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Sumner Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Sumner Avenue
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Myrtle Avenue & Sumner Avenue (Marcus Garvey Boulevard)
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Borough Brooklyn
Services BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened December 19, 1889; 127 years ago (December 19, 1889)
Closed October 4, 1969; 47 years ago (October 4, 1969)
Station succession
Next north Broadway
Next south Tompkins Avenue

Sumner Avenue was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. It had two tracks and one island platform. It was closed on October 4, 1969, after a fire on the elevated structure. The next stop to the north was Broadway (still in existence, though inactive). The next stop to the south was Tompkins Avenue.


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