
Connecting tracks to
Pitkin Yard and Grant Avenue
spurs; mainline tracks dead-end
City Line
 Grant Avenue all A all times April 29, 1956
Queens
Single express track begins from
Pitkin Yard
(no regular service)
Ozone Park 80th Street local A all times September 25, 1915[47]
88th Street local A all times September 25, 1915[47]
Rockaway Boulevard local A all times September 25, 1915[47] Q52/Q53 Select Bus Service
IND Rockaway Line splits (A all times)
104th Street local A all times September 25, 1915[47]
Richmond Hill 111th Street local A all times September 25, 1915[47]
Disabled access Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard all A all times September 25, 1915[47] Q10 bus to JFK Airport

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