Myrtle Avenue station (LIRR Evergreen Branch)

This article is about the former LIRR Evergreen Branch station at Myrtle Avenue. For the former station of the same name on the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch, see Myrtle Avenue station (LIRR Bay Ridge Branch).

Myrtle Avenue
General information
Location	Myrtle Avenue and Gates Avenue Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°41′58″N73°54′44″W / 40.699412°N 73.912185°W / 40.699412; -73.912185
Line	Evergreen Branch
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	2
History
Opened	May 16, 1878
Closed	May 1882
Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Ridgewood toward Greenpoint Evergreen Branch Base Ball Grounds toward Cooper Avenue
Location

Myrtle Avenue was a train station along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station opened on May 16, 1878, at Myrtle Avenue and Gates Avenue. ^[1] From the Greenpoint Terminal it took 18 minutes to get here ^[2] and Myrtle Avenue was 3.26 miles away from Greenpoint Terminal. ^[3] The station was located under the present-day Myrtle Avenue El. ^{[4] [5]} The station closed with the end of passenger service in May 1882. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

References

1. Robert Emery Track Map Linden Street to Decatur Street
2. 1880 Manhattan Beach Timetable
3. "1879 REPORT TO NEW YORK STATE RAILROAD COMMISSION". arrts-arrchives.com.
4. SEPTEMBER 9, 1956 FAN TRIP AT RIDGEWOOD BETWEEN PALMETTO STREET AND MYRTLE AVENUE. NOTE OPEN EL CARS ON MYRTLE AVENUE EL. BILL RUGEN PHOTO
5. SEPTEMBER 9, 1956 FAN TRIP WEST SIDE OF MYRTLE AVENUE.
6. "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000.
7. "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com.
8. Arrts Archives Map of Evergreen Branch

External links

• EVERGREEN BRANCH: another lost LIRR line (Forgotten New York)
• Arrts Archives THE L.I.R.R.'S EVERGREEN BRANCH