Ralph Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
Ralph Avenue  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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Southern staircase | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
Ralph Avenue & Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11233 | ||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | Bedford-Stuyvesant | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′44″N 73°55′18″W / 40.678815°N 73.92168°WCoordinates: 40°40′44″N 73°55′18″W / 40.678815°N 73.92168°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||
| Line | IND Fulton Street Line | ||||||||
| Services |
A  (late nights) C  (all except late nights) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B25, B47 | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | April 9, 1936[1] | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,867,793[2]  4.5% | ||||||||
| Rank | 257 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Utica Avenue: A C | ||||||||
| Next south |
Rockaway Avenue: A C | ||||||||
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Ralph Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Ralph Avenue and Fulton Street, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train serves the station.
History
This underground station opened on April 9, 1936, and replaced the BMT Fulton Street El.[1] The Ralph Avenue El station, which was formerly above the current subway station, closed on May 31, 1940.[3]
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (Utica Avenue) | |
| Northbound express | ← does not stop here | |
| Southbound express | → does not stop here → | |
| Southbound local | → toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (Rockaway Avenue) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
The station has four tracks and two side platforms. The two express tracks are used by the A train during daytime hours.
Both platforms are column-less and have a rouge trim-line with a purple border and name tablets reading "RALPH AVE." in white sans serif font on a purple background and rouge border. Underneath the trim line are small directional and station signs reading "RALPH" in white lettering on a black border.
This station has a full length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks. Only the eastern half is open to the public and has two staircases to each platform. The columns here are painted dark blue except for those that have payphones on them, which are painted yellow.
Entrances and exits
The fare control area at the extreme west end has a bank of four turnstiles and one exit-only turnstile. There is a token booth and two street stairs, one to the southeast corner of Ralph Avenue and Fulton Street and the other to the northeast peninsula formed by Ralph Avenue, MacDougal Street, and Fulton Street.
This station formerly had another entrance/exit to Howard Avenue and Fulton Street at the east (railroad south) end. The street stairs on either eastern side of the intersection, though closed, remain intact. Both platforms have many staircases to the closed-off portion of the mezzanine.
References
- 1 2 "NEW SUBWAY LINK OPENED BY MAYOR; He Tells 15,000 in Brooklyn It Will Be Extended to Queens When Red Tape Is Cut.". The New York Times. 1936-04-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ New York Times, Last Train is Run on Fulton St. 'El', June 1, 1940
External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Fulton: Ralph Avenue
- Station Reporter — C Train
- The Subway Nut — Ralph Avenue Pictures
- Ralph Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- closed Howard Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View