Central Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Central Avenue
Central Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	R160 M train arriving at the Metropolitan Avenue-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Cedar Street & Myrtle Avenue; Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bushwick
Coordinates	40°41′53″N73°55′31″W / 40.698015°N 73.9252°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	M (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B38, B54
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 20, 1889;135 years ago
Closed	March 9, 2013;11 years ago (first closing); July 1, 2017;7 years ago (temporary line closure)
Rebuilt	August 2, 2013;11 years ago (reconstruction); April 30, 2018;6 years ago (temporary line closure)
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	821,947 3%
Rank	329 out of 423
Services
Services
Non-revenue services and lines
Non-revenue services and lines
Location
Track layout
	Legend
	to Myrtle Ave–Broadway
	lower level
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

Last updated October 30, 2024

The Central Avenue station is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Myrtle Avenue and Cedar Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the M train at all times.

History

The Myrtle Avenue Line was built and operated by the Union Elevated Railroad Company. The first section of the line opened in 1888, and it was extended from Broadway to Wyckoff Avenue on July 20, 1889.^[3]^[4]

This station was rehabilitated from March to August 2013.^[5] On July 1, 2017, the station was closed again until April 30, 2018, as part of the reconstruction of the Myrtle Avenue Line's junction with the BMT Jamaica Line.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays, Essex Street weekends, Myrtle Avenue late nights (Myrtle Avenue)
	Center trackway	→ No track or roadbed
	Eastbound	→ toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (Knickerbocker Avenue) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

This elevated station has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track, which was removed by 1946.

The Queens-bound platform has brown canopies with green frames and support columns for the entire length except for small sections at either ends. A small section in the center below the canopy has beige windscreens while the rest of the platform has black, waist-high, steel fences. The Manhattan-bound platform has the same layout as the Queens-bound one except that the entire canopied portion has beige windscreens.

Exits

This station has one elevated station house beneath the platforms and tracks at the east end, though extra beams on the elevated structure suggests that another station house formerly existed at the west end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to the southwest and northwest corners of Myrtle Avenue and Cedar Street. Only the northern staircase has a canopy above it.^[9]

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References

↑ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
1 2 "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
↑ "A PIONEER TRIP - From Broadway to Ridgewood on the Elevated". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 20, 1889. p. 6. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
↑ Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1889. January 13, 1890. p. 577. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
↑ "Central Avenue M Station Reopens Following Rehab". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ Rivoli, Dan (March 17, 2016). "M line to be shut down next year for repairs". New York Daily News . Retrieved July 23, 2016.
↑ Brown, Nicole (March 18, 2016). "MTA: M line will shut down for part of next year". amNew York. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
↑ "Myrtle Avenue Line Infrastructure Projects". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Retrieved July 23, 2016.
↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bushwick" (PDF). mta.info . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

External links

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

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[SASDEIS-DIVISION-1] "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[riderref-2] 1 2 "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[3] "A PIONEER TRIP - From Broadway to Ridgewood on the Elevated". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 20, 1889. p. 6. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[4] Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1889. January 13, 1890. p. 577. Retrieved April 16, 2021.

[5] "Central Avenue M Station Reopens Following Rehab". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

[6] Rivoli, Dan (March 17, 2016). "M line to be shut down next year for repairs". New York Daily News . Retrieved July 23, 2016.

[7] Brown, Nicole (March 18, 2016). "MTA: M line will shut down for part of next year". amNew York. Retrieved July 23, 2016.

[8] "Myrtle Avenue Line Infrastructure Projects". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Retrieved July 23, 2016.

[maps-9] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bushwick" (PDF). mta.info . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

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