originally built by the Kings County Elevated Railway, and was not only one of the original stations along the line, but the penultimate station, until it was extended to Albany and Sumner Avenues the next month, Rockaway Avenue by the end of the year, Van Siclen Avenue in 1889, Montauk Avenue in 1892, and Grant Avenue in 1894. In 1896, the Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad connected the former BF&CI line to the station. It was a two-track through station with side platforms, gaining a third track along the south side at the point where steam railroad trains from the Fulton Street Line turned onto the BMT Brighton Line to access Brighton Beach. The southern platform was shared with the northbound Brighton Line platform, with the different sections of the platform located at right angles. As with the Franklin Street platforms, the station also had a connection with the Franklin Avenue Line streetcars. When the extension of the Montague Street Tunnel under Flatbush Avenue rerouted Brighton Line trains to Downtown Brooklyn in 1920, the track connection to the BMT Franklin and Brighton Lines were severed. The connection to the now Franklin Avenue Shuttle was rebuilt in 1924 as a single-track station. The former westbound (now northbound) track was decked over with a wood platform to accommodate crowds transferring between the Fulton Street and Franklin Avenue Lines. The next stop to the east was Nostrand Avenue. The next stop to the west was Grand Avenue. When the BMT system was taken over by the City of New York on June 1, 1940, the Fulton Street Elevated Line was closed and later demolished as the IND Fulton Avenue Subway station built four years earlier was used as a replacement. The portion of the Fulton Street Elevated line beneath the Franklin Avenue shuttle platforms remained standing until the reconstruction project of 1998 and 1999. References External links NYC Subway.org: nycsubway.org — Life and Continued Growth Artwork by Eric Pryor (1999) Station Reporter: Station Reporter — C Train Station Reporter — Franklin Shuttle Station Reporter — Fulton Elevated Other: The Subway Nut - Franklin Avenue Pictures MTA's Arts For Transit — Franklin Avenue Google Maps Street View: Franklin Avenue entrance to Manhattan bound Fulton Street Line Franklin Avenue entrance to Rockaway bound Fulton Street Line and Shuttle Overpass BMT platform IND platforms BMT Franklin Avenue Shuttle stations IND Fulton Street Line stations New York