Ralph Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

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.

Ralph Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform view
Station statistics
Address	Ralph Avenue & Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11233
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill
Coordinates	40.678815°N 73.92168°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Fulton Street Line
Services	A  (late nights) ​   C  (all except late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B25, B47
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	April 9, 1936[1]
Station code	182[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	1,829,126[3]  1.1%
Rank	253 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next north	Utica Avenue: A  ​C
Next south	Rockaway Avenue: A  ​C
Location
Track layout to Utica Av to Rockaway Av
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only

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.[4]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
P Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound local	← toward 168th Street (Utica Avenue) ← toward 207th Street late nights (Utica Avenue)
	Westbound express	← does not stop here
	Eastbound express	→ does not stop here →
	Eastbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue (Rockaway Avenue) → → toward Far Rockaway late nights (Rockaway Avenue) →
	Side platform

Westbound platform

Closed entrance at Howard Avenue

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 maroon trim-line with a deep maroon border and name tablets reading "RALPH AVE." in white sans-serif lettering on a deep maroon background and maroon border. Underneath the trim line are small directional and station signs reading "RALPH" in white lettering on a black background.

This station has a full length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks. Only the western entrance is open to the public, and there are four staircases to each platform. The mezzanine columns are painted maroon (previously dark livid) except for those that have payphones on them, which are instead painted yellow.

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.[5]

This station formerly had another entrance/exit to Howard Avenue and Fulton Street at the east (railroad south) end. The street stairs on the northwest side of the intersection, though closed, remain intact, but the street stairs on the southwest side of the intersection were sealed. Both platforms have one staircase to the closed-off portion of the mezzanine.[5]

References

1. "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. April 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
4. The New York Times, Last Train is Run on Fulton St. 'El', June 1, 1940
5. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ocean Hill" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

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
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View