Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line)
The Myrtle Avenue station (announced on New Technology Trains as Myrtle Avenue–Broadway station) is a New York City Subway express station on the BMT Jamaica Line. Located at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Broadway in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It is served by the J and M trains at all times, and by the Z during rush hours in peak direction.
For other uses, see Myrtle Avenue (disambiguation).
Myrtle Avenue 
Myrtle Avenue & Broadway
Brooklyn, NY
BMT Jamaica Line
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line (formerly)
2 (upper level abandoned)
3 island platforms (2 in service (lower level), 1 disused (upper level))
cross-platform interchange (lower level)
3 (lower level), 2 (upper level; removed)
June 25, 1888 (lower level)[2]
April 27, 1889 (upper level)
October 4, 1969 (upper level)
not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Yes
Myrtle Avenue–Broadway
2,654,490[3] 
24.3%
132 out of 423[3]
The station has two platform levels, but all regular passenger service is on the lower platform level of the station. The station has an abandoned upper platform level which previously served the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line to Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge. Just east of the station, the remaining section of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line diverges from the BMT Jamaica Line via slip switches in an at-grade junction.
History[edit]
The lower level of the station opened on June 25, 1888.[2]
The upper level station, which was marked on signs as Broadway, opened on April 27, 1889, when the Myrtle Avenue Line was extended east along Myrtle Avenue to Broadway. A transfer opportunity was created to the BMT Jamaica Line station.[4][5][6] The previous station located nearby at Stuyvesant Avenue was then closed.[7] The Myrtle Avenue Line was extended from this station to Wyckoff Avenue on July 21, 1889.[8]
The BMT Myrtle Avenue Line from Broadway to Bridge–Jay Streets closed on October 4, 1969, and was replaced via transfer to the B54 bus toward Jay Street.[9]
In popular culture[edit]
In the 1990 drama Ghost, Patrick Swayze follows his killer, Rick Aviles, leaving the J train onto the station's platform and entrance.[22] In 1994, it was shown in the music video for Here Comes the Hotstepper by Jamaican dancehall artist Ini Kamoze.