Central Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Central Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Middle Village-bound M train of R160s arriving at the renovated Central Avenue station
Station statistics
Address	Cedar Street & Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11221
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bushwick
Coordinates	40°41′53″N 73°55′31″W / 40.698015°N 73.9252°WCoordinates: 40°41′53″N 73°55′31″W / 40.698015°N 73.9252°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	M  (all times)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B38, B54
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 19, 1889
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,141,731[1]  17.6%
Rank	347 out of 422
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Myrtle Avenue toward Myrtle Avenue, Essex Street, or 71st Avenue BMT Myrtle Avenue Line M  Knickerbocker Avenue toward Metropolitan Avenue Broadway toward Park Row BMT Myrtle Avenue Line (demolished)
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

Central Avenue is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Myrtle Avenue and Cedar Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the M train at all times.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Knickerbocker Av Unused trackways to Myrtle Av–Bway upper level to Myrtle Av–Bway lower level

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward 71st Avenue (weekdays), Essex Street (weekends), Myrtle Avenue (late nights) (Myrtle Avenue)
	Center trackway	→ No track or roadbed
	Eastbound	→ toward Metropolitan Avenue (Knickerbocker Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

This elevated station, opened on December 19, 1889, has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track, which was removed by 1946.

The Queens-bound platform has brown canopies with green frames and support columns for the entire length except for small sections at either ends. A small section in the center below the canopy has beige windscreens while the rest of the platform has black, waist-high, steel fences. The Manhattan-bound platform has the same layout as the Queens-bound one except that the entire canopied portion has beige windscreens.

This station has one elevated station house beneath the platforms and tracks at the north (geographical east) end, though extra beams on the elevated structure suggests that another station house formerly existed at the south (geographical west) end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to the southwest and northwest corners of Myrtle Avenue and Cedar Street. Only the northern staircase has a canopy above it.

This station was rehabilitated from March to August 2013.^[2]

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "Central Avenue M Station Reopens Following Rehab". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

External links

Entrance

• Media related to Central Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org – BMT Myrtle Avenue Line: Central Avenue
• Station Reporter — M Train
• The Subway Nut — Central Avenue Pictures
• Cedar Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View