Tompkins Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

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 Tompkins Avenue
 
Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
AddressMyrtle Avenue & Tompkins Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Bedford-Stuyvesant
Coordinates 40°41′45″N73°56′47″W / 40.695711°N 73.946367°W / 40.695711; -73.946367
Division B (BMT) [1]
Services BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Structure Elevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedApril 27, 1889;135 years ago (April 27, 1889)
ClosedOctober 4, 1969;54 years ago (October 4, 1969)
Traffic
2023 [2]
Rank out of 423 [2]
Station succession
Next west Nostrand Avenue
Next east Sumner Avenue
Location
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Tompkins Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Station service legend
SymbolDescription
NYCS-SSI-alltimes.svg Stops in station at all times
NYCS-SSI-allexceptnights.svg Stops all times except late nights
NYCS-SSI-nightsonly.svg Stops late nights only
NYCS-SSI-nightsweekends.svg Stops late nights and weekends only
NYCS-SSI-weekdaysonly.svg Stops weekdays during the day
NYCS-SSI-weekendsonly.svg Stops weekends during the day
NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
NYCS-SSI-allexceptrush.svg Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
NYCS-SSI-rushonly.svg Stops rush hours only
NYCS-SSI-rushpeak.svg Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
NYCS-SSI-closed.svg Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

The Tompkins Avenue station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. The station was located at the intersection of Myrtle and Tompkins Avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The station opened in 1889, and closed in 1969.

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History

The Myrtle Avenue Elevated was constructed by the Union Elevated Railroad Company, which was leased to the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad for its operation. The initial section of the line opened on April 10, 1888, running over Myrtle Avenue from Johnson and Adams Streets to a junction with what was then known as the Main Line at Grand Avenue. [3] [4] Trains continued along Grand Avenue and Lexington Avenue to Broadway, where the line joined the Broadway Elevated, and then along Broadway to East New York. On April 27, 1889, the line was extended east along Myrtle Avenue to Broadway, including a station at Tompkins Avenue. [3] [4] [5] [6]

On October 4, 1969, the section of the Myrtle Avenue Elevated between Broadway and Jay Street, including Tompkins Avenue station, was closed and was demolished soon after. [7]

Station layout

The elevated station had two tracks and one island platform. The station platform was wooden, and was covered by a canopy in the center. [8]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Report. January 1, 1890.
  4. 1 2 Roess, Roger P.; Sansone, Gene (August 23, 2012). The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9783642304842.
  5. "Will Open on Saturday". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. April 25, 1889. p. 1.
  6. "The Upper Myrtle Avenue Elevated". The Brooklyn Times Union. April 24, 1889. p. 1.
  7. "1,200 on Last Trip On Myrtle Ave. El; Cars Are Stripped". The New York Times. October 4, 1969. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  8. Testagrose, Joe (September 20, 1969). "Station platform in 1969". nycsubway.org.