Troy Avenue station

Troy Ave.
General information
LocationFulton Street & Troy Avenue
Weeksville, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates40°40′46″N 73°56′06″W / 40.679582°N 73.934947°W / 40.679582; -73.934947
Line(s)BMT Fulton Street Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Openedc. 1920s
ClosedMay 31, 1940 (1940-05-31)
Former services
Preceding station BMT Lines Following station
Tompkins Avenue 13: Fulton Street
Local
Reid Avenue
Brooklyn Avenue
One-way operation

The Troy Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City. It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms. It served trains of the BMT Fulton Street Line. Sometime between 1912 and 1924, the nearby Albany–Sumner Avenues station was closed due to the Dual Contracts addition of a third track between Nostrand Avenue and Hinsdale Street. Commuters from that station were redirected here. It was served by BMT 13 trains throughout its existence.

The next stop to the west of Reid Avenue was originally Sumner Avenue. In 1936, the Independent Subway System built their own Fulton Street subway but did not install a subway station at Troy Avenue. The nearest subway stations to replace the el station were Utica Avenue to the east and Kingston and Throop Avenues to the west. The el station became obsolete, and it closed on May 31, 1940.