Myrtle Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)

Myrtle Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Lower platforms (in operation)
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)       Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B15, B46, B47, B54
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; 128 years ago (1888-06-25) (lower level) December 19, 1889; 127 years ago (1889-12-19) (upper level)
Closed	October 4, 1969; 47 years ago (1969-10-04) (upper level)
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Former/other names	Myrtle Avenue–Broadway
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,687,468  4.6%
Rank	141 out of 425
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 M  Flushing Avenue toward 71st Avenue BMT Jamaica Line (local) M  Flushing Avenue toward Broad Street BMT Jamaica Line (local) J  Kosciuszko Street toward Parsons/Archer Park Avenue toward Broadway Ferry BMT Jamaica Line (demolished) Marcy Avenue toward Broad Street BMT Jamaica Line (express & skip-stop) J  BMT Jamaica Line (express & skip-stop) Z  Gates Avenue toward Parsons/Archer (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 (also called 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 J and M trains at all times 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 an at-grade junction with slip switches between the BMT Myrtle Avenue and BMT Jamaica Lines.

This elevated station, opened on September 16, 1888 on the lower level, has three tracks and two island platforms. J and Z trains use the middle track for peak-direction express service on weekdays while M trains use it as a terminal track for their late night shuttle service to Metropolitan Avenue. For the rest of the time, all trains are on the local tracks. East of this station, J and Z trains use the local track, continuing on the Jamaica Line to Queens; M trains use an "S" curve that connects the Jamaica Line to the Myrtle Avenue Line and continue to Metropolitan Avenue. This 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. This can be a bottleneck for any arriving train around here in either direction.