Central Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°41′53″N 73°55′31″W / 40.698015°N 73.9252°W / 40.698015; -73.9252
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 Central Avenue
 "M" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Middle Village-bound M train of R160s arriving at the renovated Central Avenue station
Station statistics
AddressCedar Street & Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11221
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBushwick
Coordinates40°41′53″N 73°55′31″W / 40.698015°N 73.9252°W / 40.698015; -73.9252
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services   M all times (all times)
TransitBus transport New York City Bus: B38, B54
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedDecember 19, 1889; 134 years ago (1889-12-19)
ClosedMarch 9, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-03-09) (first closing)
July 1, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
RebuiltAugust 2, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-08-02) (reconstruction)
April 30, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-04-30) (temporary line closure)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2023821,947[2] Increase 3%
Rank329 out of 423[2]
Station succession
Next eastTemplate:NYCS next
Next westTemplate:NYCS next
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Location
Central Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
Central Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)
Central Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) is located in New York City
Central Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)
Central Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) is located in New York
Central Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

Central Avenue is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Myrtle Avenue and Cedar Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the M train at all times.

Station layout

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Track layout
Legend
to Knickerbocker Av
Unused trackways
to Myrtle Av–Bway lower level
to Myrtle Av–Bway upper level
Platform level Side platform
Northbound ← "3" train toward Harlem–148th Street ()
← "4" train toward Woodlawn late nights ()
← "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (select rush hour trips) ()
← "5" train toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (select rush hour trips) ()
Center trackway → No track or roadbed
Southbound → "3" train ("4" train late nights) toward New Lots Avenue () →
→ "2" train"4" train toward New Lots Avenue (select rush hour trips) () →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Exit/entrance

This elevated station, opened on December 19, 1889, has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track, which was removed by 1946.

The Queens-bound platform has brown canopies with green frames and support columns for the entire length except for small sections at either ends. A small section in the center below the canopy has beige windscreens while the rest of the platform has black, waist-high, steel fences. The Manhattan-bound platform has the same layout as the Queens-bound one except that the entire canopied portion has beige windscreens.

Entrance

This station was rehabilitated from March to August 2013.[4] On July 1, 2017, the station was closed again until April 30, 2018 as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority rebuilds the Myrtle Avenue Line's junction with the BMT Jamaica Line.[5][6][7]

Exits

This station has one elevated station house beneath the platforms and tracks at the east end, though extra beams on the elevated structure suggests that another station house formerly existed at the west end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to the southwest and northwest corners of Myrtle Avenue and Cedar Street. Only the northern staircase has a canopy above it.[8]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Central Avenue M Station Reopens Following Rehab". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  5. ^ Rivoli, Dan (March 17, 2016). "M line to be shut down next year for repairs". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  6. ^ Brown, Nicole (March 18, 2016). "MTA: M line will shut down for part of next year". am New York. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  7. ^ "Myrtle Avenue Line Infrastructure Projects". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  8. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bushwick" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

External links

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