Myrtle Avenue

Myrtle Avenue New York City Subway rapid transit station
Lower platforms (in operation)
Station statistics
Address	Myrtle Avenue & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11206
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates	40°41′49″N 73°56′07″W / 40.696941°N 73.935285°W / 40.696941; -73.935285Coordinates: 40°41′49″N 73°56′07″W / 40.696941°N 73.935285°W / 40.696941; -73.935285
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all times)      M  (all times)      Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: B14, B46, B47, B54
Platforms	2 island platforms on lower level, 1 island platform on upper level (abandoned)
Tracks	3 on lower level, 2 abandoned trackways on upper level
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888[citation needed]
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	2.676 million[1][2] ▲ 9.96%
Rank	174 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Kosciuszko Street (local): J  (Z  skips to Gates Avenue) Broadway Junction (express): no regular service Central Avenue (Myrtle): M
Next south	Flushing Avenue (local): J  M  Marcy Avenue (express): J  Z  Sumner Avenue (Myrtle Avenue; demolished)
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Myrtle Avenue (announced as Myrtle Avenue – Broadway on R160 trains to distinguish it from the nearby Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues station) is a two-level express station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Broadway in Brooklyn, it is served by J and M trains at all times, and the Z train during rush hours. The upper level of the station carries no tracks and is now abandoned.

The station is a junction for the M trains joining from the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. This is one of the few places in the system where this is done with no flying junction. It has three tracks and two island platforms. The J and Z trains use the middle track for peak-direction express service during the day. The M train uses the middle track for its late night and weekend shuttle service.

Until April 1889, when the Myrtle Avenue Elevated opened,^[3] the station was at Stuyvesant Avenue. It was moved to make a transfer possible where the two lines crossed.^[4] The Myrtle Avenue Elevated opened to the station on April 27^[3] and beyond to Wyckoff Avenue on July 21.^[5] The next stop on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line was Sumner Avenue until that section of the line closed on November 3, 1969.

References

External links

• nycsubway.org — BMT Jamaica Line: Mytrle Avenue
• Station Reporter — J Train
• Station Reporter — M Train
• Abandoned Stations — Myrtle Ave
• The Subway Nut — Myrtle Avenue Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Myrtle Avenue

The abandoned upper level

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