Vanderbilt Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Vanderbilt Avenue
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	Fulton Street and Vanderbilt Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Clinton Hill
Coordinates	40°41′02″N 73°58′05″W / 40.683793°N 73.967987°W / 40.683793; -73.967987
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
Services	None
Transit	Vanderbilt Avenue Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 24, 1888; 136 years ago (1888-04-24)
Closed	June 1, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-06-01)
Traffic
2023	[2]
Rank	out of 423[2]
Station succession
Next west	Cumberland Street
Next east	Grand Avenue
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Vanderbilt Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line. The Fulton Street Elevated was built by the Kings County Elevated Railway Company and this station started service on April 24, 1888.^[3][4][5] The station had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms.^[6] It was served by trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line, and until 1920, trains of the BMT Brighton Line. This station was served by steam locomotives between 1888 and 1899. In 1898, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) absorbed the Kings County Elevated Railway, and it took over the Fulton Street El, and it was electrified on July 3, 1899.^[7] It also had a connection to the streetcar line of the same name. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built the Fulton Street subway and added a station one block to the southeast named Clinton–Washington Avenues. The el station became obsolete, and it closed on June 1, 1940,^[4] when all service from Fulton Ferry and Park Row to Rockaway Avenue was abandoned, as it came under city ownership.^[5]