Myrtle Avenue station (LIRR Evergreen Branch)

This article is about the former LIRR Evergreen Branch station at Myrtle Avenue. For the former station of the same name on the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch, see Myrtle Avenue station (LIRR Bay Ridge Branch).
Myrtle Avenue
General information
LocationMyrtle Avenue and Gates Avenue
Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates40°41′58″N 73°54′44″W / 40.699412°N 73.912185°W / 40.699412; -73.912185
Line(s)Evergreen Branch
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks2
History
OpenedMay 16, 1878
ClosedMay 1882
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Ridgewood
toward Greenpoint
 Evergreen Branch Base Ball Grounds
toward Cooper Avenue

Myrtle Avenue was a train station along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station opened on May 16, 1878, at Myrtle Avenue and Gates Avenue.[1] From the Greenpoint Terminal it took 18 minutes to get here[2] and Myrtle Avenue was 3.26 miles away from Greenpoint Terminal.[3] The station was located under the present-day Myrtle Avenue El.[4][5] The station closed with the end of passenger service in May 1882.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ Robert Emery Track Map Linden Street to Decatur Street[usurped]
  2. ^ 1880 Manhattan Beach Timetable
  3. ^ "1879 REPORT TO NEW YORK STATE RAILROAD COMMISSION". arrts-arrchives.com.
  4. ^ SEPTEMBER 9, 1956 FAN TRIP AT RIDGEWOOD BETWEEN PALMETTO STREET AND MYRTLE AVENUE. NOTE OPEN EL CARS ON MYRTLE AVENUE EL. BILL RUGEN PHOTO
  5. ^ SEPTEMBER 9, 1956 FAN TRIP WEST SIDE OF MYRTLE AVENUE.
  6. ^ "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com.
  8. ^ Arrts Archives Map of Evergreen Branch