Subway and Elevated Services
The Myrtle Avenue El is an elevated railroad line that runs along Myrtle Avenue The completed line ran from Middle Village, Queens to Downtown Brooklyn and Park Row, Manhattan, using the avenue for most of its route. Since 1969, the portion of the line east of the Myrtle Avenue – Broadway station remains, with the remainder demolished.
Myrtle Avenue is served by the following subway stations, west to east (not counting abandoned or demolished stations):
- Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues (IND Crosstown Line) (G trains)
- Myrtle Avenue – Broadway (BMT Jamaica Line) (J M Z trains)
- Central Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) (M train)
- Knickerbocker Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) (M train)
- Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues; a station complex consisting of:
- Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues (BMT Canarsie Line) (L train)
- Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) (M train)
Also, DeKalb Avenue (B D N Q R trains) and 121st Street (J Z trains) are stations near the avenue.
There is an abandoned Myrtle Avenue subway station on the BMT Brighton Line. It was closed due to its proximity to and a track reconfiguration north of DeKalb Avenue station.
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