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*[[B9 (New York City bus)|B9]] west to [[Borough Park, Brooklyn|Borough Park]], [[Sunset Park, Brooklyn|Sunset Park]] and [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn|Bay Ridge]]; east to [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]], [[Flatbush Avenue (Brooklyn)|Flatbush Avenue]] and [[Kings Plaza]] via 60 Street & Avenue M |
*[[B9 (New York City bus)|B9]] west to [[Borough Park, Brooklyn|Borough Park]], [[Sunset Park, Brooklyn|Sunset Park]] and [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn|Bay Ridge]]; east to [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]], [[Flatbush Avenue (Brooklyn)|Flatbush Avenue]] and [[Kings Plaza]] via 60 Street & via Avenue M |
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Revision as of 22:18, 28 August 2008
40°37′06″N 73°57′35″W / 40.618289°N 73.95961°W
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Brighton Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | Q  (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 1,211,324[2]  6.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 255 out of 423[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Avenue M is a station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. Served by the Q train at all times, it is located in Midwood, Brooklyn, at Avenue M between East 15th and East 16th Streets. When it opened, the station was known as Elm Avenue.
This local station, situated on an elevated embankment, has two side platforms and four tracks; it closely resembles Avenue J station. Platform extensions are at the north end of the station, and the northbound platform is slightly narrower than the southbound one. Each side has two stairways from the platforms to the stationhouse, which is a brick building underneath the tracks facing onto the street. The soutbound side has an exit-only turnstile, and its south stairway is double-wide. It also has a closed stairway across the street from the active mezzanine.
Just west of the station, at Avenue M and East 14th Street, is the former location of American Vitagraph, a prolific movie studio that produced silent movies from the turn of the 20th century until 1925, when it was purchased by Warner Brothers. A smokestack bearing "Vitagraph Co." may still be seen from the station. Just east of the station by the corner East 17th Street is a 7-11 slurpie store.
This station is frequently used by students of Edward R. Murrow High School, located just to the northeast.
Bus connections
- B9 west to Borough Park, Sunset Park and Bay Ridge; east to Midwood, Flatbush Avenue and Kings Plaza via 60 Street & via Avenue M
External links
- nycsubway.org – BMT Brighton Line: Avenue M
- Station Reporter — Q Train
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.