Knickerbocker Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Knickerbocker Avenue ZZZtemporarily closed
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Metropolitan Avenue bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Knickerbocker Avenue & Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bushwick
Coordinates	40°41′55″N 73°55′06″W / 40.698731°N 73.918376°W / 40.698731; -73.918376Coordinates: 40°41′55″N 73°55′06″W / 40.698731°N 73.918376°W / 40.698731; -73.918376
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	ZZZtemporarily closed
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B54 Subway Shuttle Bus (NYCT): M Route 1
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 19, 1889; 127 years ago (1889-12-19)
Station code
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	1,288,438  0%
Rank	327 out of 422
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Central Avenue toward Myrtle Avenue, Essex Street, or 71st Avenue BMT Myrtle Avenue Line ZZZtemporarily closed Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues toward Metropolitan Avenue
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Knickerbocker Avenue is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Myrtle and Knickerbocker Avenues 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 third track, which was removed by 1946. Both platforms have steel canopies along their entire lengths except for small sections at their extreme ends. The western half of both platforms has grey windscreens while the eastern half has waist-high steel fences. The station names are in the standard black plates with white lettering.

The station was rehabilitated in 2012-2013.

This station has one elevated station house beneath the platforms and tracks. One staircase from the eastern end of each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossover. A turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to either side of Myrtle Avenue between Knickerbocker and Greene Avenues. The station formerly had another station house at the south end.