Cumberland Avenue station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Cumberland Avenue
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	Fulton Street and Cumberland Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Fort Greene
Coordinates	40.685456°N 73.972282°W / 40.685456; -73.972282
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line BMT Brighton Line (until 1920)
Services	None
Transit	Greene and Gates Avenues 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	Lafayette Avenue
Next east	Vanderbilt 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)

Cumberland Avenue (also known as Cumberland Street) 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 offset 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 Greene and Gates Avenues Line trolleys. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built the Fulton Street subway and added a station nearby named Lafayette Avenue despite the fact that it was two blocks southeast of its namesake. 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]

References

1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
2. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. "General Jourdan Congratulated on an Anspicious Opening of His Line–Rapid Transit on Fulton Street at Last". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 24, 1888. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fulton Street 'L' Was Last Word In Progress at '88 opening". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 31, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "www.nycsubway.org: The Fulton Street Elevated (Brooklyn)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
6. "Fulton Street Elevated Line". 2013-04-08. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
7. "THE FULTON EL (A TRAIN)". www.robertkopolovicz.com. Retrieved 2016-02-19.