Fifth Avenue Line (Brooklyn elevated)

Fifth Avenue Elevated
The Atlantic Avenue station of the Fifth Avenue Elevated line.
Overview
Other name(s)	BMT Fifth Avenue Line
Owner	City of New York
Termini	Fulton Street 65th Street
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
Route map Legend Park Row Brooklyn Bridge (East River) Sands Street Fulton Street Elevated Adams Street Bridge–Jay Streets (Fulton Street Line) Fourth Avenue Line Brighton Line Lexington Avenue Line (closed 1904)[1] Myrtle Avenue & Lexington Avenue Lines Fulton Street Fulton Street Elevated Brighton Line Atlantic Avenue (LIRR Atlantic Branch) St. Marks Avenue Union Street Third Street Ninth Street 16th Street 20th Street 25th Street 36th Street Culver Line Fourth Avenue Line 40th Street 46th Street 52nd Street 58th Street 65th Street This diagram: view talk edit

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.