Rockaway Avenue (other)
Rockaway Avenue is a street located in Brooklyn, New York. It is also the name of two current New York City Subway stations and one closed station: *Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line), serving the trains * Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line), serving the trains *Rockaway Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line) The Rockaway Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Fulton Street Line in Brooklyn, New York City, served by the 13 (BMT rapid transit service), 13 train throughout its existence. It had two tracks and two side platforms, and a center ...

Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under English rule in 1683 in what was then the Province of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population stood at 2,736,074, making it the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, and the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county in the state.Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020
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New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the New York City boroughs, boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the Government of New York (state), state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the second-most stations after the Beijing Subway, with New York City Subway stations, 472 stations in operation (423, if stations connected by transfers are counted as single stations). The system has operated 24/7 service every day of the year throughout most of its history, barring emergencies and disasters. By annual ridership, the New York City Subway is the busiest rapid transit system in both the Western Hemisphere and the Western world, as well as the List of m ...
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Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)
The Rockaway Avenue station is a local metro station, station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Rockaway Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, it is served by the C (New York City Subway service), C train at all times except nights, when the A (New York City Subway service), A train takes over service. History When it opened on April 9, 1936, Rockaway Avenue was the terminal station, terminal for IND Fulton Street Line. During this time, there was a diamond crossover between the express tracks north of the station, and trains stub ended here. Between the express and local tracks in the area of the crossover were extra columns to support the subway ceiling to make up for the lack of columns that would have been between the express tracks, which were not built due to the installation of the crossover. The crossover switches were controlled from a tower at Utica Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line), Utica Avenue. The outlines of t ...
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Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)
The Rockaway Avenue station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway, located at Rockaway Avenue and Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. It is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. During rush hours, occasional 2, 4 and 5 trains also stop here.* * * * History The New Lots Line was built as a part of Contract 3 of the Dual Contracts between New York City and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, including this station. It was built as an elevated line because the ground in this area is right above the water table, and as a result the construction of a subway would have been prohibitively expensive. The first portion of the line between Utica Avenue and Junius Street, including this station, opened on November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route. The line was completed to New Lots Avenue on October 16, 1922, with a two-car train running on the northbound track. On O ...
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