Knickerbocker Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Metropolitan Avenue bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Knickerbocker Avenue & Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bushwick
Coordinates	40°41′55″N 73°55′06″W / 40.698731°N 73.918376°W / 40.698731; -73.918376
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	M  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B54
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 15, 1889 (1889-08-15)
Closed	August 17, 2012 (2012-08-17) (reconstruction) July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
Rebuilt	February 8, 2013 (2013-02-08) (reconstruction) April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30) (temporary line closure)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2022	815,237[2]  20.6%
Rank	319 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Central Avenue toward 57th Street Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout to Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues to Central Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

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

History

The Myrtle Avenue Line was built and operated by the Union Elevated Railroad Company. The first section of the line opened in 1888, and it was extended from Broadway to Wyckoff Avenue on July 20, 1889.^[3] However, Knickerbocker Avenue station, which was along this extension, did not open until August 15, 1889.^[4][5][6]

The station was rehabilitated from August 17, 2012,^[7] to February 8, 2013.^[8] On July 1, 2017, the station was closed again until April 30, 2018 as part of the reconstruction of the Myrtle Avenue Line's connection with the BMT Jamaica Line.^[9][10][11]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← toward 57th Street weekdays, Essex Street weekends, Myrtle Avenue late nights (Central Avenue)
	Center trackway	→ No track or roadbed
	Eastbound	→ toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

SW corner entrance

This elevated station has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a third track, which was removed by 1946. Both platforms have steel canopies along their entire lengths except for small sections at their extreme ends. The western half of both platforms has grey windscreens while the eastern half has waist-high steel fences. The station names are in the standard black plates with white lettering.

This station has one elevated station house beneath the platforms and tracks. One staircase from the eastern end of each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossover. A turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to either side of Myrtle Avenue between Knickerbocker and Greene Avenues. The station formerly had another station house at the south end.^[12]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knickerbocker Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org – BMT Myrtle Avenue Line: Knickerbocker Avenue
• Station Reporter — M Train
• The Subway Nut — Knickerbocker Avenue Pictures
• Knickerbocker Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View