Central Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

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.

This elevated station, opened on December 19, 1889, has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track, which was removed when the section of the Myrtle Avenue south (geographically west) of Myrtle Avenue was closed and demolished in 1969.

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.

References

External links

• 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