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The Kings County Elevated leased the [[Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad]] on February 5, 1896.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50336152/|title=Brighton Beach Road Leased. Kings County Elevated Trains Will Run To Coney Island. Rapid Transit For Flatbush.|last=|first=|date=February 5, 1896|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=March 12, 2019|page=14}}</ref> A two-block elevated connection between {{nycs|Franklin Avenue|BFS}} station and the Brighton Beach Line's Bedford station, including a new station at {{nycs|Dean Street|BF}}, opened on August 15, 1896, and the Kings County Elevated began operating trains between the Brooklyn Bridge (Sands Street) and [[Brighton Beach, Brooklyn|Brighton Beach]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50459738/|title=New Route to Coney Island|last=|first=|date=August 14, 1896|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=March 12, 2019|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50459727/|title=First Trains to Brighton Over The Extension of the Kings County Elevated|last=|first=|date=August 14, 1896|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=March 12, 2019|page=7}}</ref>
The final extension, from Grant Avenue east to [[Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard (IND Fulton Street Line)|Lefferts Avenue]], was built under the [[Dual Contracts]] and opened on September 25, 1915.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/09/26/archives/new-elevated-line-opened-for-queens-parades-and-speeches-near-the.html|title=New Elevated Line Opened For Queens; Parades and Speeches Near the Lefferts Avenue Station of Liberty Avenue Route.|last=|first=|date=September 26, 1915|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 12, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1917 the [[Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce]] started fighting for the removal of the Fulton Street El.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2707778/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|title=Boro Chamber Backed 'L' Removal of Years|last=|first=|date=May 31, 1940|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=March 12, 2019|page=14}}</ref> The Dual Contracts also triple-tracked the line as part of the Dual Contracts starting in 1913.<ref>{{cite
This also led to the reconstruction, replacement, and elimination of some stations. The Public Service Commission received a petition on December 9, 1916 from a large number of civic and business organizations to restrict the third tracking to a point in the vicinity of Cumberland Avenue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=2707800|title=Petition Hit Third Track|last=|first=|date=May 31, 1940|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=March 12, 2019|page=18}}</ref>
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