Broadway (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Myrtle Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station entrance, before the M train was relocated to the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan.
Station statistics
Address	Myrtle Avenue & Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11206
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick
Coordinates	40°41′49″N 73°56′7″W / 40.69694°N 73.93528°W / 40.69694; -73.93528Coordinates: 40°41′49″N 73°56′7″W / 40.69694°N 73.93528°W / 40.69694; -73.93528
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all times)       M  (all times except late nights)       Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B15, B46, B47, B54 Subway Shuttle Bus (NYCT): M
Structure	Elevated
Levels	2 (upper level abandoned)
Platforms	3 island platforms (2 in service (lower level), 1 disused (upper level)) cross-platform interchange (lower level)
Tracks	3 (lower level), 2 (upper level; removed)
Other information
Opened	June 25, 1888; 129 years ago (1888-06-25) (lower level) April 27, 1889; 128 years ago (1889-04-27) (upper level)
Closed	October 4, 1969; 47 years ago (1969-10-04) (upper level)
Station code	097
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Former/other names	Myrtle Avenue–Broadway
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	3,764,562  2.1%
Rank	136 out of 422
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Sumner Avenue toward Park Row BMT Myrtle Avenue Line (demolished) Central Avenue toward Metropolitan Avenue Terminus no regular service Flushing Avenue toward Essex Street or 71st Avenue BMT Jamaica Line (local) M  Kosciuszko Street toward Broadway Junction Flushing Avenue toward Broad Street BMT Jamaica Line (local) J  Z  Kosciuszko Street toward Parsons/Archer BMT Jamaica Line (demolished) Marcy Avenue toward Broad Street (express) no regular service Broadway Junction toward Parsons/Archer
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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Myrtle Avenue (announced on trains as Myrtle Avenue–Broadway) is a New York City Subway express station on the BMT Jamaica Line. Located at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Broadway in Brooklyn, it is served by the J train at all times, the M train at all times except late nights, and the Z during rush hours in peak direction. The station has two platform levels, but all regular passenger service is on the lower platform level of the station. The station has an abandoned upper platform level which previously served the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line to Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge. Just east of the station, the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line diverges from the BMT Jamaica Line via slip switches in an at-grade junction.

This elevated station, opened on September 16, 1888 on the lower level, has three tracks and two island platforms. The center track, normally used by J and Z trains for peak-direction express service on weekdays and late night M trains to Metropolitan Avenue, is unused due to construction on the Myrtle Avenue Line until April 2018. East of this station, all trains continue on the Jamaica Line to East New York and, in the J/Z's case, to Queens. The connection to the Myrtle Avenue Line is one of the few remaining level junctions in the subway as well as one of the few places on revenue tracks with slip switches.