Knickerbocker Avenue station

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AddressKnickerbocker Avenue & Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Bushwick
Coordinates 40°41′55″N73°55′06″W / 40.698731°N 73.918376°W / 40.698731; -73.918376
Division B (BMT) [1]
Line BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
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Structure Elevated
Platforms2 side platforms
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Other information
OpenedAugust 15, 1889;134 years ago (1889-08-15)
ClosedAugust 17, 2012;11 years ago (2012-08-17) (reconstruction)
July 1, 2017;6 years ago (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
RebuiltFebruary 8, 2013;11 years ago (2013-02-08) (reconstruction)
April 30, 2018;5 years ago (2018-04-30) (temporary line closure)
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Rank317 out of 423 [2]
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Knickerbocker Avenue station

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The Knickerbocker Avenue station is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Myrtle and Knickerbocker Avenues 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] However, Knickerbocker Avenue station, which was along this extension, did not open until August 15, 1889. [4] [5] [6]

The station was rehabilitated from August 17, 2012, [7] to February 8, 2013. [8] On July 1, 2017, the station was closed again until April 30, 2018 as part of the reconstruction of the Myrtle Avenue Line's connection with the BMT Jamaica Line. [9] [10] [11]

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Westbound NYCS-bull-trans-M-Std.svg toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays, Essex Street weekends, Myrtle Avenue late nights (Central Avenue)
Center trackway No track or roadbed
Eastbound NYCS-bull-trans-M-Std.svg toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues)
Side platform
MezzanineFare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
GroundStreet levelExit/entrance
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SW corner entrance

This elevated station has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a third track, which was removed by 1946. Both platforms have steel canopies along their entire lengths except for small sections at their extreme ends. The western half of both platforms has grey windscreens while the eastern half has waist-high steel fences. The station names are in the standard black plates with white lettering.

This station has one elevated station house beneath the platforms and tracks. One staircase from the eastern end of each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossover. A turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to either side of Myrtle Avenue between Knickerbocker and Greene Avenues. The station formerly had another station house at the south end. [12]

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