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Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°41′37″N 73°59′00″W / 40.6937°N 73.9833°W / 40.6937; -73.9833
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 Myrtle Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressFlatbush Avenue Extension & Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
BoroughBrooklyn
Coordinates40°41′37″N 73°59′00″W / 40.6937°N 73.9833°W / 40.6937; -73.9833
Division[1]
LineBMT Fourth Avenue Line
ServicesNone
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks5
Other information
OpenedJune 22, 1915; 109 years ago (1915-06-22)[2]
Closed1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Former/other namesGold Street
Traffic
2023[3]
Rank out of 423[3]
Station succession
Next northCanal Street (via Broadway Line)
Grand Street (via Sixth Avenue Line)
Next southDeKalb Avenue
Location
Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) is located in New York City
Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) is located in New York
Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
Street map

Map

The Masstransiscope artwork

Myrtle Avenue is an abandoned local station on the Manhattan Bridge subway tracks (B, ​D​, N, and ​Q trains) south of the bridge in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. This underground station, opened on June 22, 1915,[2] and closed in 1956 for the reconstruction of the flying junction north of DeKalb Avenue to increase capacity for the entire BMT subway line.[4] The Brooklyn-bound platform was removed completely, but the Manhattan-bound platform still exists.[5]

This station was a casualty of the rebuild. A new track had to be added on the west side to allow for a grade-separated crossing. The original southbound "local" track at the platform had to be depressed to a lower grade to cross under, and the new track wiped out the southbound platform. The northbound platform was left in place but no longer operated for passenger service.

There was a plan to build a loop just north of this station to turn back Fourth Avenue local trains from 95th Street. The bellmouths for the un-built loop can be seen just north of this station where the bypass tracks join the bridge tracks that stop at DeKalb Avenue.

Myrtle Avenue station was sometimes called Gold Street in some early planning documents,[4] and in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle when the station opened.[2]

Masstransiscope

In 1980 the Masstransiscope zoetrope artwork by Bill Brand was installed. After falling into a state of disrepair, graffiti was removed in 2008 and the artwork restored.[6] This artwork and the station can be seen by looking out the right window of Manhattan-bound B and ​Q trains (and D trains during late nights when they stop at DeKalb Avenue) right before the bridge.[7] Masstransiscope was again covered by graffiti during the complete subway shutdown during Hurricane Sandy[8] and again restored after that.[9]

Station layout

G Street Level -
P
Former platform level
Side platform, not in service
Northbound local Template:NYCS-bull-small Template:NYCS-bull-small (Template:NYCS-bull-small late nights) do not stop here
(No service: Grand Street (Sixth Avenue) or Canal Street (Broadway))
Northbound express Template:NYCS-bull-small Template:NYCS-bull-small do not stop here
Southbound express Template:NYCS-bull-small does not stop here →
Southbound express Template:NYCS-bull-small Template:NYCS-bull-small do not stop here →
Southbound local Template:NYCS-bull-small Template:NYCS-bull-small (Template:NYCS-bull-small late nights) do not stop here →
(No service: DeKalb Avenue)

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 c "Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes". http://bklyn.newspapers.com. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 22, 1915. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Joseph Brennan (2002). "Abandoned Stations : Myrtle Avenue". Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  5. ^ "BMT Fourth Avenue Line - Myrtle Avenue". nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  6. ^ Bill Brand. "Masstransiscope". Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  7. ^ "Brooklyn Heights Subway track map". nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2010-09-09. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ The Newly Vandalized Masstransiscope
  9. ^ Reinstalling Masstransiscope