Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue New York City Subway rapid transit station
View of Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue Subway Station from across Metropolitan Avenue
Station statistics
Address	Metropolitan Avenue west of 69th Street Middle Village, NY 11379
Borough	Queens
Locale	Middle Village
Coordinates	40.712232°N 73.889194°W / 40.712232; -73.889194
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	M  (all times)
Connection	New York City Bus: Q54 MTA Bus: Q38, Q67
Structure	On an embankment; north end at street level
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 9, 1915 (August 9, 1915)
Rebuilt	1980 (1980)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	1,124,754  3.8%
Rank	333 out of 422
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Fresh Pond Road toward Myrtle Avenue or 71st Avenue BMT Myrtle Avenue Line M  Terminus Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues toward Myrtle Avenue or 71st Avenue
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)

Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue is a terminal station of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Rentar Plaza in Middle Village, Queens, it is served by the M train at all times.

This station opened on August 9, 1915 and is built on an embankment with the north end at street level. By railroad and service directions, it is the southern terminal of the Myrtle Avenue Line and M train, respectively. However, it is often considered the line's "northern" terminal, being that it is geographically its northernmost station and was also the north terminal of the M train by service direction before June 27, 2010.

The station has two tracks and an island platform. The tracks end at bumper blocks at the north end of the platform. On July 16, 1974, a fire destroyed the original wooden platform and station house and the station had to be rebuilt.

It reopened in 1980 with a concrete platform and benches. A steel canopy with fluorescent lights and supported by silver columns covers the entire platform. The ground-level station house is made of bricks and located at the southwest corner of Rentar Plaza and Metropolitan Avenue. It has two pairs of doors leading to the platform, turnstile bank, token booth two pairs of doors out to the street corner and another door along Metropolitan Avenue. Because the station house is at ground level and the platform extends out of the station house, this station is fully ADA-accessible without the use of elevators.

On the side of the westernmost track opposite from the platform is an employee-only facility. The control tower for the Myrtle Avenue Line is at the south end of the platform.

Just to the south of the station lies the Fresh Pond Yard. It is only accessible from this station, so trains coming from Manhattan and Brooklyn must first platform here, and then reverse into the yard.

Gallery

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  Close-up of the Station Entrance

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  Track 1 of station

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  train of R160A cars standing after completing its run

External links

• nycsubway.org — BMT Myrtle Avenue Line: Metropolitan Avenue
• Station Reporter — M train
• The Subway Nut — Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue Pictures
• Metropolitan Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View