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{{short description|New York City Subway line}}
{{About||the bus, formerly streetcar, line along Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn| B54 (New York City bus)}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name = BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
| image = {{rint|nycs|M|size=50}}
| caption = The '''[[M (New York City Subway service)|M]]''' train serves the entire remaining section of BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, east of Broadway, at all times. The section west of Broadway has been demolished following its closure.
| type = [[Rapid transit]]
| system = [[New York City Subway]]
| start = [[Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Metropolitan Avenue]]
| end = west of [[Central Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Central Avenue]]
| stations = 7
| daily_ridership = 29,422<ref name="ridership">{{NYCS const|riderref|weekday}}</ref>
| open = 1889–1915
| close = 1969 (segment west of Central Avenue)
|locale      = [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]], [[New York City]]
|owner       = [[Government of New York City|City of New York]]
|operator    = [[New York City Transit Authority]]
| character = Street level (<small>Metropolitan Avenue only</small>)<br>Elevated
| linelength = 
| tracks = 2
| gauge = {{RailGauge|ussg}}
| electrification = [[Direct current traction|600V DC third rail]]
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The '''Myrtle Avenue Line''', also called the '''Myrtle Avenue Elevated''',<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mta.info/news/2011/10/19/remembering-myrtle-avenue-el| title=Remembering the Myrtle Avenue El| website=mta.info| date=October 19, 2011| access-date=October 22, 2011| publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority| archive-date=August 18, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818133237/http://www.mta.info/news/2011/10/19/remembering-myrtle-avenue-el| url-status=dead}}</ref> is a fully [[elevated railroad|elevated]] line of the [[New York City Subway]] as part of the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation|BMT]] division. The line is the last surviving remnant of one of the original [[Brooklyn]] elevated railroads. The remnant line operates as a spur branch from the [[BMT Jamaica Line|Jamaica Line]] to [[Bushwick, Brooklyn|Bushwick]], [[Ridgewood, Queens|Ridgewood]], and [[Middle Village, Queens|Middle Village]], terminating at its original eastern terminal across the street from Lutheran Cemetery. Until 1969, the line continued west into [[Downtown Brooklyn]] and, until 1944, over the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] to the [[Park Row Terminal]] in [[Manhattan]].

==Extent and service==
The following services use part or all of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line:<ref>{{NYCS const|serviceguide}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! &nbsp;
! Time period
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| align=center | {{rint|newyork|M}}
| All times
| Metropolitan Avenue to west of Central Avenue
|}
The Myrtle Avenue Line is served by the {{NYCS|M}} service. The line begins at [[Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Metropolitan Avenue]] in [[Middle Village, Queens]]. It heads southwest along a private [[Right-of-way (railroad)|right-of-way]], eventually joining an elevated structure above Palmetto Street in Ridgewood and [[Myrtle Avenue]] in the [[Brooklyn]] neighborhood of [[Bushwick, Brooklyn|Bushwick]]. Just before reaching Broadway (on which the [[BMT Jamaica Line]] operates), the line curves to the left and merges into the Jamaica Line tracks just east of the [[Myrtle Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)|Myrtle Avenue]] station.<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref> The [[Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line)#Upper level|still-existing upper level of the station]], which was called "Broadway", opened in 1889 and closed on October 4, 1969.

==History==
===Opening===
[[File:Myrtle Av Line stub vc.jpg|thumb|right|Myrtle Avenue Line stub at Lewis Avenue and Myrtle Avenue, left standing after the line's western portion was demolished in October 1969]]
The first section of the line ran over Myrtle Avenue from Johnson and Adams Streets to a junction with what was then known as the Main Line at Grand Avenue. It opened on April 10, 1888, by the Union Elevated Railroad Company, which was leased to the [[Brooklyn Elevated Railroad]] for its operation.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wI4wAQAAMAAJ |title=Report |date=January 1, 1890}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfZ0VxuLoc0C|title=The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System |last1=Roess |first1=Roger P. |last2=Sansone |first2=Gene |date=August 23, 2012 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9783642304842}}</ref> Trains continued along Grand Avenue and Lexington Avenue to Broadway, where the line joined the [[BMT Jamaica Line|Broadway Elevated]], and then along Broadway to [[East New York]]. On September 1, 1888, the line was extended westward along Adams Street and Sands Street, to a terminal at Washington Street for the Brooklyn Bridge. On April 27, 1889, the line was extended east along Myrtle Avenue to Broadway, and to Wyckoff Avenue (at the Brooklyn/Queens border) on July 20, 1889.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> However, the station at Knickerbocker Avenue did not open until August 15, 1889.<ref name="Knickerbocker">{{cite news|date=August 15, 1889|title=The Fifth Avenue Elevated To Greenwood |page=6|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75859072/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/|access-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref>

The west end of the line was extended north along Adams Street to an elevated station over Sands Street and High Street in 1896. The connection to the Brooklyn Bridge tracks opened on June 18, 1898, along a private right-of-way halfway between Concord Street and Cathedral Place. The first trains to use it came from the [[BMT Fifth Avenue Line|Fifth Avenue Elevated]] (using the Myrtle Avenue El west of Hudson Avenue).

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|caption1=Construction on the Myrtle Viaduct in 1913. The viaduct connects the BMT Myrtle Avenue and Jamaica lines
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|caption2=The Myrtle Viaduct 100 years later, after reconstruction
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In 1906 the eastern end of the el was connected via a ramp to the '''Lutheran Cemetery Line''', a former [[steam dummy]] line to Metropolitan Avenue that had opened on September 3, 1881. On August 1, 1888, the Brooklyn City Railroad took over the Bushwick Railroad Company and on August 3, 1895 they converted the Lutheran Line to electric trolley cars which were less expensive to operate.<ref>{{cite web|title= Lutheran Dummy Trolley|url= https://junipercivic.com/history/lutheran-dummy-trolley |publication-date=14 October 2004|access-date=12 October 2025}}</ref> This section was elevated as part of the [[Dual Contracts]] on February 22, 1915.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/02/21/104641499.pdf|title=Article 11 -- No Title|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 27, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XEA8AQAAMAAJ|title=Documents of the Senate of the State of New York|last=Senate|first=New York (State) Legislature|date=1916|publisher=E. Croswell}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pko9AQAAMAAJ|title=Documents of the Senate of the State of New York|last=Senate|first=New York (State) Legislature|date=January 1, 1916|publisher=E. Croswell}}</ref>

===Connection to the Broadway Line===
On July 29, 1914, the connection to the [[Broadway-Brooklyn Line]] was opened, allowing Myrtle Avenue Line trains to operate via the [[Williamsburg Bridge]].<ref name=":1" /> Construction on this connection began in August 1913.<ref name=":4" /> This service became [[BMT 10]] in 1924, and the original Myrtle Avenue Line service to Park Row became [[BMT 11]], later referred to as '''M''' and '''MJ''' (although the MJ designation never appeared on any equipment used on the line).

As part of the [[Dual Contracts]] rebuilding of the Myrtle Avenue El, a third track was installed north of [[Myrtle Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)|Myrtle Avenue]]. This track started from a point south of [[Central Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Central Avenue]] through [[Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Myrtle – Wyckoff Avenues]] to a bumper just south of [[Seneca Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Seneca Avenue]]. The only switches were at the southern end so the center track could only be used for layups (parking). It was never used in revenue service and was removed by 1946.

In Fiscal Year 1930, the platforms at Seneca Avenue were lengthened to accommodate an eight-car train of [[AB Standard (New York City Subway car)|Standard]] subway cars.<ref>{{Cite book |last=New York (State). Transit Commission. |url=http://archive.org/details/annualreport1019newy |title=Tenth Annual Report, 1930 |date=1930 |publisher=Albany, N.Y. : J.B. Lyon Co. |others=Columbia University Libraries}}</ref>

===Truncation and later years===
On March 5, 1944, the line west of [[Bridge–Jay Streets (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Bridge–Jay Streets]] was closed coincident with the end of elevated service over the Brooklyn Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|date=1944|title=Brooklyn Bridge "El" Service... To Be Discontinued March 5th|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/49956857493/in/album-72157652636620504/|access-date=July 8, 2020|website=Flickr|publisher=New York City Board of Transportation}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> On January 21, 1953, the Grand Avenue station was closed so that it could be torn down and therefore complete the demolition of the [[BMT Lexington Avenue Line]].<ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/01/17/archives/el-station-to-be-razed-grand-ave-stop-on-myrtle-ave-line-to-end.html|title=EL' STATION TO BE RAZED; Grand Ave. Stop on Myrtle Ave. Line to End Wednesday|date=January 17, 1953|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref> The rest of the line from Broadway to Jay Street closed on October 4, 1969, and was demolished soon afterward, ending the '''MJ''' service.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/10/04/archives/1200-on-last-trip-on-myrtle-ave-el-cars-are-stripped.html|title=1,200 on Last Trip On Myrtle Ave. El; Cars Are Stripped|date=October 4, 1969|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 5, 2016}}</ref> A free transfer to the [[B54 (New York City bus)|B54]] bus replaced the '''MJ,''' and service was increased on that bus. The free transfer at Jay Street was also replaced with a bus transfer.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|title=Myrtle Ave El |url=http://www.thejoekorner.com/photos/nyctbmt/myrtleave/index.html |website=www.thejoekorner.com |access-date=June 5, 2016}}</ref>

In 1986, the [[New York City Transit Authority]] launched a study to determine whether to close 79 stations on 11 routes, including the remaining portion of the Myrtle Avenue Line, due to low ridership and high repair costs.<ref name="Brooke 1986 p781">{{cite web |last=Brooke |first=James |date=April 29, 1986 |title=Subway Aides to Weigh Cuts on 11 Routes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/29/nyregion/subway-aides-to-weigh-cuts-on-11-routes.html |access-date=January 25, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="n139526241">{{Cite news |last=Gordy |first=Margaret |date=1986-04-29 |title=MTA Studies Citywide Cuts in Subway Lines, Stations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-mta-studies-citywide-cuts-in-sub/139526241/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |work=Newsday |pages=3, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-mta-studies-citywide-cuts-in-sub/139526291/ 27]}}</ref> Numerous figures, including New York City Council member [[Carol Greitzer]], criticized the plans.<ref name="n139526241" /><ref name="Finder 1986 j495">{{cite web |last=Finder |first=Alan |last2=Connelly |first2=Mary |date=May 4, 1986 |title=The Region; On Shrinking The Subways |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/04/weekinreview/the-region-on-shrinking-the-subways.html |access-date=January 25, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>

In July 2017, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] started rebuilding two parts of the Myrtle Avenue Line, the {{convert|310|ft|m|-long|adj=mid}} approaches to the junction with the [[BMT Jamaica Line]] (which lasted until April 2018, requiring suspension of service between Wyckoff and Myrtle Avenues), and the Fresh Pond Bridge over the [[Montauk Branch]] in Queens (which lasted from July to September 2017).<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/MyrtleAvenue/Questions_Answers.htm|title=mta.info {{!}} Myrtle Av Line Infrastructure Projects|website=web.mta.info|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=July 23, 2016|archive-date=January 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129145135/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/MyrtleAvenue/Questions_Answers.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> This work was undertaken in preparation for a reconstruction of the [[BMT Canarsie Line]] tunnels under the [[East River]], which took place between 2019 and 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/m-line-shut-year-repairs-article-1.2568599|title=M line to be shut down next year for repairs|last=Rivoli|first=Dan|date=March 17, 2016|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.amny.com/transit/m-line-repairs-will-begin-next-summer-the-mta-said-1.11590899 |title=MTA: M line will shut down for part of next year|last=Brown|first=Nicole|date=March 18, 2016|newspaper=am New York|access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/MyrtleAvenue/index.html|website=mta.info|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|title=Myrtle Avenue Line Infrastructure Projects|access-date=July 23, 2016|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220010108/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/MyrtleAvenue/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Regular service resumed on April 30, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://qns.com/story/2018/04/25/m-train-track-return-full-service-myrtle-ave-ridgewood-next-week/|title=M Train on track to return to full service on Myrtle Ave in Ridgewood next week|last=Kelley|first=Ryan|date=April 25, 2018|work=QNS.com|access-date=April 27, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425214858/http://qns.com/story/2018/04/25/m-train-track-return-full-service-myrtle-ave-ridgewood-next-week/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The MTA began removing lead paint from the Myrtle Avenue Line viaduct in 2025.<ref>{{cite web | last=Martinez | first=Regina | title=Elevated Train Maintenance Frustrates Bushwick Locals | website=Brownstoner | date=May 2, 2025 | url=https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/bushwick-m-line-elevated-train-lead-paint-remediation/ | access-date=August 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Daly | first=Adam | title=MTA says Brooklyn lead paint removal off elevated line poses no risk amid local concerns | website=amNewYork | date=August 28, 2025 | url=https://www.amny.com/new-york/brooklyn/mta-brooklyn-lead-paint-removal/ | access-date=August 31, 2025}}</ref>

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==Station listing==
{{NYCS service legend
| alltimes        = show
}}
{|class="wikitable"
!Neighborhood<br />(approximate)
!{{Access icon}}
!Station
!Services
!Opened
!Transfers and notes
|-
| align=center colspan=6 | '''[[Queens]]'''
|-
|[[Middle Village, Queens|Middle Village]]
|{{Access icon}}
|nowrap|{{stl|NYCS|Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue}}
|{{NYCS Myrtle north|time=show}}
|October 1, 1906
|Service extended to pre-existing Lutheran Line station, which opened in 1881.<br />Current station is ~100 feet west of the 1906 one.
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Ridgewood, Queens|Ridgewood]]
!colspan=5 style="background-color: silver;"|connecting track to [[Fresh Pond Yard]]
|-
|
|{{stl|NYCS|Fresh Pond Road}}
|{{NYCS Myrtle north|time=show}}
|February 22, 1915
|
|-
|
|{{stl|NYCS|Forest Avenue}}
|{{NYCS Myrtle north|time=show}}
|February 22, 1915
|
|-
|
|{{stl|NYCS|Seneca Avenue}}
|{{NYCS Myrtle north|time=show}}
|February 22, 1915
|
|-
| align=center colspan=6 | '''[[Brooklyn]]'''
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Bushwick, Brooklyn|Bushwick]]
|{{Access icon}}
|{{stl|NYCS|Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues|Myrtle}}
|{{NYCS Myrtle north|time=show}}
|July 20, 1889<ref name="1889Ridgewood">{{cite news|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|title=Lost the Second Game|date=July 21, 1889|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75859326/}}</ref>
|[[BMT Canarsie Line]] ({{NYCS Canarsie|time=show}})<br>Station rebuilt to 3 tracks July 29, 1914; center track subsequently removed.
|-
|
|{{stl|NYCS|Knickerbocker Avenue}}
|{{NYCS Myrtle|time=show}}
|August 15, 1889<ref>{{cite news|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|title=To Greenwood on Thursday|date=August 14, 1889|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75859140/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/}}</ref><ref name="Knickerbocker"/>
|Station rebuilt to 3 tracks July 29, 1914; center track subsequently removed.
|-
|
|{{stl|NYCS|Central Avenue}}
|{{NYCS Myrtle|time=show}}
|July 20, 1889<ref name="1889Ridgewood"/>
|Station rebuilt to 3 tracks July 29, 1914; center track subsequently removed.
|-
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|Evergreen Avenue
|
|July 20, 1889<ref name="1889Ridgewood"/>
|Closure proposed in 1915 after the New York Municipal Railway company proposed relocating stations on the Myrtle Avenue Elevated between Wyckoff Avenue and Broadway, placing the Central Avenue station's western entrances just {{Convert|200|ft|m}} east of Evergreen Avenue.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j6k1NdhtMPAC&pg=PA517&dq=%22Evergreen+avenue%22+%22station%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4o_nZpMyOAxX2EFkFHXt1PcQQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Evergreen%20avenue%22%20%22station%22&f=false |title=Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York For the Year Ending December 31, 1915 Vol. I |publisher=New York State Public Service Commission |year=1916 |pages=517}}</ref> It closed on May 3, 1917.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jycbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA293&dq=%22evergreen+avenue%22+%22station%22+%22myrtle+avenue%22+%22may+3,+1917%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXxYnEp8yOAxXIl4kEHVxlDrsQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=%22evergreen%20avenue%22%20%22station%22%20%22myrtle%20avenue%22%20%22may%203,%201917%22&f=false |title=Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York For the Year Ending December 31, 1917 Vol. ii |date=1918 |publisher=New York State Public Service Commission |pages=293 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=February 2005 |title=Myrtle Avenue "L Structure is 90 Years Old |url=https://www.erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2000s/2005/2005-02-bulletin.pdf |journal=The Bulletin |volume=48 |issue=2 |publisher=New York Division, Electric Railroaders’ Association |pages=1 |access-date=April 7, 2025}}</ref>
|-
!colspan=5 style="background-color: silver;"|merges into [[BMT Jamaica Line]] just east of [[Myrtle Avenue (BMT Jamaica Line)|Myrtle Avenue]] (connector added July 29, 1914)
|-
!colspan=6 style="background-color: silver;"|Closed section
|-
|rowspan=6|[[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford–Stuyvesant]]
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|[[Broadway station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Broadway]]
|
|April 27, 1889<ref name=Broadway>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=Will Open on Saturday|date = April 25, 1889|page=1}}</ref><ref name="BroadwayExtension">{{cite news|work=The Brooklyn Times Union|title=The Upper Myrtle Avenue Elevated|date=April 24, 1889|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75859443/times-union/|page=1}}</ref>
|Station still in place; tracks removed; closed October 4, 1969<ref name=":5" />
|-
!colspan=5 style="background-color: silver;"|Structure removed west of Reid Avenue
|-
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Sumner Avenue}}
|
|April 27, 1889<ref name=Broadway/><ref name="BroadwayExtension"/>
|Closed October 4, 1969<ref name=":5" />
|-
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Tompkins Avenue}}
|
|April 27, 1889<ref name=Broadway/><ref name="BroadwayExtension"/>
|Closed October 4, 1969<ref name=":5" />
|-
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Nostrand Avenue|Myrtle}}
|
|April 27, 1889<ref name=Broadway/><ref name="BroadwayExtension"/>
|Closed October 4, 1969<ref name=":5" />
|-
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Franklin Avenue|Myrtle}}
|
|April 27, 1889<ref name=Broadway/><ref name="BroadwayExtension"/>
|Closed October 4, 1969<ref name=":5" />
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Clinton Hill, Brooklyn|Clinton Hill]]
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Grand Avenue}}
|
|April 27, 1889<ref name=Broadway/><ref name="BroadwayExtension"/>
|Closed January 21, 1953<ref name=":2" />
|-
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Washington Avenue}}
|
|December 4, 1888<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=Opening the Washington Avenue Station|date = December 4, 1888|page=6}}</ref>
|Closed October 4, 1969<ref name=":5" />
|-
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Vanderbilt Avenue}}
|
|April 10, 1888{{citation needed|date=February 2007}}
|Closed October 4, 1969<ref name=":5" />
|-
|[[Fort Greene, Brooklyn|Fort Greene]]
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Navy Street}}
|
|April 10, 1888{{citation needed|date=February 2007}}
|Closed October 4, 1969<ref name=":5" />
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Downtown Brooklyn]]
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Bridge–Jay Streets}}
|
|April 10, 1888{{citation needed|date=February 2007}}
|Earlier known as Bridge Street. Closed October 4, 1969<ref name=":5" />
|-
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Adams Street}}
|
|April 10, 1888<ref name=Adams>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=A Start Made|date = April 10, 1888|page=6}}</ref>
|Closed March 5, 1944
|-
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Sands Street}}
|
|September 1, 1888<ref name=Sands>{{cite news | work = [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] | location = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, NY]] |title=To the Bridge|date = August 30, 1888|page=4}}</ref>
|Closed March 5, 1944
|-
!colspan=6 style="background-color: silver;"|[[Brooklyn Bridge]]
|-
|[[Civic Center, Manhattan|Civic Center]]
|
|style="background-color: silver;"|{{stl|NYCS|Park Row}}
|
|June 18, 1898<ref name="1944closure">{{cite news |title=Brooklyn Bridge Train Service Ends Today -- Trolley Cars Stay On |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37690631/park_row_station_march_5_1944/ |accessdate=October 27, 2021 |work=[[The Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |date=March 5, 1944 |page=11|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
|Closed March 5, 1944
|}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* "The New Road Opened", ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 11, 1888, page 8
* "City and Suburban News", ''The New York Times'', April 28, 1889, page 6
* "New of the Railroads", ''The New York Times'', January 9, 1896, page 15
* "Park Row to Sheepshead Bay", ''The New York Times'', June 19, 1898, page 5
* "1,200 on Last Trip on Myrtle Ave. El; Cars Are Stripped", ''The New York Times'', October 4, 1969, page 23
* "Brooklyn Elevated", James Clifford Greller, Xplorer Press, 2017

==External links==
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* {{cite web|url=http://nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1948.gif|title=System Map, 1948|work=nycsubway.org|access-date=January 25, 2009}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/myrtle.html |title=BMT Myrtle Avenue Line  |work=nycsubway.org|access-date=January 25, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090123013041/http://nycsubway.org/lines/myrtle.html| archive-date= January 23, 2009 | url-status= live}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.stationreporter.net/myrtleel.htm |title=Myrtle Avenue El |work=Station Reporter |access-date=January 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609002437/http://www.stationreporter.net/myrtleel.htm |archive-date=June 9, 2011 }}
* [http://www.nycsubway.org/bmt/myrtle/ NYCsubway.org&nbsp;– BMT Myrtle Branch]
* [http://pcullinan.smugmug.com/Brooklyn/The-Myrtle-Avenue-El/Myrtle-Ave-El-Oct-1969/2075217_wHdr3P#!i=227947275&k=5PZfXkM  "Myrtle Ave El, Oct. 1969, plus a few earlier shots"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111225516/http://pcullinan.smugmug.com/Brooklyn/The-Myrtle-Avenue-El/Myrtle-Ave-El-Oct-1969/2075217_wHdr3P#!i=227947275&k=5PZfXkM |date=January 11, 2018 }}

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