Rockaway Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Rockaway Avenue
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Fulton Street & Rockaway Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Bedford–Stuyvesant
Line BMT Fulton Street Line
Services None
Transit connections Wilson Avenue Line
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms, 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 1888 (1888)
Closed 1956 (1956)
Station succession
Next north Saratoga Avenue (1888-1940)
None (1940-1956)
Next south Manhattan Junction

Rockaway Avenue was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line, served by the 13 train throughout its existence. It had two tracks and two side platforms, and a center island platform.[1] It also had a connection to the Wilson Avenue Line trolleys. The next stop to the west was Saratoga Avenue until May 30, 1940, after which all stations on the line west of Rockaway Avenue were closed and a free transfer became available to the IND Fulton Street Line at the 1936-built subway station of the same name. The next stop to the east was Manhattan Junction. The station closed on April 26, 1956.

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