M Train

(Extended to Bay Parkway during rush hours)

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METROPOLITAN AVENUE

Metropolitan Avenue (end at Metropolitan Avenue East of Rentar Plaza Mall , about 300 feet west of 69^th Street and Metropolitan Avenue) opened on 8/9/1915 and has two tracks and an island platform. It is at grade level with the station house at street level. This station was rebuilt from a wooden station after being destroyed by a fire also effecting Fresh Pond Yard. South of the station are the depressed tracks of the LIRR Bushwick Branch which is no longer used for passenger service.

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FRESH POND ROAD

Fresh Pond Road (At Fresh Pond Road between Putnam and 67^th Avenues) opened on 8/9/1915 and has two tracks and a wide island platform with many removed stairways and tapers at both ends. The north exits lead to the booth in the wood Mezzanine and the south to Fresh Pond Road via high exits and stairs leading to ramps to the street. The station is partially over the Fresh Pond Bus Depot. Renovation might be underway.

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FOREST AVENUE

Forest Avenue (Intersection of Fairview, Putnam, and Forest Avenues) opened on 8/9/1915 and has two tracks and an island platform. The north exit leads to Forest Avenue while the south exit has been removed and probably leads to Woodward Avenue. Canopy is metal and the Mezzanine is wood. South of the station is a space for a center track.

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SENECA AVENUE

Seneca Avenue (On Palmetto Street at Seneca Avenue) opened on 8/9/1915 and has two tracks and an island platform. An unusual feature here is doors on a landing between platform level and the Mezzanine which is wood. Canopy is metal.

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MYRTLE / WYCKOFF AVENUES

Myrtle/Wyckoff Avenues (at the intersection of Myrtle and Wyckoff Avenues) opened on 12/19/1889 and is discussed on the Complexes Page

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KNICKERBOCKER AVENUE

Knickerbocker Avenue (on Myrtle Avenue at Knickerbocker Avenue) opened on 12/19/1889 and has two wall platforms and two tracks with space for a third track (now removed which was used by lightweight trains once running on the portion of the M train now removed to Jay Street in Brooklyn.) This station needs TLC and has a wood Mezzanine and metal canopies. There is a removed South exit.

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CENTRAL AVENUE

Central Avenue (on Myrtle Avenue at Central Avenue) opened on 12/19/1889 and has two wall platforms and two tracks with space for a third track (now removed which was used by lightweight trains once running on the portion of the M train now removed to Jay Street in Brooklyn.) This station needs TLC and has a wood Mezzanine and metal canopies. There is a removed South exit. South of this station the two trackways from the removed portion merge with the tracks from the in use level of the next station which are at a grade level crossing and rise to meet the two trackways to form the two tracks and space for center track structure.

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EVERGREEN AVENUE

Evergreen Avenue was removed when the third track (which was never used) was added.
It had an island platform.

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BROADWAY

MYRTLE AVENUE

(Broadway/)Myrtle Avenue on the current M Line (on Myrtle Avenue at Broadway) opened on 12/19/1889 . There is a crossunder at the center along with one stairway on the southbound platform which is for access to the tower and once accessed the upper level platform which served the MJ Train which used to run further south on Myrtle Avenue to Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The line in even earlier times ran over the Brooklyn Bridge to Park Row (City Hall Park) in Manhattan. For further info on the torn down M Sections see www.nycsubway.org and old M Train The M now runs with the J train from Here to Manhattan and ends on the middle track late nights, weekends and holidays. Art glass here is entitled "Jamaica under the El" by Verna Hart and was installed in 1999. This station is renovated. Across the mezzanine area and underneath the Manhattan bound track is another mezzanine with ghost booth and one staircase to the Northeast corner on Broadway by Myrtle Avenue. This area was abandoned and later removed during the renovation, however you can see this abandoned exit in the film "Ghost"(1990 where Patrick Swayze exits Myrtle Avenue station via this abandoned staircase. and has three tracks and two island platforms. There is a crossunder at the center along with one stairway on the southbound platform (And a removed stairway on the northbound platform) which is for access to the tower and once accessed the upper level platform which served the M Train which used to run further south on Myrtle Avenue to Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The line in even earlier times ran over the Brooklyn Bridge to Park Row (City Hall Park) in Manhattan. For further info on the demolished M Sections see www.nycsubway.org and Old M Train. The M now runs with the J train from Here to Manhattan and ends on the middle track late nights, weekends and holidays. Art glass here is entitled "Jamaica under the El" by Verna Hart and was installed in 1999. This station is renovated. For a discussion of stations to Park Row see the Old M page. During rush hours some trains ran to Jay Street and others ran over the Williamsburg Bridge via today’s route. The lightweight trains ran to Jay Street while the heavyweight trains ran via today’s route. R160 trains announce this stop as Myrtle Avenue Broadway, and most documents call it Myrtle Broadway. This site will call it Broadway/ Myrtle in memory of the old upper level station discussed on the old M page. Common public usage agrees with our naming.

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FLUSHING AVENUE

Flushing Avenue (On Broadway at Flushing Avenue) opened 9/16/1888 and has three tracks and two wall platforms. The north exit leads to Marcus Garvey Blvd and is an emergency exit. The south exit has full ADA and leads to Flushing Avenue. The elevators are cantilevered over the sides of the structure. There is no art glass as of this writing but plywood panels suggest where art glass might be installed. ADA is present since the station is near Woodhull Hospital. Sections of windscreen have mesh panels to allow a view of the streets.

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LORIMER STREET

Lorimer Street (On Broadway at Lorimer Street) opened 9/16/1888 and has three tracks and two wall platforms. The north exit has been reopened (with no crossunder) to Wallabout Street while the south exit leads to Lorimer Street with a crossunder. The art glass features a floral and vines theme. Some sections of the windscreen features mesh to allow a view of the streets below.

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HEWES STREET

Hewes Street (On Broadway at Hooper Street) opened 9/16/1888 and has three tracks and two wall platforms. The north exits leads to Hewes Street and is an emergency exit. The south exit leads to Hooper Street and has a crossunder. The art glass features random geometric shapes and is based on shapes found in Dress patterns. It is entitled El in 16 notes and is by Mara Held. This station has 16 sections of art.

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MARCY AVENUE

Marcy Avenue (on Broadway at Marcy Avenue) opened 9/16/1888 and has three tracks and two wall platforms is in the final stages of renovation which extended the platform level station houses over the street, added south exits on the northbound platform and added HEETs to the southbound south exit. The station is now full ADA. Leaving this station we see a short section of track continuing straight which once lead to the Broadway ferry Spur. The line now runs over the Williamsburg Bridge via a separate bridge between the two roadway bridges. Sources with the NYC DOT indicate that this bridge is really three bridges in one: The Brooklyn bound bridge (4 lanes), the subway structure, and the Manhattan bound bridge (4 lanes). The bridge has an ADA walkway over the subway tracks until the Anchorages when it divides into two walkways to Brooklyn. The subway tracks descend into the subway and we enter our next station. For a discussion of the spur see the JJ page

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ESSEX STREET

Essex Street opened 7/4/1908 and is being renovated by Cab Associates and is discussed on the complexes page

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BOWERY

Bowery opened 3/14/1913 and has two island platforms and four tracks but has been reconfigured to use only the southbound island and pair of tracks. As of 10/04 the reconfiguration is in use

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CANAL STREET

Canal Street opened 3/14/1913 and is discussed on the Complexes Page

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CHAMBERS STREET

Chambers Street opened 3/14/1913 and is discussed on the Complexes Page. This is the end of the M line during mid day hours Monday to Friday.

Rating: 4 stars. Some renovated stations plus Williamsburg bridge.

Last update 9/26/2008

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