Central Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Central Avenue ZZZtemporarily closed
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Middle Village-bound M train of R160s arriving at the renovated Central Avenue station
Station statistics
Address	Cedar Street & Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11221
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bushwick
Coordinates	40°41′53″N 73°55′31″W / 40.698015°N 73.9252°W / 40.698015; -73.9252Coordinates: 40°41′53″N 73°55′31″W / 40.698015°N 73.9252°W / 40.698015; -73.9252
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	ZZZtemporarily closed
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B38, B54 Subway Shuttle Bus (NYCT): M Route 1 & 2
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 19, 1889; 127 years ago (1889-12-19)
Station code	114
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	1,158,274  1.4%
Rank	341 out of 422
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Myrtle Avenue toward Myrtle Avenue, Essex Street, or 71st Avenue BMT Myrtle Avenue Line ZZZtemporarily closed Knickerbocker Avenue toward Metropolitan Avenue Broadway toward Park Row BMT Myrtle Avenue Line (demolished)
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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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 temporarily closed due to the reconstruction of the Myrtle Viaduct, and is served by M train shuttle buses at all times.

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.

This station was rehabilitated from March to August 2013.

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.