Fifth Avenue Elevated | |
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![]() The Atlantic Avenue station of the Fifth Avenue Elevated line. | |
Overview | |
Other name(s) | BMT Fifth Avenue Line |
Owner | City of New York |
Termini | |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation |
Operator(s) | Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation |
History | |
Opened | 1888–1893 |
Closed | 1940 |
Technical | |
Number of tracks | 2 |
Character | Elevated |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Electrification | 600 V DC third rail |
The Fifth Avenue Line, also called the Fifth Avenue Elevated or Fifth Avenue–Bay Ridge Line, was an elevated rail line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It ran above Hudson Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Fifth Avenue, 38th Street, and Third Avenue from Downtown Brooklyn south to Bay Ridge. The portion on Third Avenue was called the Third Avenue Elevated to distinguish service from the elevated BMT West End Line; it was separate from the elevated IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan and the Bronx.