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Myrtle Avenue is a 8.1-mile-long (13.0 km) street that runs from Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn to Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens, in New York City, United States. [1] Myrtle is a main thoroughfare through the neighborhoods of Fort Greene , Clinton Hill , Bedford-Stuyvesant , Bushwick , Ridgewood , and Glendale .
Media related to Central Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons; nycsubway.org – BMT Myrtle Avenue Line: Central Avenue; Station Reporter — M Train; The Subway Nut — Central Avenue Pictures Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine; Cedar Street entrance from Google Maps Street View; Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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. [16] [17] Numerous figures, including New York City Council member Carol Greitzer, criticized the plans. [17] [18]
The Myrtle Avenue station was a local station on the Manhattan Bridge subway tracks (B, D , N, and Q trains) in Brooklyn, New York City, at the southern end of the bridge. History [ edit ]
Palmetto Street was closed to all traffic except for New York City Transit buses and deliveries. The terminal is bordered on the south by the intersection of Myrtle and Wyckoff Avenues and on the north by St. Nicholas Avenue. [37] The change provided easier transfers between the B54, the subway and the other five bus routes using the terminal. [38]
The Forest Avenue station is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located on a private right-of-way in Ridgewood, Queens, the station is served by the M train at all times. The station opened in 1915 as part of the Dual Contracts.
The Seneca Avenue station is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Palmetto Street and Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, it is served by the M train at all times. The station opened in 1915 as part of the Dual Contracts.
The Grand Avenue station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line in Brooklyn, New York City.The station was opened on April 27, 1889, at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Grand Avenue in Brooklyn next to the Myrtle Avenue station of the BMT Lexington Avenue Line, which opened four years earlier.