BMT Myrtle Avenue Line

BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
	The M train serves the entire remaining section of BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, east of Broadway, at all times. The section west of Broadway has been demolished following its closure.
Overview
Owner	City of New York
Termini	Metropolitan Avenue; west of Central Avenue;
Stations	7
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	New York City Subway
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
Daily ridership	29,422
History
Opened	1889–1915
Closed	1969 (segment west of Central Avenue)
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Character	Street level (Metropolitan Avenue only); Elevated
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	600V DC third rail
Route map
	Queens
	Brooklyn

The Myrtle Avenue Line, also called the Myrtle Avenue Elevated, is a fully elevated line of the New York City Subway as part of the BMT division. The line is the last surviving remnant of one of the original Brooklyn elevated railroads. The remnant line operates as a spur branch from the Jamaica Line to Bushwick, Ridgewood, and Middle Village, terminating at its original eastern terminal across the street from Lutheran Cemetery. Until 1969, the line continued west into Downtown Brooklyn and, until 1944, over the Brooklyn Bridge to the Park Row Terminal in Manhattan.

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