(Extended to Bay Parkway during rush hours). Replaced on 6/27/10 by the new Orange M train using a different route

For photos please see www nycsubway.org

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

(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. This station once was located where the switches are located and was moved when the el was rebuilt.